Swan & Talbot Inn
📍 34 North Street, Wetherby, West Yorkshire, LS22 6NN
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A pub for more than 400 years, The Swan and Talbot in Wetherby was once a posting inn on the Great North Road.
Originally named the Dog and Swan, the pub was, until 1611, allowed to bear the coat of arms of the Swann family. The Swann family lived at Askham Manor in nearby Askham Richard.
The ‘dog’ was a talbot hound – an extinct type of hunting dog whose closest modern day descendant is the beagle – and the pub’s name was changed to The Swan and Talbot.
The pub and letting accommodation has recently seen extensive refurbishment and is proving to be a popular haunt for many of Wetherby’s locals and destination diners. Inside, the pub has low ceilings befitting the age of the place, and at one end, a huge fireplace over which hangs a brief history of how it acquired its name.
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📍 34 North Street, Wetherby, West Yorkshire, LS22 6NN
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Showing 5 of 586 reviews from Google Maps.Last updated 6 February 2026.
Decided to go down and watch Newcastle vs villa as advertised. When we got there they didn’t have the game on so we asked. The staff put the game on the tv and then a few local who were not watching the TV decided they wanted the rugby league highlights from the day before. The staff were clueless so the locals decided to take control of the tv remote and change the channel. To our amazement they put rugby on and didn’t even look at the tv, staff didn’t intervene and an old hag said “this pub is for horse racing and not football”, the staff just stood there and didn’t make any effort to sort the situation. Normally we wouldn’t mind but they made no attempt to even watch the tv once they changed the channel. We decided to leave the swan and went to bar3 which were much more accommodating.
Handy location as it is on the way into town. Good selection of Ales, there is a beer garden which is great when the sun is out. The premises is very clean and has a welcoming atmosphere. A pool table is available and is reasonable at 50p per game.
A cosy, friendly pub serving lovely food. Great wine, too, and all at very reasonable prices. We had the most delicious steak and ale pie ever. Definitely worth seeking out if you find yourself in Wetherby.
Just called in after doing a car boot (not local) and made to feel welcome, plenty of parking behind in Morrisons and most important, the young girl and lad behind the bar were so attentive, pandering to our demands for coffees and teas, serving them as quick as beers and wines for the group. Thank you! The management obviously pick their staff carefully and it doesn’t go unnoticed.
Remind me to never ever visit this place again. Party of 12 which subsequently trebled the amount of customers the pub had, decided to go for a couple of drinks after being out celebrating out mother's birthday. After ordering and paying for our drinks which was a combination of beer, wine and pop for the kids the chap behind the bar who was three sheets to the wind decided to tell us we had 10 minutes to finish our drinks as two of our kids were too young to be in the pub. It probably would of been a prudent idea to of informed us of his rules prior to taking our order. We left as disgruntled customers never to return again as his attitude stunk.
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