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Brewery Tours in Leeds

Demi Sheridan, Editorial Assistant

Leeds has long been a city built on beer — from its industrial-era brewing giants to the new wave of craft innovators reshaping the scene today. Whether you’re a seasoned ale aficionado or just curious about hops and heritage, the city offers a range of brewery tours that blend storytelling, sampling, and a generous pour of Yorkshire character.

Start with a deep dive into the city’s brewing past on the Leeds Heritage Pub & Brewery Tour, where you’ll explore over 300 years of pub and brewing history, visiting iconic venues and enjoying drinks along the way. For a more contemporary experience.

Whether you’re tracing the footsteps of brewing history or sipping the latest experimental IPA, Leeds’ brewery tours offer a taste of the city’s rich beer culture.

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Leeds Heritage Pub & Brewery Tour

Leeds Heritage Pub & Brewery Tour at The Tetley, Until 30 August 2026, From £35.00 - Book now

Leeds has a vibrant history of beer making, pouring and drinking. Starting at its industrial roots and transitioning from household names like Tetley through to the renaissance of micro brewing and the rise of much loved makers like Northern Monk and Kirkstall Brewery, Leeds has an incredible beer culture.

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Whitelock's Ale House
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Northern Monk Brewery Tour

Northern Monk Brewery Tour at Northern Monk Refectory LDS, Leeds, Until 26 June 2027, From £20.00 - Book now

A Leeds based brewery whose beers can be found in independent bottle shops and pubs across the country. You can join them on Saturday afternoons for a peek behind the scenes and an insight into the brewing process with their brewery tours.

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Saltaire Brewery Tour

Saltaire Brewery Tour at Saltaire Brewery, Bradford, Until 6 June 2026, From £15.00 - Book now

Go behind the scenes at Saltaire Brewery for an easy-going, expert-led tour of this Yorkshire favourite, known for its Blonde, Cascade Pale and rich Triple Choc Stout. After exploring the brewhouse and packaging plant, you’ll head to the taproom for a tasting flight of their no-nonsense beers.

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Saltaire Brewery

Ossett Brewery Tour

Ossett Brewery Tour at Ossett Brewery Taproom, West Yorkshire, 16 August–11 October 2025, From £19.09 - Book now

Explore the brewing tanks and tasting room of Ossett Brewery, a Yorkshire favourite with Tetley roots and a passion for proper beer. With behind-the-scenes access, expert-led tastings and a suntrap of a beer garden, it’s the perfect excuse for a Wakefield day out (top tip, get your culture fix at The Hepworth or Yorkshire Sculpture Park before you sink half a dozen cold ones).

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Ossett Brewery
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House of Fu Leeds

A Japanese-inspired restaurant speciaising in ramen and handmade dumplings, with a karaoke cocktail bar and lounge upstairs.
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The Northern Market Leeds

The Northern Market is a vibrant multi-purpose venue in the heart of Leeds, including a food hall and cinema room.

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Relaxed restaurant in Leeds serving impressively high-quality steaks at an affordable price point.

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White Cloth Hall

White Cloth Hall is a new food and drink project, based in a Grade II listed venue in Leeds city centre.

Hern Food
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Hern

This produce-driven bistro in Chapel Allerton, Leeds, prides itself on cooking with the only finest ingredients and his headed up by Cordon Bleu-trained chef Rab Adams.
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Eat Your Greens

Eat Your Greens is a vibrant, organic restaurant bringing a hint of European flair to the city’s plant-based dining scene.
Sela opened in 2004 with an idea to provide quality imported beers from around the world, fun cocktails to compliment the beer selections and a stage for the region’s finest and most talented musicians to play on.Over ten years later, we’re still all about the beer, cocktails, live music and pizza!We carry over a selection of over thirty different beers spanning the globe from Pickering with The Great Yorkshire Brewery’s Yorkshire Blackout, to New York with a selection from Brooklyn Brewery, and Belgium with longtime Sela favourite, Vedett.Our cocktails change regularly too. Our best-sellers are joined by fun, new offerings and our pizza menu is regarded as one of the best the city of Leeds has to offer.As for the live music, Sela has had not only the great and the good from the region. Local funksters, The New Mastersounds are regular visitors and we stage the amazing Mojah Reggae Band for their weekly Wednesday residency. Our other long running programming incl
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Sela Bar & Pizzeria

Sela Bar is a cosy Leeds basement spot with live music, great drinks, and a cool, laid-back, atmospheric vibe.
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Empire Café is located in Leeds’ ‘home of day dining’- Fish street!
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Phranakhon Thai Tapas is a revolutionised Thai dining restaurant with a combination of European indulgence and authentic Thai tastes.

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Wen’s is a family owned Chinese restaurant specialising in authentic, home cooked cuisine.

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