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West Yorkshire

Geography
Status	Ceremonial and Metropolitan county (no county council)
Origin	1974
Region	Yorkshire and the Humber
Area - Total	Ranked 29th 2,029 km²
ONS code	2F
NUTS 3	UKE4
Demographics
Population - Total (2004 est. ) - Density	Ranked / km²
Ethnicity	88.6% White 8.7% S.Asian
Politics
Members of Parliament	Ed Balls John Battle Hilary Benn Colin Burgon Colin Challen Yvette Cooper Mary Creagh Ann Cryer Philip Davies Fabian Hamilton Shahid Malik Christine McCafferty Kali Mountford George Mudie Greg Mulholland Linda Riordan Terry Rooney Barry Sheerman Marsha Singh Gerry Sutcliffe Jon Trickett Paul Truswell Mike Wood
Districts
Leeds Wakefield Kirklees Calderdale Bradford

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. In Parliament, all but two of West Yorkshire's M.P.s are Labour. At local level, the councils are generally divided, apart from the Wakefield district, which has long been one the safest Labour councils in the country. The Wakefield district's industrial heritage of coal-mining tends to set it apart from the others somewhat.

Since the abolition of the county council, some services previously controlled by it are now run by joint boards, such as emergency services (West Yorkshire Police) and public transport (West Yorkshire Passenger Transport Executive). There are currently plans for a tram system in West Yorkshire, but those for a Leeds Supertram were rejected by the government in 2005.

Economy

This is a chart of trend of regional gross value added of West Yorkshire at current basic prices published (pp.240-253) by Office for National Statistics with figures in millions of British Pounds Sterling.

Year	Regional Gross Value Added4	Agriculture1	Industry2	Services3
1995	21,302	132	7,740	13,429
2000	27,679	80	8,284	19,314
2003	31,995	91	8,705	23,199

Note 1: includes hunting and forestry

Note 2: includes energy and construction

Note 3: includes financial intermediation services indirectly measured

Note 4: Components may not sum to totals due to rounding

Towns and villages

• Ackworth
• Baildon, Bailiff Bridge, Batley, Beeston, Bingley, Birkby, Boston Spa, Bradford, Brighouse
• Castleford, Cleckheaton, Copley, Cragg Vale, Cullingworth
• Denby Dale, Dewsbury
• Elland, Emley, Esholt
• Fairburn Ings, Fitzwilliam
• Garforth, Golcar, Gomersal, Greetland, Guiseley
• Halifax, Harewood, Hartshead, Hartshead Moor,Haworth, Hebden Bridge, Heckmondwike, Hemsworth, Heptonstall, Holmfirth, Honley, Horbury, Horsforth, Huddersfield
• Ilkley
• Keighley, Kirkburton, Kirkstall
• Ledsham, Ledston, Leeds, Linthwaite
• Marsden, Meltham, Mirfield, Morley, Mytholmroyd
• New Mill, Newmillerdam, New Farnley, Nostell
• Oakworth, Ossett, Oxenhope, Otley, Oulton
• Pontefract, Pudsey
• Queensbury
• Rastrick, Riddlesden, Ripponden, Rothwell
• Saltaire, Sandal, Scammonden Scarcroft, Scholes, Shelley, Shepley, Shibden, Shipley, Silsden, Slaithwaite, Sowerby Bridge, Stanbury
• Temple Newsam, Thornbury, Thornton, Thornhill, Todmorden, Tong
• Wakefield, Walton, West Bretton, Wetherby, Whitkirk, Wilsden,
• Yeadon

Places of interest

Historic environment

• Harewood House
• Cliffe Hall, also known as Cliffe Castle
• Esholt Hall
• Firsby Hall
• Kirklees Hall
• Ledston Hall
• Linthwaite Hall
• Linton Hall
• Lotherton Hall
• Kershaw House
• East Riddlesden Hall
• Oulton Hall
• Sandal Castle
• Shelley Hall
• Shibden Hall
• Tong Hall
• Bretton Hall
• Kirkstall Abbey, Kirklees Priory, Nostell Priory, Pontefract Priory
• Wetherby Castle
• Scarcroft Water Mill
• Roman Lagentium (Castleford)
• Saltaire, a model village
• Keighley and Worth Valley Railway

Museums

• 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)
• National Museum of Photography, Film and Television, Bradford
• Yorkshire Sculpture Park, West Bretton
• Tolson Museum, Dalton (Huddersfield)

Natural environment

• Emley 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 reserve
• RSPB Fairburn Ings - wetland centre for birds
• Seckar Woods LNR, a Local Nature Reserve
• New Swillington Ings Nature Reserve
• Otley Chevin - extensive wooded parkland on high ground with extensive views North over Wharfedale and South as far as the Peak District
• Harewood Estate - Leeds Country Way public footpath runs through the estate, beautiful landscaped gardens and home to Red Kites amongst many other birds

Waterways

• Scammonden Water, Deanhead Reservoir - both in the moors near Ripponden
• 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

Entertainment

• Leeds City Guide
• The Pulse of West Yorkshire - commercial radio station covering Bradford, Kirklees, Calderdale and parts of Leeds
• Pulse Classic Gold - commercial radio station covering Bradford, Kirklees, Calderdale and parts of Leeds

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