Independent corner shops and convenience stores in Leeds

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Grocer · Headingley

The 24 Hour Shop is an independent corner shop at 2 Ash Road in Headingley, Leeds, near Beckett Park. As its name suggests, it trades 24 hours a day, seven days a week, stocking everyday items such as confectionery, soft drinks, basic groceries and alcohol.

Grocer · Headingley

Candy Cloud is a convenience shop at 35 North Lane, Headingley, Leeds. Companies House records its operating company, Candy Cloud 1 Leeds Limited, as incorporated in February 2025 with Rebin Yasin Taha as its sole director, registered at the shop address and classified under retail sale in non-specialised stores with food, beverages or tobacco predominating. The shop is registered with Leeds City Council as a food business and appears on the Food Standards Agency register as a retailer. As of September 2026 it is still awaiting its first hygiene inspection, so it carries no rating yet. A survey of Headingley town centre published in April 2026 lists it among the centre''s trading units.

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Grocer · Otley

Chevin Service Station is a petrol station and convenience shop on Gay Lane, Otley. The forecourt carries BP fuel branding and the shop trades under the SPAR symbol group. It is run by Chevin Service Station Ltd, a company registered at the site itself, whose sole active director, Tariq Nazir, has held the appointment since August 2013. The SPAR store listing shows a fresh meat counter and fresh fruit and vegetables alongside the usual convenience range, plus Costa Coffee and a National Lottery terminal. It is listed as opening seven days a week from 6am.

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Off-licence · Otley

Chez Vin is an independent off-licence and wine and spirit merchant at 24 New Market, Otley. It stocks wine, gin, rum and other spirits for taking away rather than drinking on the premises, and runs its own site at chezvin.co.uk. It carries a 4.9-star Google rating.

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Grocer · Headingley

Crossley News is an independent newsagent on Otley Road in Headingley, Leeds, at number 41 (LS6 3AB), listed in local directories under newspapers and magazines. The shop sits on the main Otley Road parade in central Headingley.

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Grocer · Morley

Gill & Dhaliwal is a convenience shop at 54 Ingle Avenue in Morley, south-west of Leeds. It trades as GILL & DHALIWAL LIMITED, incorporated in April 2021 and registered under retail sale in non-specialised stores with food, beverages or tobacco predominating, with the shop's own address as its registered office. Companies House filings show the company is controlled by two people, each holding between 25 and 50 per cent of the shares and voting rights: Dharminder Singh Dhaliwal, a director since incorporation, and Harvinder Chatha, who joined the board in January 2024. Two further controlling persons ceased in August 2023. No corporate owner appears on the register, and no symbol-group company is registered against the address.

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Grocer · Armley

Happy Days Local is a convenience shop at 20 Whingate Road, Armley, in Leeds LS12. Leeds City Council registers it as a food business of the type "Retailers - other" and inspected it on 2 September 2024, rating hygienic food handling "Very good" and both cleanliness and condition of the building and management of food safety "Generally satisfactory". Happy Days Local Ltd was incorporated on 25 March 2024, with its registered office at the shop's own address and a single director, Yasar Ali. Its registered nature of business is SIC code 47110, "retail sale in non-specialised stores with food, beverages or tobacco predominating".

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Grocer · Headingley

Headingley Lane Store is an independent convenience shop at 45 Headingley Lane in Headingley, Leeds. It stocks everyday groceries, snacks and soft drinks for the surrounding residential and student area, and local listings note it for carrying a range of imported American drinks.

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Grocer · Kirkstall

Kirkstall Hill Food and Wine is a convenience store and off-licence at 154-160 Kirkstall Hill in Kirkstall, Leeds, selling groceries along with beers, wines and spirits.

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Grocer · Kirkstall

Kirkstall Newsgents is a newsagent at 123A Kirkstall Hill in Kirkstall, Leeds, selling newspapers, magazines and everyday household goods.

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Grocer · Chapel Allerton

Kolare Newsagents is an independent newsagent, off-licence and convenience shop at 7 Newton Parade, off Chapeltown Road on the Chapel Allerton–Potternewton border. Companies House filings show it is owned and controlled by the Kolare family — Harvinder Singh, Surinder and Charanjit Kolare — and no symbol-group branding is attached to the shop. Alongside newspapers, magazines, everyday groceries and off-licence drinks, the shop doubles as a local parcel point, with an InPost locker and a FedEx drop-off. It opens seven days a week and carries a 4.1-star Google rating, with reviewers mentioning polite staff and easy parcel returns.

Grocer · Headingley

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Grocer · Kirkstall

Morris Food and Wine is a convenience store and off-licence at 1-3 Morris Lane in Kirkstall, Leeds, near Kirkstall Abbey.

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Grocer · Horsforth

N S M Newsagents is a newsagent at 76 New Road Side in Horsforth, Leeds.

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Grocer · Kirkstall

Shiv Off Licence And Pan Parlour is a retail off-licence and paan (pan) parlour on Commercial Road in Kirkstall, Leeds. As an off-licence it sells alcohol together with soft drinks and mixers, while the pan-parlour side offers paan, the South Asian betel-leaf preparation. Recorded as a retailer in local food-hygiene listings, the shop serves the surrounding Kirkstall area and lists its range for online ordering and delivery.

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Grocer · Bramley

Sian Stores is a convenience shop and off-licence at 62 Raynville Road in Bramley, west Leeds. The Food Standards Agency registers it at that address as a retailer. Directory listings give its opening hours as 10.30am to 9pm every day and describe its stock as everyday groceries, spices and alcohol, with reviewers mentioning the range carried for the size of the shop and the owner's helpfulness. Companies House holds a Sian Stores Limited, incorporated in November 2006 and registered for retail sale in non-specialised stores with food, beverages or tobacco predominating and for the retail sale of beverages in specialised stores. Gurminder Sian has been its sole director since incorporation; he and Gurdeep Kaur are its two registered persons with significant control, each holding between 25% and 50% of the shares.

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Grocer · Meanwood

Stainbeck Stores is an independent corner shop, off-licence and tobacconist at 152 Stainbeck Lane, on the street that runs through the centre of Chapel Allerton to meet Harrogate Road and Town Street at Stainbeck Corner. Local listings describe a classic neighbourhood convenience shop selling groceries, drinks and tobacco, with no Premier, Nisa, Londis or other symbol-group fascia attached to the name — consistent with independent local ownership. It keeps a modest online footprint: a Facebook page and directory listings, but no website of its own.

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Newsagent · Grocer · Otley

The Gills News is an independent newsagent at 10 The Gills, Otley, north-west of Leeds. It occupies the only retail unit on its street: address records for the postcode otherwise list houses, flats and maisonettes, home to around 90 residents at the 2021 census, which places the shop among homes rather than in Otley''s shopping streets. Trade directory listings place it under newspapers and magazines, newspaper deliveries and magazine deliveries, and the business describes itself as offering "the best newspaper and magazines deliveries". It therefore runs delivery rounds as well as selling over the counter.

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Grocer · Wetherby

A convenience shop and off-licence on Hallfield Lane in Wetherby, a short walk from the town centre. It trades as The Wetherby Local Limited, incorporated in April 2024 and registered at the shop itself under the classification for non-specialised stores selling mainly food, drink and tobacco. Simarjot Singh is the sole director and holds the controlling shareholding. It carries groceries and everyday essentials along with newspapers and magazines, and Yorkshire.com's listing notes that staff will often source items the shop does not normally stock. It opens seven days a week, from 7am on weekdays and Saturdays and 8.30am on Sundays, until 8pm.

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Grocer · Chapel Allerton

Vinus Superstore is an independent convenience store at 491-493 Scott Hall Road, Leeds, trading as part of the Nisa symbol group and stocking Co-op own-brand lines alongside branded groceries. It opens 7am to 11pm Monday to Thursday and Sunday, and 24 hours on Friday and Saturday.