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.

Todmorden → locatedIn → West Yorkshire ⓘ
University of Leeds → locatedIn → West Yorkshire ⓘ
Warley Town → locatedIn → West Yorkshire ⓘ
Worsley Building → locatedIn → West Yorkshire ⓘ
Yorkshire College → locatedIn → West Yorkshire ⓘ
subject surface form: Woodhouse Moor
Peak District (part) → locatedInCounty → West Yorkshire ⓘ
subject surface form: Peak District
Chew Reservoir → nearBorderWith → West Yorkshire ⓘ
Wakefield → partOf → West Yorkshire ⓘ
A1 road → passesThrough → West Yorkshire ⓘ
M1 motorway → passesThrough → West Yorkshire ⓘ
M62 motorway → passesThrough → West Yorkshire ⓘ
M62 → passesThroughCounty → West Yorkshire ⓘ
Archbishop John Sharp → placeOfBirth → West Yorkshire ⓘ
subject surface form: John Sharp
this entity surface form: West Riding of Yorkshire
Dewsbury → region → West Yorkshire ⓘ
subject surface form: Harewood House
Hebden Bridge Handmade Parade → region → West Yorkshire ⓘ
River Calder → region → West Yorkshire ⓘ
River Colne → region → West Yorkshire ⓘ
subject surface form: River Colne (West Yorkshire)
Standedge tunnels → region → West Yorkshire ⓘ
subject surface form: Standedge Tunnels
Huddersfield Line → regionServed → West Yorkshire ⓘ
OL → regionServed → West Yorkshire ⓘ
subject surface form: OL postcode area
A1(M) motorway → runsThrough → West Yorkshire ⓘ
Leeds Bradford Airport → serves → West Yorkshire ⓘ
Leeds railway station → servesRegion → West Yorkshire ⓘ
Northern Trains → serviceArea → West Yorkshire ⓘ