West Yorkshire
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. It was formed in 1974 by the Local Government Act 1972. Its county council was abolished in 1986 making its metropolitan boroughs de facto unitary authorities, although the county still exists in law and ceremonially. Although the county council was abolished, some local services are still run jointly on a county-wide basis, such as emergency services and public transport.
Towns and villagesAckworthBaildon, Batley, Beeston, Bingley, Birkby, Boston Spa, Bradford, BrighouseCastleford, Cleckheaton, Copley, CullingworthDewsburyElland, EsholtFairburn Ings, FitzwilliamGarforth, Golcar, Gomersal, Greetland, GuiseleyHalifax, Harewood, Hartshead, Hartshead Moor,Haworth, Hebden Bridge, Heckmondwike, Hemsworth, Heptonstall, Holmfirth, Horbury, HuddersfieldIlkleyKeighley, Kirkburton, KirkstallLedsham, Ledston, Leeds, LinthwaiteMarsden, Meltham, Mirfield, Morley, MytholmroydNewmillerdam, New Farnley, NostellOakworth, Ossett, Oxenhope, Otley, OultonPontefract, PudseyQueensburyRastrick, Riddlesden, Ripponden, RothwellSaltaire, Sandal,Scammonden Scarcroft, Shelley, Shibden, Shipley, Silsden, Slaithwaite, Sowerby Bridge, StanburyTemple Newsam, Thornbury, Thornton, Thornhill, Todmorden, TongWakefield, Walton, West Bretton, Wetherby, Whitkirk, Wilsden,Yeadon
Places of interestHistoric EnvironmentHarewood HouseCliffe Hall, also known as Cliffe CastleEsholt HallFirsby HallKirklees HallLedston HallLinthwaite HallLinton HallLotherton HallKershaw HouseEast Riddlesden HallOulton HallShelley HallShibden HallTong HallBretton HallKirkstall Abbey, Kirklees Priory, Nostell Priory, Pontefract PrioryWetherby CastleScarcroft Water MillRoman Lagentium (Castleford)Saltaire, a model villageKeighley and Worth Valley RailwayMuseumsBronte Parsonage Museum, HaworthRoyal Armouries museum, LeedsColne Valley MuseumPennine Farm Museum, RippondenPontefract MuseumWest Yorkshire Folk Museum, ShibdenNational Mining Museum for England (Netherton)National Museum of Photography, Film and Television, BradfordYorkshire Sculpture Park, West BrettonNatural EnvironmentEmley Moor, site of the tallest self-supporting structure in the UK (a TV mast)Walton Hall, West Yorkshire, home of naturalist Charles Waterton and the world's first nature reserveRSPB Fairburn Ings - wetland centre for birdsSeckar Woods LNR, a Local Nature ReserveNew Swillington Ings Nature ReserveWaterwaysScammonden Water, Deanhead Reservoir - both in the moors near RippondenRiver Aire, River Calder, River Hebble, River Spen, River WorthAire & Calder NavigationCalder and Hebble NavigationHuddersfield Broad CanalHuddersfield Narrow Canal, Standedge TunnelLeeds and Liverpool CanalKnottingley & Goole CanalRochdale CanalEntertainmentRestaurants in West Yorkshire
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