Wetherby

Wetherby, a rural market town thought to be named after an invading Scottish raider in 1318, is a part of the City of Leeds – where a large number of its 11,150 locals commute to work.

Yet people aren’t the town’s only export, if you’ve ever bought own-brand gravy from a supermarket, it came from Wetherby – Goldenfry supply the entire country with Yorkshire’s second favourite liquid. Though brewed beer during the Victorian-era too, when it also had a mill to its name.

It wasn’t until the Second World War that Wetherby came into its own, when munitions factories sprung up in the new Sandbeck Industrial Estate – and when local lad Ginger Lacey famously became a Battle of Britain flying ace.

Before that, Wetherby was a prominent rest stop for travellers making their way along the Old Great North Road, and today it’s a hotspot for talented local tradesmen.

From cleaners in Linton and vehicle services in Kirk Deighton to kitchen installers in Ingmanthorpe, take your pick of local tradesmen in our Wetherby directory.