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Abbey House Museum, Kirkstall, LeedsSource: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Kirkstall_Abbey_House_Museum_2.jpg
Author: Jungpionier
West Yorkshire is a metropolitan county within the region of Yorkshire and the Humber in north central England. It covers 2,029 sq km (783 sq mi) and has a population of 2.2 million people (2012 estimate).
West Yorkshire is a landlocked county. It comprises five metropolitan boroughs, namely Bradford, Calderdale, Kirklees, Leeds and Wakefield. Bordering West Yorkshire are Lancashire to the northwest, North Yorkshire to the north and east, South Yorkshire to the southeast and Manchester to the southwest.
Today West Yorkshire exists only as a geographical frame of reference, as the county council was abolished in 1986. Administrative authority now pass to the respective metropolitan boroughs, whcih act as unitary authorities. West Yorkshire continues to form a metropolitan and ceremonial county with the positions of a Lord Lieutenant of West Yorkshire and a High Sheriff.
West Yorkshire experiences an oceanic climate similar to the rest of the country. July and August are the warmest months, when the average high temperature rises to 19°C (66°F). Coldest months are January and February, when the average low temperature drops to 1°C (32°F). It receives the most rain in August, at 65 mm (2.56 in).
Towns in West Yorkshire
Sights in West Yorkshire
- Abbey House Museum, Kirkstall, Leeds
- Armley Mills Industrial Museum, Leeds
- Bankfield Museum, Halifax
- Bradford Industrial Museum, Eccleshill, Bradford
- Bretton Hall
- Brontë Parsonage Museum, Haworth
- Castleford Foot Bridge
- Colne Valley Museum, Golcar, Huddersfield
- Deanhead Reservoir
- East Riddlesden Hall
- Emley Moor
- Eureka, Halifax
- Halifax Piece Hall
- Harewood House
- Harewood Estate
- Ilkley Moor
- Keighley and Worth Valley Railway
- Kirklees Hall
- Kirkstall Abbey
- Lagentium, Castleford
- Ledston Hall, Ledston
- Leeds City Museum, Leeds
- Lotherton Hall
- Middleton Railway
- National Coal Mining Museum for England Overton, Wakefield
- National Media Museum
- Nostell Priory
- Oakwell Hall
- Otley Chevin
- Oulton Hall, Oulton
- Pontefract Castle
- Pontefract Museum
- Pontefract Priory
- River Aire
- River Calder
- River Hebble
- River Spen
- River Worth
- Roundhay Park, Leeds
- Royal Armouries Museum, Leeds
- RSPB Fairburn Ing
- Sandal Castle
- Scammonden Reservoir
- Shibden Hall
- Shipley Glen Tramway
- Thackray Museum, Leeds
- The Hepworth Wakefield
- Thwaite Mills, Leeds
- Tolson Museum, Dalton, Huddersfield
- Wakefield Museum, Wakefield
- Walton Hall, West Yorkshire
- Yorkshire Sculpture Park, West Bretton, Wakefield
World Heritage Sites in West Yorkshire
Castleford Foot Bridge over the River AireSource: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Castleford-bridge.jpg
Author: 54north
Nostell Priory, West Yorkshire, EnglandSource: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Nostell_Priory_2.jpg
Author: Gerald England
Map of Ceremonial Counties of England
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