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West Yorkshire is a metropolitan county within the region of Yorkshire and the Humber in north central England. It covers 2,029 sq km (783 sq mi) and has a population of 2.2 million people (2012 estimate).

West Yorkshire is a landlocked county. It comprises five metropolitan boroughs, namely Bradford, Calderdale, Kirklees, Leeds and Wakefield. Bordering West Yorkshire are Lancashire to the northwest, North Yorkshire to the north and east, South Yorkshire to the southeast and Manchester to the southwest.


Abbey House Museum, Kirkstall, Leeds
Abbey House Museum, Kirkstall, Leeds
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 Today West Yorkshire exists only as a geographical frame of reference, as the county council was abolished in 1986. Administrative authority now pass to the respective metropolitan boroughs, whcih act as unitary authorities. West Yorkshire continues to form a metropolitan and ceremonial county with the positions of a Lord Lieutenant of West Yorkshire and a High Sheriff.

West Yorkshire experiences an oceanic climate similar to the rest of the country. July and August are the warmest months, when the average high temperature rises to 19°C (66°F). Coldest months are January and February, when the average low temperature drops to 1°C (32°F). It receives the most rain in August, at 65 mm (2.56 in).


 Castleford Foot Bridge over the River Aire
Castleford Foot Bridge over the River Aire
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Nostell Priory, West Yorkshire, England
Nostell Priory, West Yorkshire, England
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Towns in West Yorkshire

  1. Bradford
  2. Leeds
  3. Wakefield

Sights in West Yorkshire

  1. Abbey House Museum, Kirkstall, Leeds
  2. Armley Mills Industrial Museum, Leeds
  3. Bankfield Museum, Halifax
  4. Bradford Industrial Museum, Eccleshill, Bradford
  5. Bretton Hall
  6. Brontë Parsonage Museum, Haworth
  7. Castleford Foot Bridge
  8. Colne Valley Museum, Golcar, Huddersfield
  9. Deanhead Reservoir
  10. East Riddlesden Hall
  11. Emley Moor
  12. Eureka, Halifax
  13. Halifax Piece Hall
  14. Harewood House
  15. Harewood Estate
  16. Ilkley Moor
  17. Keighley and Worth Valley Railway
  18. Kirklees Hall
  19. Kirkstall Abbey
  20. Lagentium, Castleford
  21. Ledston Hall, Ledston
  22. Leeds City Museum, Leeds
  23. Lotherton Hall
  24. Middleton Railway
  25. National Coal Mining Museum for England Overton, Wakefield
  26. National Media Museum
  27. Nostell Priory
  28. Oakwell Hall
  29. Otley Chevin
  30. Oulton Hall, Oulton
  31. Pontefract Castle
  32. Pontefract Museum
  33. Pontefract Priory
  34. River Aire
  35. River Calder
  36. River Hebble
  37. River Spen
  38. River Worth
  39. Roundhay Park, Leeds
  40. Royal Armouries Museum, Leeds
  41. RSPB Fairburn Ing
  42. Sandal Castle
  43. Scammonden Reservoir
  44. Shibden Hall
  45. Shipley Glen Tramway
  46. Thackray Museum, Leeds
  47. The Hepworth Wakefield
  48. Thwaite Mills, Leeds
  49. Tolson Museum, Dalton, Huddersfield
  50. Wakefield Museum, Wakefield
  51. Walton Hall, West Yorkshire
  52. Yorkshire Sculpture Park, West Bretton, Wakefield

UNESCO World Heritage Sites in West Yorkshire

  1. Saltaire

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