West Yorkshire

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ceremonial county metropolitan county

West Yorkshire is a metropolitan county in northern England that includes major cities such as Leeds and Bradford and serves as an important economic and cultural hub in the region.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form Occurrences
Calderdale 1
West Riding of Yorkshire 1
West Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service 1

Statements (89)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ceremonial county ⓘ
metropolitan county ⓘ
borders Derbyshire ⓘ
Greater Manchester ⓘ
Lancashire ⓘ
North Yorkshire ⓘ
South Yorkshire ⓘ
containsCity Bradford ⓘ
Leeds ⓘ
North Yorkshire ⓘ
surface form: Ripon (partly historically via West Riding of Yorkshire)

Wakefield ⓘ
containsMetropolitanBorough Metropolitan Borough of Calderdale ⓘ
surface form: Calderdale

Bradford ⓘ
surface form: City of Bradford

Leeds ⓘ
surface form: City of Leeds

Kirklees ⓘ
Wakefield ⓘ
country England ⓘ
createdBy Local Government Act 1972 ⓘ
dateEstablished 1974 ⓘ
hasAdministrativeHeadquarters Wakefield ⓘ
hasAirport Leeds Bradford Airport ⓘ
hasCulturalInstitution Alhambra Theatre, Bradford ⓘ
Leeds Art Gallery ⓘ
Leeds Grand Theatre ⓘ
Leeds Playhouse ⓘ
National Science and Media Museum ⓘ
surface form: National Science and Media Museum (Bradford)

Royal Armouries Museum ⓘ
surface form: Royal Armouries Museum (Leeds)

The Hepworth Wakefield ⓘ
hasEconomicSector financial services ⓘ
higher education ⓘ
manufacturing ⓘ
retail ⓘ
hasFireAndRescueService West Yorkshire self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: West Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service
hasHeritageSite Kirkstall Abbey ⓘ
Pontefract Castle ⓘ
Saltaire ⓘ
Sandal Castle ⓘ
hasHighestPoint Whernside (historical West Riding area) ⓘ
hasHistoricIndustry coal mining ⓘ
textile industry ⓘ
woollen industry ⓘ
hasLandscapeFeature Pennines ⓘ
Pennines ⓘ
surface form: South Pennines
hasLargestCity Leeds ⓘ
hasMajorCity Bradford ⓘ
hasMajorTown Batley ⓘ
Brighouse ⓘ
Castleford ⓘ
Dewsbury ⓘ
Halifax ⓘ
Huddersfield ⓘ
Keighley ⓘ
Morley ⓘ
Ossett ⓘ
Pontefract ⓘ
Shipley ⓘ
Todmorden ⓘ
surface form: Todmorden (partly)
hasMotorway M1 motorway ⓘ
M62 motorway ⓘ
M621 motorway ⓘ
hasPoliceForce West Yorkshire Police ⓘ
hasPopulationCentre Bradford ⓘ
surface form: Bradford urban area

Huddersfield ⓘ
surface form: Huddersfield urban area

West Yorkshire Urban Area ⓘ
surface form: Leeds urban area

Wakefield ⓘ
surface form: Wakefield urban area
hasRailHub Bradford Interchange ⓘ
Huddersfield railway station ⓘ
Leeds railway station ⓘ
hasSportsTeam Bradford Bulls (rugby league) ⓘ
Bradford City A.F.C. ⓘ
Huddersfield Town A.F.C. ⓘ
Leeds Rhinos ⓘ
surface form: Leeds Rhinos (rugby league)

Leeds United F.C. ⓘ
Wakefield Trinity (rugby league) ⓘ
hasTimeZone British Summer Time ⓘ
Greenwich Mean Time ⓘ
hasTransportAuthority West Yorkshire Combined Authority ⓘ
hasUniversity Leeds Beckett University ⓘ
Leeds Trinity University ⓘ
University of Bradford ⓘ
University of Huddersfield ⓘ
University of Leeds ⓘ
locatedIn Northern England ⓘ
partOf Yorkshire and the Humber ⓘ
traversedByRiver River Aire ⓘ
River Calder ⓘ
River Colne ⓘ
River Spen ⓘ
River Wharfe ⓘ

Referenced by (130)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Ravensthorpe → administrativeCounty → West Yorkshire ⓘ
Dark Peak → administrativeRegion → West Yorkshire ⓘ
Pennines → administrativeRegions → West Yorkshire ⓘ
EXS → airlineHeadquarters → West Yorkshire ⓘ
LS → airlineHeadquartersRegion → West Yorkshire ⓘ
Lascelles → associatedCounty → West Yorkshire ⓘ
subject surface form: Lascelles family
Lascelles family → associatedWithCounty → West Yorkshire ⓘ
The Whites → associatedWithCounty → West Yorkshire ⓘ
Greater Manchester → borderedBy → West Yorkshire ⓘ
Oldham borough → borderedBy → West Yorkshire ⓘ
this entity surface form: Calderdale
Lancashire → borders → West Yorkshire ⓘ
North Yorkshire → borders → West Yorkshire ⓘ
Rossendale Valley → borders → West Yorkshire ⓘ
South Yorkshire → borders → West Yorkshire ⓘ
Batley → ceremonialCounty → West Yorkshire ⓘ
Hebden Bridge → ceremonialCounty → West Yorkshire ⓘ
Kirklees → ceremonialCounty → West Yorkshire ⓘ
Leeds → ceremonialCounty → West Yorkshire ⓘ
Mirfield → ceremonialCounty → West Yorkshire ⓘ
Morley → ceremonialCounty → West Yorkshire ⓘ
Sowerby Bridge → ceremonialCounty → West Yorkshire ⓘ
Wakefield → ceremonialCounty → West Yorkshire ⓘ
The Peacocks → clubCounty → West Yorkshire ⓘ
Leeds to Blackpool → connectsRegion → West Yorkshire ⓘ
M62 motorway → connectsRegion → West Yorkshire ⓘ
Yorkshire and the Humber → contains → West Yorkshire ⓘ
Bradford City A.F.C. → county → West Yorkshire ⓘ
Huddersfield Town A.F.C. → county → West Yorkshire ⓘ
Leeds United F.C. → county → West Yorkshire ⓘ
United → county → West Yorkshire ⓘ
Derbyshire → hasBorderWith → West Yorkshire ⓘ
West Yorkshire → hasFireAndRescueService → West Yorkshire self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: West Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service
Yorkshire → hasSubregion → West Yorkshire ⓘ
Jet2.com → headquartersLocation → West Yorkshire ⓘ
Jet2holidays → headquartersLocation → West Yorkshire ⓘ
Bradford → isCountyCityOf → West Yorkshire ⓘ
Batley → lieutenancyArea → West Yorkshire ⓘ
Kirklees → lieutenancyArea → West Yorkshire ⓘ
Slaithwaite → lieutenancyArea → West Yorkshire ⓘ
All Saints' Church, Harewood → locatedIn → West Yorkshire ⓘ
Batley → locatedIn → West Yorkshire ⓘ
Bradford → locatedIn → West Yorkshire ⓘ
Brotherton Library → locatedIn → West Yorkshire ⓘ
Calder Valley → locatedIn → West Yorkshire ⓘ