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  1. West Yorkshire is a metropolitan and ceremonial county in the Yorkshire and the Humber region of England. It borders North Yorkshire to the north and east, South Yorkshire and Derbyshire to the south, Greater Manchester to the south-west, and Lancashire to the west. The city of Leeds is the largest settlement.

  2. Halifax is a town in the Metropolitan Borough of Calderdale, in West Yorkshire, England.It is near the east Pennine foothills. In the 15th century, the town became an economic hub of the old West Riding of Yorkshire, primarily in woollen manufacture with the large Piece Hall square later built for trading wool in the town centre. The town was a thriving mill town during the Industrial ...

  3. West Yorkshire is a metropolitan county in the Yorkshire and the Humber region of England. It was created in 1974 by the Local Government Act 1972 and in 2005 covered an area of 2,029 km² and a population of 2.1 million. It is the most built up and biggest urban area in Yorkshire.

  4. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › LeedsLeeds - Wikipedia

    Leeds is a city [a] in West Yorkshire, England. It is the largest settlement in Yorkshire and the administrative centre of the City of Leeds Metropolitan Borough, which is the second most populous district in the United Kingdom. It is built around the River Aire and is in the eastern foothills of the Pennines.

  5. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › YorkshireYorkshire - Wikipedia

    Cleveland and Humberside were both abolished in 1996, since when there have been four ceremonial counties with Yorkshire in their names: East Riding of Yorkshire, North Yorkshire, South Yorkshire and West Yorkshire, which together cover most of the historic county.

  6. West Yorkshire is a metropolitan and ceremonial county in the Yorkshire and the Humber region of England. It borders North Yorkshire to the north and east, South Yorkshire and Derbyshire to the south, Greater Manchester to the south-west, and Lancashire to the west.

  7. Category:Towns in West Yorkshire - Wikipedia. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Towns in West Yorkshire. Subcategories. This category has the following 37 subcategories, out of 37 total. Market towns in West Yorkshire ‎ (16 P) Batley ‎ (4 C, 15 P) Bingley ‎ (2 C, 13 P) Bradford ‎ (21 C, 16 P) Brighouse ‎ (2 C, 17 P) Castleford ‎ (3 C, 22 P)

  8. Wikipedia categories named after counties of England.

  9. The West Yorkshire Built-up Area, previously known as the West Yorkshire Urban Area, is a term used by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) to refer to a conurbation in West Yorkshire, England, based on the cities of Leeds, Bradford and Wakefield, and the large towns of Huddersfield and Halifax.

  10. West Yorkshire is a metropolitan county in the north of England, with a population of over 2 million people. The county is divided into five districts: Leeds, Bradford, Kirklees, Calderdale, and Wakefield. The River Aire and River Calder both flow through West Yorkshire, and the county is also home to a number of reservoirs.