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Independent pubs in Leeds
There are 17 independence-checked Pub businesses in Leeds, across 8 areas we cover: Chapel Allerton, Cross Gates, Horsforth, Kirkstall, Meanwood, Otley, Wetherby and Yeadon. Each has a recorded independence decision; none is part of a chain or franchise.
The rest of Leeds is not covered, and this page says nothing about it.
Open any of them to see its address, how to reach it, and where every fact about it came from and when it is next due a check.
- Regenerated 23 September 2026
- Oldest fact still standing · next reviewed by March 2027
All 17, alphabetically
Listed alphabetically. The order is not a ranking: commerce fields are structurally excluded from the candidate set and from the ordering, and there is no field money could move. How this order is produced
Every entry names the area it is in. The area is where trust lives: a vouch in one area counts for that area, and nothing on this page mixes how up to date one area is into another's.
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Beck And Call
Pub · Meanwood
Beck and Call is a pub on Stainbeck Road in Meanwood, Leeds. It opened in 2019 in the former True Briton and is operated by the Leeds independent group behind Belgrave Music Hall. The pub serves cask ales and home-cooked food, including Sunday lunches, and has front and rear outdoor areas and a car park.
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Bottle And Bean
Off-licence · Pub · Wetherby
A bottle shop and licensed café on Church Street in Wetherby, registered at Companies House as Bottle and Bean (Wetherby) Limited. The company was incorporated in November 2017 under the classification for retail sale of beverages in specialised stores, and is registered at the trading address. Clair Bilton and Andrew Levine have each held a shareholding since incorporation, with Jenny Humphries joining as a shareholder in January 2024. It sells wine, craft beer and coffee, to drink on the premises or to take home. Independent Life, which lists it as an off-licence and licensed premises, records charcuterie boards and cinnamon buns alongside the drinks. Yorkshire.com also files it under off-licences.
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Further North Bar
Pub · Chapel Allerton
Further North is a neighbourhood bar on Harrogate Road in the Chapel Allerton area of Leeds. It is part of North Bar, an independent Leeds-based bar operator established in 1997, and serves craft beer, wine and cocktails. An upstairs room is available for private hire.
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Hoc Loco
Pub · Horsforth
Hoc Loco is an independent bar and bottle shop on New Road Side in Horsforth, Leeds. Opened by Emma Kerrawn in a previously vacant unit, it serves natural and artisan wines by the glass or bottle, craft beer and cider to drink in or take away, and Venetian-style small plates known as cicchetti. It is one of several independent food and drink venues in central Horsforth.
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Kirkstall Bridge Inn
Pub · Kirkstall
The Kirkstall Bridge Inn is an independent pub on Bridge Road, beside the River Aire in Kirkstall, Leeds. Associated with Kirkstall Brewery, it pours the brewery's own beers alongside rotating guest ales from other Leeds breweries, and serves pub food including Sunday roasts. It is known for its riverside beer garden and a weekly quiz night.
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Old Cock
Pub · Otley
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Stone Trough Inn
Pub · Yeadon
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The Curious Hop
Pub · Otley
A craft beer bar at 9 Orchard Gate in Otley, in premises previously occupied by Groove Pad & Vinyl. It opened on 3 November 2022 as a joint venture between the Curious Hop off-licence on New Market, since closed, and Major Tom''s Social of Harrogate. CAMRA''s survey records three handpumps of changing cask beer, mostly from northern brewers, and ten keg lines running to sours, double IPAs and stouts from British and European breweries, with gluten-free and vegan options among them. Bottles and cans are sold to drink in or take away, and growlers are filled. Food is limited to toasties and sausage rolls. There is a pavement seating area outside, an upstairs room with board games and a dartboard, step-free access and an accessible toilet.
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The Leodis
Pub · Cross Gates
The Leodis is a pub on Green Lane in Whitkirk, east Leeds. The Food Standards Agency registers it as a pub, bar or nightclub and gave it a food hygiene rating of 5 at its inspection in October 2018. A pub directory listing describes it as a two-roomed, brick-built local with Sky Sports and a pool table, and sets out a weekly pattern of free pool on Tuesdays, a quiz on Wednesdays and discos on Fridays and Sundays.
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The Malt Brewhouse
Pub · Horsforth
The Malt Brewhouse is a pub at 166 Town Street in Horsforth, Leeds, which opened in November 2018 in the former Bar 166 & Bistro. Developed as a microbrewery and bar by local operator Concept Taverns, it serves cask and keg beers, cocktails, wine and spirits alongside food. The venue includes booth seating, shuffleboard and screens showing sport.
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The New George
Pub · Kirkstall
The New George is an independent bar on Commercial Road in Kirkstall, Leeds, which opened in 2015. It is a real-ale pub with four handpumps serving rotating cask beers from breweries such as Acorn and Black Sheep, and its walls are decorated with historic photographs and rugby league memorabilia. There is a function room upstairs and a small paved area at the rear overlooking the river, and the pub hosts live music and sport. It is registered as an Asset of Community Value.
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The Otley Tavern
Pub · Otley
Closed for now
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The Rookery Bar Ltd
Pub · Otley
An independent bar at 12 Kirkgate in Otley, trading as The Rookery Bar Ltd, a company incorporated in June 2018 and registered at that address. Gregory Silverwood is listed at Companies House as its director. It occupies two floors with a beer garden behind, and the upstairs room is used for live music. CAMRA''s survey records two cask ales, two lagers and a cider on draught alongside a selection of cocktails and spirits. The bar takes function bookings, admits children until 9pm and welcomes dogs.
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The Tavern/Arriba Arriba
Pub · Horsforth
The Tavern (also listed as the Town Street Tavern) is a pub at 16-18 Town Street in Horsforth, Leeds. It focuses on real ales, including locally brewed beers such as Timothy Taylor's, and its upstairs kitchen, Arriba Arriba, serves Mexican dishes including fajitas and loaded nachos.
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Thomas Hardy's Irish Bar
Pub · Bar · Horsforth
Thomas Hardy's Irish Bar is a pub at 8-10 Town Street in Horsforth, Leeds. It opened in January 2025 as an Irish-style bar serving food, with live music several nights a week. Its name honours the Hardy family, whose local roots are traced to an Irishman, Thomas Hardy, who settled in Horsforth in the 1640s.
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Vesper Gate
Pub · Kirkstall
The Vesper Gate is a traditional community pub on Abbey Road in Kirkstall, Leeds, standing opposite the ruins of Kirkstall Abbey. Recently refurbished under new management, it serves classic pub food including Sunday roasts, burgers, fish and chips and pies, and has a large beer garden with an outdoor stage and children's play area. Inside there is a pool table and sports television, and the pub hosts live music and is listed in CAMRA's Good Beer Guide.
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Woodside Micro Pub
Pub · Horsforth
Woodside Micro Pub is a micropub at 258 Low Lane in Horsforth, Leeds. It is a small neighbourhood pub serving a regularly changing range of craft beers and real ales, with a focus on conversation and a local community atmosphere.
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Each of these is a list of at least 3 independence-checked places across Leeds, grouped by what their own pages say. Alphabetical, like this one.
By area
- Independent pubs in Horsforth — 5 checked.
- Independent pubs in Kirkstall — 3 checked.
- Independent pubs in Otley — 4 checked.
An area appears here only where we hold 3 or more. The others are counted in the 17 above and have no page of their own yet.
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