What time does Betfred on Lands Lane open?

It opens at 10:00 Monday to Friday, 09:00 on Saturday and 10:00 on Sunday. That is a later weekday start than most Betfred shops in Leeds.

What time does Betfred Lands Lane close today?

Today's closing time is shown live at the top of this page. Monday to Saturday the shop closes at 22:00, but Sunday closes earlier at 20:00.

Is Betfred Lands Lane open on Sundays?

Yes, from 10:00 to 20:00. This is the shortest day of the week and an earlier Sunday close than the other central Leeds branches.

Why does this branch open later than other Betfred shops?

Lands Lane is a pedestrianised shopping street with no residential customer base, so the shop keeps retail times and opens with the shops around it rather than in time for the first races.

Is the shop open on Christmas Day?

Closed. This is one of the few genuinely fixed dates in the betting shop calendar: the Gambling Act 2005 bars gambling facilities on 25 December through a condition on every premises licence. Lands Lane reopens on Boxing Day at 10:00.

Is Betfred open on Good Friday and Easter Sunday?

Both are normal trading days. Good Friday opening became lawful for betting shops when the Gambling Act 2005 came into force, and Easter Sunday has never been restricted in Great Britain, so expect 10:00 – 22:00 on Good Friday and 10:00 – 20:00 on Easter Sunday.

What are the bank holiday opening times?

May and August bank holidays follow normal Monday times of 10:00 to 22:00. Christmas Eve and New Year's Eve close early at around 18:00, Boxing Day runs 10:00 to 20:00 and New Year's Day 10:00 to 20:00.

Is there a Betfred nearby that opens earlier?

Yes. The Bond Street and 41 Vicar Lane branches both open at 08:00 and are each about five minutes' walk away.

Betfred Opening Times, 36a Lands Lane, Leeds LS1 6LB

Betfred Lands Lane opening times at a glance

Monday to Friday: 10:00 – 22:00
Saturday: 09:00 – 22:00
Sunday: 10:00 – 20:00
Christmas Day: Closed — required by law

Lands Lane keeps retail times rather than early-doors betting shop times: a 10:00 start on weekdays, an hour earlier on Saturday, and the earliest Sunday close of any Betfred in central Leeds at 20:00.

Betfred Lands Lane opening times

Betfred, 36a Lands Lane, Leeds, LS1 6LB. Licensed by Leeds City Council, with the premises licence held by Done Brothers (Cash Betting) Limited.

Lands Lane is the pedestrianised shopping street running between The Headrow and Boar Lane, parallel to Briggate. The shop trades on pure retail footfall rather than a local customer base, and its times reflect that — it opens when the surrounding shops open rather than in time for the first race meetings, and closes on Sunday when the shopping street quietens down.

Weekly opening times for Lands Lane. Today's row is highlighted automatically.
Day	Opens	Closes	Time open

Before you travel: the 10:00 weekday opening is later than most Betfred shops, so if you want an early bet, the Bond Street or Vicar Lane branches a few minutes' walk away open earlier.

Weekday opening times

From Monday to Friday the doors open at 10:00 and close at 22:00.

Betfred Lands Lane, Monday to Friday.
Weekday	Opening times	Notes
Monday	10:00 – 22:00	Slow start; the street itself is quiet before the shops open.
Tuesday	10:00 – 22:00	Lunchtime is the first real peak of the day.
Wednesday	10:00 – 22:00	Midweek football keeps the evening trade going to close.
Thursday	10:00 – 22:00	Late-night shopping evenings bring extra passing trade.
Friday	10:00 – 22:00	Busiest weekday, with a long build from lunchtime onwards.

Because the opening time is tied to the retail street rather than the racing calendar, the first hour of British racing is often under way before this branch opens. Regulars who want the early prices tend to use Bond Street or Vicar Lane instead.

Weekend opening times

Saturday opens an hour earlier than the weekdays. Sunday is the shortest day of the week here.

Betfred Lands Lane, Saturday and Sunday.
Day	Opening times	Notes
Saturday	09:00 – 22:00	09:00 start for the full day's racing and the afternoon football.
Sunday	10:00 – 20:00	10:00 to 20:00 only — the earliest close of the week.

The Sunday 20:00 close is the thing to watch at this branch. If you are used to the 22:00 finish at other central Leeds shops, it is easy to arrive on a Sunday evening to a closed door.

Bank holiday opening times

Every bank holiday except one is a normal trading day for betting shops in England and Wales. The exception is Christmas Day, which the Gambling Act 2005 rules out through a condition written into every premises licence, so no betting shop in Great Britain can open on 25 December.

Bank holidays suit this branch well. The office workers who fill the city centre midweek are absent, but bank holiday shopping traffic on Lands Lane is heavy, and the shop generally trades its normal retail day rather than shortening it.

Easter opening times

Good Friday has been a permitted trading day for betting shops since the Gambling Act 2005 took effect, and Easter Sunday has never been restricted in Great Britain. This branch should keep its usual weekend pattern across the Easter weekend, including the earlier Easter Sunday close.

Easter moves each year. Dates shown are the next Easter weekend.
Day	Falls on	Next date	Opening times
Good Friday	Friday before Easter Sunday	—	10:00 – 22:00
Easter Saturday	Saturday before Easter Sunday	—	09:00 – 22:00
Easter Sunday	First Sunday after the first full moon on or after 21 March	—	10:00 – 20:00
Easter Monday	Day after Easter Sunday	—	10:00 – 22:00

With no British racing on Good Friday, trade runs on football, Irish and overseas racing and the numbers games. Easter Monday is a full racing day and a strong shopping day, which makes it one of the busier bank holidays here.

May bank holiday opening times

Both May bank holidays are normal Monday trading days. Bank holiday Mondays are among the best shopping days of the year on Lands Lane, so expect a busier than usual Monday.

Both May bank holidays fall on a Monday, so the date shifts each year.
Bank holiday	Falls on	Next date	Opening times
Early May bank holiday	First Monday in May	—	10:00 – 22:00
Spring bank holiday	Last Monday in May	—	10:00 – 22:00

August bank holiday opening times

The summer bank holiday combines a heavy racing card with a busy shopping street, so this is one of the fullest days of the year at this branch.

The summer bank holiday falls on a Monday, so the date shifts each year.
Bank holiday	Falls on	Next date	Opening times
Summer bank holiday	Last Monday in August	—	10:00 – 22:00

Christmas opening times

Christmas is the only period when the times here move away from the standard weekly pattern. Christmas Day is closed by law. Christmas Eve and New Year's Eve finish early, and the days between run close to normal on the back of the Boxing Day and 27 December racing.

The Christmas Day closure is a licence condition under the Gambling Act 2005. Next dates update automatically.
Day	Date	Next date	Opening times
Christmas Eve	24 December	—	10:00 – 18:00
Christmas Day	25 December	—	Closed all day
Boxing Day	26 December	—	10:00 – 20:00
27 to 30 December	Between the holidays	—	Normal times, close 20:00 – 22:00
Substitute bank holiday	When 25 or 26 December falls on a weekend	—	10:00 – 22:00
New Year's Eve	31 December	—	10:00 – 18:00
New Year's Day	1 January	—	10:00 – 20:00

Christmas Eve

Christmas Eve is one of the biggest days of the year on Lands Lane, and the shop opens at its normal time before finishing at around 18:00. The street empties fast once the shops shut, so the last hour is quiet.

Boxing Day

Boxing Day pairs the King George VI Chase at Kempton with the start of the sales, and Lands Lane is one of the busiest streets in Leeds that day. The shop opens on its normal Boxing Day time and closes a little earlier than a standard evening.

New Year opening times

New Year’s Eve

New Year's Eve mirrors Christmas Eve, with a normal morning open and an early evening close at around 18:00. Anything for the New Year's Day racing needs to go on during the afternoon.

New Year’s Day

New Year's Day is a later start at around 10:00 with an earlier finish. There is a full jumps card and the sales are still running, so the shop trades a normal if compressed day.

This branch tends to follow the surrounding retail street over the festive period rather than the standard Betfred pattern, so its Christmas times can differ from the suburban Leeds shops. By mid-December there is usually a card in the window with the branch's confirmed festive times, which is the version to trust.

How the live opening times panel works

What you see in the panel above is calculated on the fly. The current Leeds time is checked against this branch's trading pattern, and the status, closing time and countdown all follow from that.

What the status means

Open confirms the shop is trading at this moment. Closed means the time now sits outside the published window, at which point the countdown measures the wait until opening instead. Approaching 22:00, the countdown is the more useful of the two figures.

Last bets and settling up

The published 22:00 close is when the doors shut, not when betting stops. Cash bets finish a few minutes earlier to allow the day's slips to be settled and the till cashed up, so do not arrive expecting to place something on the hour.

Getting there

The buttons at the top of the page drop a pin on the shop, build a route from where you are standing, and open Street View so you can pick out the frontage on a busy shopping street. Lands Lane is fully pedestrianised with no vehicle access, so plan to walk the last few minutes.

Nearby Betfred shops and their opening times

Other Betfred branches near Lands Lane, ordered by straight-line distance from LS1 6LB. Several of them open earlier in the morning than this one.

Betfred, Vicar Lane (79–81)79–81 Vicar Lane, Leeds LS1 6QA

0.1 mi · Mon–Sat 08:30–22:00 · Sun 10:00–18:00
Betfred, Bond Street10 Bond Street, Leeds LS1 5EY

0.2 mi · Mon–Sat 08:00–22:00 · Sun 09:00–22:00
Betfred, Vicar Lane (41)41 Vicar Lane, Leeds LS1 6DS

0.2 mi · Mon–Sat 08:00–22:00 · Sun 09:00–22:00
Betfred, Holbeck61a Top Moor Side, Leeds LS11 9LH

0.9 mi · Mon–Fri 10:00–20:00 · Sat 09:00–20:00 · Sun 10:00–18:00
Betfred, Harehills Road (29A–29B)29A–29B Harehills Road, Leeds LS8 5HR

1.1 mi · Mon–Fri 09:00–22:00 · Sat 08:30–22:00 · Sun 09:30–22:00
Betfred, Harehills Road (76)76 Harehills Road, Leeds LS8 5NU

1.3 mi · Mon–Fri 09:00–22:00 · Sat 08:30–22:00 · Sun 09:30–22:00

Other bookmakers in the area

The Lands Lane and Briggate area is the densest cluster of betting shops in Leeds.

Other national chains hold licences within a couple of minutes' walk, on Briggate, Vicar Lane, Boar Lane and around the Headrow junction. Times vary more than you might expect across that short distance, with some opening at 08:00 and some, like this one, waiting for the retail street to wake up.

Two registers between them cover the ground. The Gambling Commission's public premises register identifies every licensed betting shop in Great Britain by operator and address, while Leeds City Council records the premises licences it has granted in Leeds city centre. Trading times appear in neither, which is why they have to be checked branch by branch.

About this shop

Premises details from the Gambling Commission public register.
Trading name	Betfred
Address	36a Lands Lane, Leeds, LS1 6LB
Premises type	Betting shop
Licensee	Done Brothers (Cash Betting) Limited
Licensing authority	Leeds City Council
Area	Leeds city centre
Nearest main roads	The Headrow, Briggate, Boar Lane
Public transport	Leeds railway station is around ten minutes' walk; Headrow and Boar Lane bus stops are within two minutes

The shop is on the eastern side of Lands Lane between The Headrow and Commercial Street, a few doors from the Victoria Quarter arcades. The whole street is pedestrianised, so access is on foot from The Headrow, Briggate or Albion Street.

Frequently asked questions

What time does Betfred on Lands Lane open?: It opens at 10:00 Monday to Friday, 09:00 on Saturday and 10:00 on Sunday. That is a later weekday start than most Betfred shops in Leeds.
What time does Betfred Lands Lane close today?: Today's closing time is shown live at the top of this page. Monday to Saturday the shop closes at 22:00, but Sunday closes earlier at 20:00.
Is Betfred Lands Lane open on Sundays?: Yes, from 10:00 to 20:00. This is the shortest day of the week and an earlier Sunday close than the other central Leeds branches.
Why does this branch open later than other Betfred shops?: Lands Lane is a pedestrianised shopping street with no residential customer base, so the shop keeps retail times and opens with the shops around it rather than in time for the first races.
Is the shop open on Christmas Day?: Closed. This is one of the few genuinely fixed dates in the betting shop calendar: the Gambling Act 2005 bars gambling facilities on 25 December through a condition on every premises licence. Lands Lane reopens on Boxing Day at 10:00.
Is Betfred open on Good Friday and Easter Sunday?: Both are normal trading days. Good Friday opening became lawful for betting shops when the Gambling Act 2005 came into force, and Easter Sunday has never been restricted in Great Britain, so expect 10:00 – 22:00 on Good Friday and 10:00 – 20:00 on Easter Sunday.
What are the bank holiday opening times?: May and August bank holidays follow normal Monday times of 10:00 to 22:00. Christmas Eve and New Year's Eve close early at around 18:00, Boxing Day runs 10:00 to 20:00 and New Year's Day 10:00 to 20:00.
Is there a Betfred nearby that opens earlier?: Yes. The Bond Street and 41 Vicar Lane branches both open at 08:00 and are each about five minutes' walk away.