UPDATE: From The Royalty to The Old Cock - Yorkshire celebrity rebrands of Otley pubs revealed

Every pub in Otley is being renamed after a Yorkshire celebrity in a stunt to mark Yorkshire Day.

But the new names won't take effect until Yorkshire Day 2018 - when the town's 21 pubs will each hope to entice their famous namesakes over for a pint!

Celebs to be honoured include Otley's own Olympic gold medallist Lizzie Deignan and Bradford magician Dynamo, alongside such illustrious Alan Bennett, Dickie Bird and the newly-announced Doctor Who, Jodie Whittaker.

The final 21 names were chosen from an initial longlist of 110 in an online survey and they will be matched to pubs tonight at 7pm at the Black Horse Hotel in what organisers are calling an "FA Cup style draw".

Bob Brook of the Otley Pub Club, which organised the event, said: "Yorkshire has so many successful people in all areas of achievement and we wanted to celebrate as wide a range as possible.

"We also wanted to show what an inclusive town Otley is and we think the final list, with everyone from Dame Judi Dench to Nicola Adams, is wonderfully diverse."

Names will be matched to pubs in tonight's draw, conducted by Charlie Chuck - best known as Uncle Peter from cult 90s TV comedy The Smell of Reeves and Mortimer. Entry is free and all are welcome.

The club will spend the next 12 months trying to persuade as many of the list's luminaries as possible to come to the town next year for a Yorkshire Day pint in their namesake pub.

The Pub Club previously captured the imagination in 2014 when the town's pub names were translated into French in honour of the Grand Depart of the Tour de France passing through the town. 

Names in the frame

Here are all the celebrities who made the final list...

  • Nicola Adams
  • Corinne Bailey-Rae
  • Sean Bean
  • Alan Bennett
  • Dickie Bird
  • Alistair Brownlee
  • Jonny Brownlee
  • Hannah Cockroft
  • Kadeena Cox
  • Jarvis Cocker
  • Lizzie Deignan
  • Dame Judi Dench
  • Dynamo
  • Angela Griffin
  • Ian McMillan
  • Jimi Mistry
  • Michael Palin
  • Anita Rani
  • John Simm
  • Sir Gary Verity
  • Jodie Whittaker