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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Roger Stevens Building locatedIn West Yorkshire
Worsley Building locatedIn West Yorkshire
Woodhouse Moor area of Leeds locatedInAdministrativeTerritory West Yorkshire
subject surface form: Woodhouse Moor
Faculty of Medicine and Health locatedIn West Yorkshire
subject surface form: Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of Leeds
Michael Sadler Building locatedIn West Yorkshire
Faculty of Social Sciences locatedIn West Yorkshire
subject surface form: Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Leeds
Laidlaw Library locatedIn West Yorkshire
Brotherton Library locatedIn West Yorkshire
Mytholmroyd locatedIn West Yorkshire
Lascelles family associatedWithCounty West Yorkshire
M62 passesThroughCounty West Yorkshire
River Went locatedIn West Yorkshire
A1(M) motorway runsThrough West Yorkshire
M1 motorway passesThrough West Yorkshire
Parkinson Building locatedIn West Yorkshire
Yorkshire College locatedIn West Yorkshire
Luddenden locatedIn West Yorkshire
Luddenden ceremonialCounty West Yorkshire
The Lord Nelson Inn locatedIn West Yorkshire
Warley Town locatedIn West Yorkshire
Warley Town hasCounty West Yorkshire
Warley Town hasCountrySubdivision West Yorkshire
Sowerby locatedIn West Yorkshire
Sowerby administrativeCounty West Yorkshire
Huddersfield Broad Canal locatedIn West Yorkshire
River Aire locatedIn West Yorkshire
Millstone Grit region West Yorkshire
Huddersfield Narrow Canal locatedIn West Yorkshire
Luddendenfoot Academy locatedIn West Yorkshire
The Station Hotel locatedIn West Yorkshire
The Station Hotel region West Yorkshire
The Station Hotel county West Yorkshire
The Globe locatedIn West Yorkshire
Midgley locatedIn West Yorkshire
Midgley ceremonialCounty West Yorkshire
Midgley lieutenancyArea West Yorkshire
Peak District spansCounty West Yorkshire
Aire and Calder Navigation locatedIn West Yorkshire
Diocese of Leeds territoryIncludes West Yorkshire
Diocese of Halifax locatedIn West Yorkshire
Diocese of Halifax regionServed West Yorkshire