Independent shops in Wetherby

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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.

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Sweet shop & chocolatier · Grocer · Wetherby

A chocolate shop on Wetherby's High Street. It describes itself as independent and family-run and says it has been part of the High Street for over 25 years. The counter is built around Belgian chocolates and handcrafted truffles — the shop says it sources Belgian chocolate to make them — sold in ready-made gift boxes or picked box by box, alongside a pick 'n' mix of traditional sweets. It also takes bespoke orders for weddings, parties and corporate gifting, including favour boxes and branded treats, and delivers nationwide. The business is registered at the shop address as C'est Chocolat Ltd, incorporated in October 2025 with Ryan James Temple as its sole director. An earlier company, C'est Chocolat Wetherby Ltd, was incorporated at the same address in April 2017 and remains active on the register.

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Delicatessen · Wetherby

A cheese shop and delicatessen on The Shambles in Wetherby, which describes itself as "a proper deli, not a supermarket". It stocks more than 80 artisan cheeses and says everything on the shelves is chosen because it is genuinely worth eating, with staff who know each cheese on the counter. Around the cheese it sells sourdough and baked goods from Thierry Dumouchel, Perello olives, Onsuri olive oil, handmade chutneys, crackers, pâté and charcuterie, and it makes deli sandwiches and bespoke cheese wedding cakes. The business is registered as Artisan Cheese Ltd, incorporated in May 2025, with Bonnie Lazzarini as its majority shareholder and, alongside Vincent Lazzarini, a director. Leeds City Council gave the shop the top food hygiene rating of 5 in May 2025.

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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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Homeware · Wetherby

A family-run DIY, hardware and garden shop on Wetherby's High Street. Touchwood of Wetherby Ltd was incorporated in March 2003 and is registered at the shop; John Frederick Cowling, Susan Cowling and John Faron Cowling have all been directors since that month, and all three are recorded at Companies House as holding significant control. The shop says it carries more than 20,000 product lines, covering decorating, tools, electrical, plumbing and building products and key cutting, plus a garden range of seeds, feeds and fertilisers, pest control, hoses and bird feeders. In 2010 it extended the premises to launch Touchwood @Home, adding Spanish and Mediterranean cookware, baking equipment, candles, clocks, mirrors, lighting and gifts. It opens seven days a week, including bank holidays.

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Grocer · Wetherby

A two-screen independent cinema in the centre of Wetherby, trading through Wetherby Film Theatre Ltd. The company was incorporated in May 2007 and is registered for motion picture projection activities; John Richard Hewitt and John Stuart Tate have been its directors since November 2018. The building opened as a cinema in 1915, when George Crossley converted cottages on Caxton Street, and has traded as the Raby Picture House, the Rodney Cinema and, from 1965, a bingo hall, before returning to film in 1994. Wetherby Civic Society records an original capacity of 260, since reduced. Now trading as Wetherby Cinema, it says it has been "sharing stories since 1915" and has two screens of 53 and 32 seats, with a bar and lounge. The programme mixes new releases, arthouse and restored classics with live opera and ballet broadcasts.