The Building of the New Westgate Surgery
Westgate Surgery in Otley is being replaced with a brand new building which will make possible a wider range of up-to-date medical facilities. The picture on the right below shows the progress made so far in the new construction.
The Old Surgery
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The New Surgery (latest)
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The new building is located to the right of the old surgery as shown above, on the erstwhile premises of the Royal and Ancient Order of Buffaloes Social Club (below). 
The "Buffs" as it was locally known lay between the old surgery and the row of terrace houses seen in the background of the left-hand picture above. (The authors of this site live in that terrace, with a bird's eye view of the ongoing building work.) The roof of the old surgery can just be seen beyond the roof of the new surgery.
When construction work began, the site looked as shown on the right. The car park at the front was at one time a bowling green, which is why it is so flat. Before that, according to hearsay, it was a market garden.
The pages that follow provide a pictorial record of the progress of the new site from derelict social club to modern surgery. Many of the photographs, including the latest view of the new building on this page, were taken from a dormer window in the terrace referred to above.
