Editing Wetherby (section)

{{Short description|Town and civil parish in West Yorkshire, England}}
{{about||the 1985 British drama film|Wetherby (film)|people with the surname, Wetherby|Wetherby (surname)}}
{{distinguish|Weatherby}}
{{Use British English|date=January 2012}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2025}}

{{Infobox UK place
| country                  = England
| coordinates              = {{coord|53.9276|-1.3839|display=inline,title}}
| label_position           = left
| official_name            = Wetherby
| type = [[Town]]
| pushpin_map_caption = Location within [[City of Leeds]]
| pushpin_map              = United Kingdom Leeds
| population               =  11,712
| population_ref           = <ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.citypopulation.de/en/uk/yorkshireandthehumber/admin/leeds/E04012603__wetherby/ | title=Wetherby (Parish, United Kingdom) – Population Statistics, Charts, Map and Location }}</ref> (2021) 
| area_total_sq_mi = 3.87
| civil_parish             = Wetherby
| metropolitan_borough     = [[City of Leeds]]
| metropolitan_county      = [[West Yorkshire]]
| region                   = Yorkshire and the Humber
| constituency_westminster = [[Wetherby and Easingwold (UK Parliament constituency)|Wetherby and Easingwold]]
| website                  = {{URL|https://www.wetherby.co.uk}}
| post_town                = WETHERBY
| postcode_district        = LS22, LS23
| postcode_area            = LS
| dial_code                = 01937
| os_grid_reference        = SE404481
| static_image_name        = {{multiple image
| border                   = infobox
| perrow            = 1 | total_width       = 250
| image1 = Wetherby - Bridge.jpg
| image2 = Market Place, Wetherby (24th August 2019) 001.jpg}}
| static_image_caption     = The top, [[Wetherby Bridge]]<br />The bottom, Market Place
| london_distance          = 
}}

'''Wetherby''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|w|ɛ|ð|ə|b|i}} {{respell|WETH|ə|bee}})<ref>{{cite web |date=2 February 2022 |title=The most mispronounced Yorkshire place names – and how to say them correctly |url=https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/heritage-and-retro/heritage/the-most-mispronounced-yorkshire-place-names-and-how-to-say-them-correctly-3552314 |access-date=21 December 2024 |website=Yorkshire Post }}</ref> is a [[market town]] and [[civil parishes in England|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 {{convert|12|mi|km|0|abbr=off}} from Leeds city centre, {{convert|12|mi|km|0|abbr=on}} from York and {{convert|8|mi|km|0|abbr=on}} from Harrogate. The town stands on the [[River Wharfe]] and, for centuries, it has been a crossing place and staging post on the [[A1 road (Great Britain)|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 building|listed structure]].<ref name="wyaas">{{cite web |publisher=West Yorkshire Archaeology Advisory Service |title= Wetherby Conservation Area|url=http://www.arch.wyjs.org.uk/AdvSrv/index.asp?pg=ConsWet.htm |access-date=4 August 2007}}</ref> The course of the [[A1 road (Great Britain)|Old Great North Road]] passes through the town and, as result of its situation on the road, as well as being a major [[Drovers' road|cattle droving]] route from Scotland to London, many [[coaching inn]]s were established in Wetherby which are still used by travellers today.

The town lies in the [[Wetherby (ward)|Wetherby]] ward of [[Leeds City Council]] and the [[Wetherby and Easingwold (UK Parliament constituency)|Wetherby and Easingwold]] [[UK Parliament constituencies|parliamentary constituency]]. It was listed in the 2018 [[Sunday Times]] report on the ''Best Places to Live in Northern England''.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/six-yorkshire-postcodes-appear-in-sunday-times-best-places-to-live-guide-for-2018-1-9067173 |title=Six Yorkshire postcodes appear in Sunday Times Best Places to Live guide for 2018 |newspaper=The Yorkshire Post |date=16 March 2018 |access-date=5 July 2018}}</ref>