[1] It is near the border with West Yorkshire and the River Wharfe, 1 mile north-east of Otley.

The B6161 runs through the village, connecting Leathley with Killinghall in the North and Pool-in-Wharfedale in the south.

[5] From information transcribed from the early 1820s the Church and school in the parish of Leathley was described: In John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales written between 1870 and 1872, he describes the property ownership in Leathley the Parish church and other key features of a developing community: The Parish register of 1821 concluded that the township of Leathley had a population of 312 persons.

[11] Between the period of 1961 to 2011 census data shows that the population of Leathley civil parish has declined gradually from 214 persons to 181.

[14] However, as the 2011 census data shows Leathley has changed its industry dependency, according to the 2011 census data under 14 per cent of workers in Leathley Civil Parish are in the agricultural sector, with industries such as finance and education becoming employers in the area.