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- On the other side of town is another estate, Tranmere Park, private homes housing many of the wealthiest families of the community.

- In between the two estates is old Guiseley, comprising Georgian, Victorian, Edwardian and more modern houses.

- The A65 Leeds-Ilkley road runs through the community, and its pavements are the new town centre. A large Morrison's supermarket opened alongside it in 1989. This caused the closure of many local shops though some remain nearby, including butchers and bakers. The road is one of the busiest commuter routes into Leeds.

- Guiseley has several churches, the most historic of which is St Oswald's Anglican Parish Church, with St Oswald's C of E primary school nearby. Oswald was king of Northumbria in the 7th century.
The church dates from Saxon and Norman times . Patrick Bronte and Maria Branwell married there.

- For generations the Longfellow family worshipped at St Oswald's, and it was from Guiseley that William Wadsworth Longfellow left for the New World in the 18th century.

- Guiseley for centuries had a thriving textile industry. Though not as large as that of neighbouring Yeadon, it comprised mills and dyehouses which were the economic base of the town.

- Textile production annd dyeing existed in Guiseley prior to the industrial revolution. The industry sprang up thanks to the abundant supply of good quality water from local underground water courses. One of these still flows to the surface at Guiseley's historic wells, which give the name to some local streets.

- The Wells comprise a series of stone baths through which the water flows from underground. This was once the supply of all the community's water - for washing, drinking and industry.

- All but one of the mills are gone. Morrison's is on the site of one former mill, West Side retail park on another. Others have disappeared under waves of house building.

- Guiseley also had light industry, such as world-famous Wilson's Silver Cross pram factory, now demolished to make way for housing, and Crompton's light bulbs, which recently suffered the same fate.

- One international claim to fame is the existence of Harry Ramsden's fish and chip restaurant at White Cross on the border with Menston. It was here that the original Harry Ramsden opened his fish and chip business in a wooden shack in the late 1920s. It grew to become the "world's biggest fish and chip shop" and also what it is today, an international chain with branches around the world, including at several major airports, though the Ramsden family is no longer involved.

- The continuing growth of housing is a bone of contention in the town. The A65 is becoming increasingly more congested with no sign of a let up in the construction of new housing. One enormous housing development in another neighbouring community at Menston, on the site of the former High Royds Hospital, will soon add to the congestion.

- The town has a population of around 20,000.

- It is served by a regular bus service and has a railway station on the Leeds-Ilkley Wharfedale line. Many local people commute to Leeds or Bradford. Bradford is nine miles away.

- Guiseley is associated with several names which have in their time been famous, and some remain so. Harry Corbett of TV's Sooty and Sweep lived there, as did former Yorkshire and England cricket captain Brian Close. The Corbetts and the Ramsdens are linked through marriage.

- Singer songwriter Tamsin Archer lives in Guiseley, and is know to give impromptu performances in a local pub and music venue when the mood takes her.

- Guiseley has a semi-professional football club, Guiseley AFC, based in Nethermoor Park beside the A65. Guiseley Cricket Club and Aireborough RUFC are also based at Nethermoor.

- The town has five schools - two infant, two primary, and one high school, Fieldhead School, which is among the best in Leeds in the exam league tables, and is recognised as an excellent example of successful comprehensive education.

- Guiseley has many thriving community organisations including social clubs, amateur operatic and dramatic society, theatrical group, cub, scout, brownie and girl guide groups, and Guiseley in Bloom group.
It has a Methodist and Baptist church in addition to St Oswald's.