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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Stott Hall cutting locatedIn West Yorkshire
Cragg Brook locatedIn West Yorkshire
Thomas Worsley locatedIn West Yorkshire
subject surface form: Leeds
Calderdale Way locatedIn West Yorkshire
Cooper Bridge locatedIn West Yorkshire
Happy Valley settingLocation West Yorkshire
Calder High School locatedIn West Yorkshire
The Cult locationOfFormation West Yorkshire
Spen Valley locatedIn West Yorkshire
M1 passesThroughRegion West Yorkshire
Woolley Edge services locatedIn West Yorkshire
Leeds Skelton Lake services locatedIn West Yorkshire
Woodhouse Lane, Leeds locatedIn West Yorkshire
Luddenden Foot community locatedIn West Yorkshire
subject surface form: Luddenden Foot
Luddenden Brook locatedIn West Yorkshire
parish of Luddenden locatedIn West Yorkshire
SOW locatedIn West Yorkshire
Brighouse railway station locatedIn West Yorkshire
Rishworth branch line locatedIn West Yorkshire
Knottingley locatedIn West Yorkshire
River Worth locatedIn West Yorkshire
Leeds Dock locatedIn West Yorkshire
Leeds Road locatedIn West Yorkshire
Huddersfield Canal Society locatedIn West Yorkshire
Ilkley locatedIn West Yorkshire
Leeds Minster locatedIn West Yorkshire
knottingley and goole canal locatedIn West Yorkshire
subject surface form: Knottingley and Goole Canal
County Hall, Wakefield locatedIn West Yorkshire
Nostell Priory (work on estate buildings) locatedIn West Yorkshire
subject surface form: Nostell Priory
Horbury locatedIn West Yorkshire
Woodhouse Lane locatedIn West Yorkshire
Leeds Festival locatedIn West Yorkshire
Bingley, West Yorkshire, England locatedIn West Yorkshire
subject surface form: Bingley
Normanton locatedIn West Yorkshire
Featherstone locatedIn West Yorkshire
Wakefield Council locatedIn West Yorkshire
Civic Hall, Leeds locatedIn West Yorkshire
Coat of arms of Leeds locatedIn West Yorkshire
Millennium Square, Leeds, West Yorkshire, England locatedIn West Yorkshire
subject surface form: Millennium Square, Leeds
Life on Earth gallery locatedIn West Yorkshire
Ancient Worlds gallery locatedIn West Yorkshire
World View gallery locatedIn West Yorkshire
Leeds Tiger locatedIn West Yorkshire
Armley Hippo remains locatedIn West Yorkshire
Leeds cultural quarter locatedIn West Yorkshire
George Street locatedIn West Yorkshire
subject surface form: George Street (Leeds)
Leeds Kirkgate locatedIn West Yorkshire