Wetherby

Wetherby is a market town and civil parish within the City of Leeds metropolitan borough, in West Yorkshire, England, close to the county's border with North Yorkshire and lies approximately 12 miles from Leeds, 12 miles from York and 8 miles from Harrogate. The town stands on the River Wharfe, and for centuries has been a crossing place and staging post on the Great North Road midway between London and EdinburghHorse. Horse Racing in Wetherby first took place on Scaur Bank (now officially known as King George V playing fields). In 1891 racing moved to a new site situated off York Road.