West Yorkshire

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West Yorkshire is a county in Yorkshire in England, in the United Kingdom. The city of Leeds dominates the West Yorkshire economy, tourism and infrastructure. Leeds has won a string of awards, including UK Visitor City of the Year, UK's Favourite City, Most Female Friendly City and Best Nightlife.

To the west of Leeds is Bradford (for the National Media Museum and Saltaire)

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Map of West Yorkshire
Map of West Yorkshire

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  • Bradford
  • Leeds - West Yorkshire's biggest city, great base for exploring Yorkshire, shopping, dining and drinking
  • Wakefield

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West Yorkshire is one of traditional Yorkshire's four modern administrative counties along with East Yorkshire, North Yorkshire and South Yorkshire. (Note that 'South Riding' is a fictional county, subject of a novel by Winifred Holtby before South Yorkshire was thought of!)

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West Yorkshire Passenger Transport Executive provide rail and local bus information on their website, and offers the innovative "My Next Bus" service of real-time bus information online or by text message. This real-time information is also displayed in certain bus shelters.

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