13 Facts About Wetherby

Wetherby Bridge, which spans the River Wharfe, is a Scheduled Ancient Monument and a Grade II listed structure.

Wetherby provides the setting for the novel Oldbury by Annie Keary.

Wetherby had the only stone frigate north of London, built on Hallfield Lane in 1942, named in turn; HMS Cabot, Demetrius, Rodney and Ceres.

Since 2010 Wetherby has been in the Elmet and Rothwell constituency, a marginal seat.

Wetherby is an electoral ward of Leeds City Council and has a town council responsible for amenities such as parks.

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Wetherby has a cool, fairly moist climate with changeable weather year-round.

Wetherby has a manufacturing presence in the town and on the Thorp Arch Trading Estate.

The upgrade of the section between Bramham and Wetherby started in July 2007 and was scheduled to be completed in 2009.

The upgrading of the A1 in Wetherby was the final development after 50 years of gradual improvement to motorway standard.

Wetherby had two railway stations with services to Leeds, Harrogate, and Church Fenton on the Cross Gates–Wetherby line and the Harrogate–Church Fenton line.

Wetherby Racecourse was originally located at the Ings before moving to York Road.

Wetherby Racecourse is the starting point for the Great Yorkshire Bike Ride, an annual 70-mile ride to Filey in June, which has raised nearly £2 million for charity since its inception in 1984.

Wetherby Film Theatre is an independently owned, traditional single screen cinema on Caxton Street, which, although opened in 1915 as a cinema, had been used for some time as a bingo and social club, before being re-opened as a cinema in 1994.