The maps below show the changes experienced by the town of Wetherby at the beginning of the 21th Century.

The two maps illustrate the changes that took place in Wetherby between 2000 and 2016.

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, it can be seen that the town underwent a complete transformation with the conversion of some areas and the replacement of others. Over the period, the neighbourhood north of Main Street

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experienced a significant change.

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, the farmland in the

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of Wetherby was turned into a housing complex,

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the woodland with the lake to the north of the farmland remained the same. The disused car factory in the north-east was converted into a techno park with the houses to the west being replaced with blocks of flats. South of Main Street, the area witnessed even greater change. The house with gardens in the northwest of the area became a hotel with a spa.

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, by 2016 the office block west of the house in 2016 was extended, replacing all the cottages. The open-air market had given way to a supermarket and the shops in the

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of the area had become a multi-storey car park. Trees had

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been added to the square south of the open-air market.