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Abbey House Museum, Kirkstall, LeedsAbbey House Museum, Kirkstall, Leeds
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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

  1. Bradford
  2. Leeds
  3. Wakefield

Sights in West Yorkshire

  1. Abbey House Museum, Kirkstall, Leeds

  2. Armley Mills Industrial Museum, Leeds

  3. Bankfield Museum, Halifax

  4. Bradford Industrial Museum, Eccleshill, Bradford

  5. Bretton Hall

  6. Brontë Parsonage Museum, Haworth

  7. Castleford Foot Bridge

  8. Colne Valley Museum, Golcar, Huddersfield

  9. Deanhead Reservoir

  10. East Riddlesden Hall

  11. Emley Moor

  12. Eureka, Halifax

  13. Halifax Piece Hall

  14. Harewood House

  15. Harewood Estate

  16. Ilkley Moor

  17. Keighley and Worth Valley Railway

  18. Kirklees Hall

  19. Kirkstall Abbey

  20. Lagentium, Castleford

  21. Ledston Hall, Ledston

  22. Leeds City Museum, Leeds

  23. Lotherton Hall

  24. Middleton Railway

  25. National Coal Mining Museum for England Overton, Wakefield

  26. National Media Museum

  27. Nostell Priory

  28. Oakwell Hall

  29. Otley Chevin

  30. Oulton Hall, Oulton

  31. Pontefract Castle

  32. Pontefract Museum

  33. Pontefract Priory

  34. River Aire

  35. River Calder

  36. River Hebble

  37. River Spen

  38. River Worth

  39. Roundhay Park, Leeds

  40. Royal Armouries Museum, Leeds

  41. RSPB Fairburn Ing

  42. Sandal Castle

  43. Scammonden Reservoir

  44. Shibden Hall

  45. Shipley Glen Tramway

  46. Thackray Museum, Leeds

  47. The Hepworth Wakefield

  48. Thwaite Mills, Leeds

  49. Tolson Museum, Dalton, Huddersfield

  50. Wakefield Museum, Wakefield

  51. Walton Hall, West Yorkshire

  52. Yorkshire Sculpture Park, West Bretton, Wakefield

World Heritage Sites in West Yorkshire

  1. Saltaire

Castleford Foot Bridge over the River AireCastleford Foot Bridge over the River Aire
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Nostell Priory, West Yorkshire, EnglandNostell Priory, West Yorkshire, England
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