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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Walsden locatedIn West Yorkshire
Denby Dale Viaduct locatedIn West Yorkshire
Northern Ballet locatedIn West Yorkshire
Leeds Central locatedIn West Yorkshire
Otley Cricket Club ground locatedIn West Yorkshire
Allerton Bywater locatedIn West Yorkshire
Garforth locatedIn West Yorkshire
Church Street locatedIn West Yorkshire
subject surface form: Church Street, Haworth
Church Street locatedIn West Yorkshire
subject surface form: Haworth
Bingley Public Library locatedIn West Yorkshire
Leeds East locatedIn West Yorkshire
Armitage Bridge locatedIn West Yorkshire
Albion Street locatedIn West Yorkshire
subject surface form: Albion Street (Leeds)
MIR locatedIn West Yorkshire
MIR locatedIn West Yorkshire
subject surface form: Mirfield railway station
MSN locatedIn West Yorkshire
West Yorkshire Metro zone locatedIn West Yorkshire
Fulneck School locatedIn West Yorkshire
Marsden Mechanics Hall locatedIn West Yorkshire
Marsden Moor Estate locatedIn West Yorkshire
Crofton, England locatedIn West Yorkshire
Castle Hall Academy locatedIn West Yorkshire
College of the Resurrection locatedIn West Yorkshire
Heavy Woollen District locatedIn West Yorkshire
Roberttown locatedIn West Yorkshire
Millbridge locatedIn West Yorkshire
Norristhorpe locatedIn West Yorkshire
Rawfolds locatedIn West Yorkshire
Liversedge F.C. locatedIn West Yorkshire
Christ Church Liversedge locatedIn West Yorkshire
Liversedge RLFC locatedIn West Yorkshire
Morley, England locatedIn West Yorkshire
Churwell Primary School locatedIn West Yorkshire
Churwell Park locatedIn West Yorkshire
Drighlington Moor locatedIn West Yorkshire
East Ardsley locatedIn West Yorkshire
Woodkirk locatedIn West Yorkshire
Tingley Interchange locatedIn West Yorkshire
Tingley Working Men’s Club locatedIn West Yorkshire
M62 Junction 28 locatedIn West Yorkshire
Addingham locatedIn West Yorkshire