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. 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, England, Harewood, Hartshead, Hartshead Moor,Haworth, Hebden Bridge, 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