Leeds Otley Run 2025 guide: Route map including all 17 places on infamous Headingley bar crawl

As the new year gets into rhythm, it can be expected to see more colourful characters around Leeds on the weekend.

The Otley Run is one of the most famous - or ‘infamous’, depending on your persuasion - bar crawls in the UK and sees hundreds in fancy dress drinking through Headingley and into the city centre every weekend.

Following the closure of Manahatta last year and the addition of Arcadia Ale House to the route, the Otley Run is looking slightly different to before.

The official body behind the bar crawl, which stretches two-and-a-half-miles from Far Headingley and into Leeds city centre, has put the total number of stops on the route to 17.

The bar crawl has been a staple of student life in the city for many a year and has developed into an attraction for people of all ages and backgrounds, with pirates, Vikings, golfers and cartoon characters arriving from all over to take on the boozy challenge.

The Otley Run has proved divisive for many though, with residents complaining about the drunken antics of those undertaking it.

Bar staff have previously defended the runners to the YEP though, saying that those taking part are in good spirits and that those causing trouble are in the minority.

Check out the full list of bars now featured on the bar crawl in our gallery below:

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