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West Yorkshire is an administrative county in England, corresponding roughly to the West Riding of the traditional county of Yorkshire. It borders on Lancashire, Greater Manchester, Derbyshire, North Yorkshire and South Yorkshire. It is composed of the local authorities of Bradford, Calderdale, Kirklees, Leeds, and Wakefield.

Towns and villages

• Baildon, Batley, Beeston, Bingley, Boston Spa, Bradford, Brighouse
• Castleford, Cleckheaton, Copley
• Dewsbury
• Elland, Esholt
• Fairburn Ings, Farnley
• Garforth[?], Golcar, Gomersal, Greetland, Guiseley
• Halifax, England, Harewood, Hartshead, Hartshead Moor,Haworth, Hebden Bridge, Heptonstall, Holmfirth, Horbury[?], Huddersfield
• Ilkley
• Keighley, Kirkburton, Kirklees, Kirkstall
• Ledsham, Ledston, Leeds, Linthwaite, Littleborough[?], Liversedge[?]
• Marsden, Meltham, Mirfield, Morley, Mytholmroyd
• Newmillerdam, New Farnley, Nostell
• Oakworth, Ossett, Oxenhope, Otley, Oulton
• Pontefract, Pudsey
• Queensbury
• Rastrick, Riddlesden, Ripponden, Rothwell, West Yorkshire
• Saltaire, Sandal, Scarcroft, Shelley, Shibden, Shipley, Slaithwaite, Sowerby Bridge, Stanbury
• Temple Newsam, Thornbury[?], Thornhill, Todmorden, Tong
• Wakefield, Walton, Watton[?], West Bretton, Wetherby, Whitkirk, Wilsden,
• Yeadon[?]

Places of interest

• Harewood House
• Cliffe Hall[?], also known as Cliffe Castle[?]
• Esholt Hall[?]
• Farnley Hall
• Firsby Hall[?]
• Kirklees Hall[?]
• Ledston Hall[?]
• Linthwaite Hall[?]
• Linton Hall[?]
• Lotherton Hall[?]
• Kershaw House[?]
• East Riddlesden Hall
• Oulton Hall[?]
• Shelley Hall[?]
• Shibden Hall[?]
• Tong Hall[?]
• Walton Hall, West Yorkshire, home of naturalist Charles Waterton and the world's first nature reserve
• Bretton Hall
• Kirkstall Abbey, Kirklees Priory[?], Nostell Priory[?], Pontefract Priory[?]
• Wetherby Castle[?]
• Scarcroft Water Mill[?]
• Roman Lagentium[?] (Castleford)
• Saltaire, a model village[?]
• Bronte Parsonage Museum[?], Haworth
• Royal Armouries museum, Leeds
• Colne Valley Museum[?]
• Pennine Farm Museum[?], Ripponden
• Pontefract Museum[?]
• West Yorkshire Folk Museum[?], Shibden
• National Mining Museum for England[?] (Netherton)
• Yorkshire Sculpture Park[?], West Bretton
• Keighley and Worth Valley Railway
• RSPB Fairburn Ings
• Seckar Woods LNR[?], a Local Nature Reserve[?]
• New Swillington Ings Nature Reserve
• Scammonden Water[?], Deanhead Reservoir[?]
• River Aire, River Calder, River Hebble[?], River Spen, River Worth[?]
• Aire & Calder Navigation
• Calder and Hebble Navigation
• Huddersfield Broad Canal[?]
• Huddersfield Narrow Canal[?], Standedge Tunnel[?]
• Leeds and Liverpool Canal
• Knottingley & Goole Canal[?]
• Rochdale Canal[?]

Elsewhere

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