| West Yorkshire |
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| Geography |
| Status: |
Ceremonial County |
| Region: |
Yorkshire and the Humber |
Area:
- Total |
Ranked
29th
2,029 kmē |
| ONS code: |
2F |
| NUTS 2: |
UKE4 |
| Demographics |
Population:
- Total (2002 est.)
- Density |
Ranked 4th
2,089,212
1,030 / kmē |
| Ethnicity: |
88.6% White
8.7% S.Asian |
| Politics |
| Members of Parliament |
| John Battle, Hilary Benn, Harold Best, Colin Burgon, Colin Challen, Yvette Cooper, Ann Cryer,
Fabian Hamilton, David Hinchliffe, Christopher Leslie,
Alice Mahon, Christine McCafferty, Kali Mountford,
George Mudie, Bill
O'Brien, Terry Rooney, Barry Sheerman, Marsha Singh, Gerry Sutcliffe, Ann
Taylor, Jon Trickett, Paul Truswell, Mike Wood |
| Districts |
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- Leeds
- Wakefield
- Kirklees
- Calderdale
- Bradford
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West Yorkshire is a metropolitan county
in England, corresponding roughly to the core of the West Riding of the traditional county of Yorkshire. It borders on Lancashire,
Greater Manchester, Derbyshire, North Yorkshire and South Yorkshire.
It is composed of the districts of Bradford, Calderdale, Kirklees, Leeds, and Wakefield. Its county council was abolished in 1986 making its
metropolitan boroughs de facto unitary authorities,
although the county still exists in law and ceremonially.
Towns and villages
- Baildon, Batley, Beeston, Bingley, Boston Spa, Bradford, Brighouse
- Castleford, Cleckheaton, Copley
- Dewsbury
- Elland, Esholt
- Fairburn Ings, Farnley
- Garforth, Golcar, Gomersal, Greetland, Guiseley
- Halifax, Harewood, Hartshead, Hartshead Moor,Haworth, Hebden Bridge, Hemsworth, Heptonstall, Holmfirth, Horbury, Huddersfield
- Ilkley
- Keighley, Kirkburton,
Kirklees, Kirkstall
- Ledsham, Ledston, Leeds, Linthwaite, Littleborough, Liversedge
- Marsden, Meltham, Mirfield, Morley, Mytholmroyd
- Newmillerdam, New
Farnley, Nostell
- Oakworth, Ossett, Oxenhope, Otley, Oulton
- Pontefract, Pudsey
- Queensbury
- Rastrick, Riddlesden,
Ripponden, Rothwell, West Yorkshire
- Saltaire, Sandal, Scarcroft, Shelley, Shibden, Shipley, Slaithwaite, Sowerby Bridge, Stanbury
- Temple Newsam, Thornbury,
Thornhill, Todmorden, Tong
- Wakefield, Walton, Watton,
West Bretton, Wetherby,
Whitkirk, Wilsden,
- Yeadon
Places of interest
- Harewood House
- Cliffe Hall, also known as
Cliffe Castle
- Emley Moor, site of the tallest self-supporting structure in the UK
- Esholt Hall
- Farnley Hall
- Firsby Hall
- Kirklees Hall
- Ledston Hall
- Linthwaite Hall
- Linton Hall
- Lotherton Hall
- Kershaw House
- East Riddlesden Hall
- Oulton Hall
- Shelley Hall
- Shibden Hall
- Tong Hall
- Walton Hall, West Yorkshire, home of
naturalist Charles Waterton and the world's first nature reserve
- Bretton Hall
- Kirkstall Abbey, Kirklees Priory, Nostell Priory, Pontefract Priory
- Wetherby Castle
- Scarcroft Water
Mill
- Roman Lagentium (Castleford)
- Saltaire, a model
village
- Bronte
Parsonage Museum, Haworth
- Royal Armouries museum, Leeds
- Colne Valley
Museum
- Pennine Farm
Museum, Ripponden
- Pontefract
Museum
- West
Yorkshire Folk Museum, Shibden
- National Mining Museum for England (Netherton)
- Yorkshire
Sculpture Park, West Bretton
- Keighley and Worth Valley
Railway
- RSPB Fairburn Ings
- Seckar Woods LNR, a
Local Nature
Reserve
- New Swillington Ings Nature Reserve
- Scammonden Water,
Deanhead
Reservoir
- River Aire, River
Calder, River Hebble,
River Spen, River Worth
- Aire & Calder Navigation
- Calder and Hebble Navigation
- Huddersfield Broad Canal
- Huddersfield Narrow Canal, Standedge Tunnel
- Leeds and Liverpool Canal
- Knottingley & Goole Canal
- Rochdale Canal
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