Independent pubs in Leeds

Pub · Wetherby

10Twelve @ The Swan And Talbot is a pub at 34 North Street in Wetherby, LS22. It was rated 5, very good, at its last food hygiene inspection in February 2024.

Pub · Cross Gates

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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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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.

Pub · Armley

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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.

Pub · Otley

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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.

Pub · Garforth

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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.

Pub · Meanwood

Pub · Morley

Pub · Meanwood

Myrtle Tavern is a pub on Parkside Road in Meanwood. Its website lists draught ales, pub classics, Sunday roasts, burgers, sharing plates and desserts, and says it holds weekly quiz nights and live music. It describes the pub as run by Scott and celebrating 15 years, with a beer garden, lodge, terrace and garden marquee. It was rated 5, very good, at its last food hygiene inspection in November 2024.

Pub · Meanwood

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Pub · Harehills

Q360 Lounge is a pub at Unit 7, Clock Buildings on Roundhay Road in Harehills, LS8. It was rated 5, very good, at its last food hygiene inspection in September 2019.

Pub · Wetherby

Snug And Chatter is a pub and eatery at 6 Bank Street in Wetherby, LS22. Its website lists skewers, homemade burgers, steaks and handcrafted pies, with local beers and cocktails, and names the owner as Lloyd. It also mentions a newly refurbished kitchen. It was rated 5, very good, at its last food hygiene inspection in July 2024.

Pub · Yeadon

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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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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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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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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.

Pub · Beeston

Pub · Otley

The Otley Tap House is a pub at 66 Boroughgate in Otley, LS21. Companies House lists Otley Taps Ltd, incorporated in May 2020 and registered as a public house and bar business. It was rated 5, very good, at its last food hygiene inspection in November 2023.

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Pub · Guiseley

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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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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.

Pub · Beeston

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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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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.

Pub · Pudsey

Pub · Morley

Westys Bar is a pub at 108 Queen Street in Morley, LS27. It was rated 5, very good, at its last food hygiene inspection in January 2026.

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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.