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Wetherby
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Wetherby ( ) is a market town and civil parish in the City of Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. It is close to West Yorkshire county's border with North Yorkshire and lies approximately from Leeds city centre, from York and from Harrogate. The town stands on the River Wharfe and, for centuries, it has been a crossing place and staging post on the Great North Road midway between London and Edinburgh.
Key facts
- UK place.population_ref
- (2021)
- UK place.country
- England
- UK place.label_position
- left
- UK place.official_name
- Wetherby
- UK place.type
- Town
- UK place.pushpin_map_caption
- Location within City of Leeds
- UK place.pushpin_map
- United Kingdom Leeds
- UK place.population
- 11,712
- UK place.area_total_sq_mi
- 3.87
- UK place.civil_parish
- Wetherby
- UK place.metropolitan_borough
- City of Leeds
- UK place.metropolitan_county
- West Yorkshire
- UK place.region
- Yorkshire and the Humber
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- Wetherby and Easingwold
- UK place.post_town
- WETHERBY
- UK place.postcode_district
- LS22, LS23
- UK place.postcode_area
- LS
- UK place.dial_code
- 01937
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Encyclopedic overview
29 sectionsContents
- Etymology
- History
- 20th century
- Governance
- Crime and law enforcement
- Twinnings
- Geography
- Divisions and suburbs
- Weather and climate
- Demography
- Economy
- Historic public houses
- Present day
- Housing
- Transport
- Roads
- Buses
- Railway
- Air
- Education
- Sport
- Religion
- Culture and media
- Notable people
- See also
- References
- Citations
- Bibliography
- External links
Wetherby ( ) is a market town and civil parish in the City of Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. It is close to West Yorkshire county's border with North Yorkshire and lies approximately from Leeds city centre, from York and from Harrogate. The town stands on the River Wharfe and, for centuries, it has been a crossing place and staging post on the Great North Road midway between London and Edinburgh.
Wetherby Bridge, which spans the River Wharfe, is a Scheduled Ancient Monument and a Grade II listed structure. The course of the Old Great North Road passes through the town and, as result of its situation on the road, as well as being a major cattle droving route from Scotland to London, many coaching inns were established in Wetherby which are still used by travellers today.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Wetherby” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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