Religion
There are five churches in Wetherby:
- Bank Street Methodist Church
- Wetherby Baptist Church
- St James Parish Church
- The Church on the Corner is a part of St. James Church which meets in the old Cemetery Chapel on Hallfield Lane. The church is situated in two small chapels, which are mostly used as chapels of rest.
- St Joseph's Roman Catholic Church – The present church building was opened in 1986 and won the Leeds award for Architecture in 1987. Two smaller Catholic churches in Bardsey and Sicklinghall operate as satellite churches to the Wetherby one and do not have their own ministers.
- Wetherby Community Church of the Salvation Army
The Baptist Church was originally Anglican and was known as Barleyfields Church. Early in 2009 it became part of the Baptist Union of Great Britain. The church originally met in the Barleyfields Centre, but moved to Deighton Gates School in September 2009. There is also All Saints C of E church in Kirk Deighton which for many in North Wetherby is the closest church.
The Wetherby Secular Forum is a Wetherby-based campaign group of Atheists from the North East Leeds Area.
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