West Yorkshire

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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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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

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Beeston, Leeds ceremonialCounty West Yorkshire
Leeds United Women F.C. locatedIn West Yorkshire
Leeds United Women F.C. hasFanBaseIn West Yorkshire
Old Peacock locatedInArea West Yorkshire
LUFC locatedIn West Yorkshire
subject surface form: Leeds United Football Club
LUFC homeCounty West Yorkshire
subject surface form: Leeds United Football Club
The Old Peacock Ground location West Yorkshire
Kop (Don Revie Stand) locatedInRegion West Yorkshire
Stoodley Pike locatedIn West Yorkshire
Hardcastle Crags locatedIn West Yorkshire
Heptonstall locatedIn West Yorkshire
Calderdale river network locatedIn West Yorkshire
Gibson Mill locatedIn West Yorkshire
Colden Clough locatedIn West Yorkshire
Midgehole locatedIn West Yorkshire
Midgehole ceremonialCounty West Yorkshire
New Bridge, Hardcastle Crags locatedIn West Yorkshire
River Hebden locatedIn West Yorkshire
Hemsworth locatedIn West Yorkshire
subject surface form: Hemsworth (UK Parliament constituency)
Hemsworth administrativeCounty West Yorkshire
subject surface form: Hemsworth (UK Parliament constituency)
Kirklees Priory locatedIn West Yorkshire
Tony Harrison birthPlace West Yorkshire
John Harrison placeOfBirth West Yorkshire
Pudsey locatedIn West Yorkshire
Mytholmroyd railway station locatedIn West Yorkshire
Caldervale Line passesThrough West Yorkshire
Caldervale Line connectsRegion West Yorkshire
St George’s Street locatedIn West Yorkshire
Brontë Country locatedIn West Yorkshire
Lister Park locatedIn West Yorkshire
Red Riding trilogy filmingLocation West Yorkshire
Burnley Road Academy locatedIn West Yorkshire
Scout Road Academy locatedIn West Yorkshire
Calder Valley constituency locatedIn West Yorkshire
subject surface form: Calder Valley
Calder Valley constituency county West Yorkshire
subject surface form: Calder Valley
Mytholmroyd Library locatedIn West Yorkshire
Mytholmroyd Library regionServed West Yorkshire
Calder Valley ward locatedIn West Yorkshire
Baron Harewood associatedWithCounty West Yorkshire
Harewood village locatedIn West Yorkshire
Harewood village metropolitanCounty West Yorkshire