West Yorkshire

West Yorkshire is a metropolitan county in England, corresponding roughly to the core of the West Riding of the traditional county of Yorkshire. It borders on Lancashire, Greater Manchester, Derbyshire, North Yorkshire and South Yorkshire.

Places of interest

Historic Environment

• Harewood House
• Cliffe Hall, also known as Cliffe Castle
• Esholt Hall
• Firsby Hall
• Kirklees Hall
• Ledston Hall
• Linthwaite Hall
• Linton Hall
• Lotherton Hall
• Kershaw House
• East Riddlesden Hall
• Oulton Hall
• Sandal Castle
• Shelley Hall
• Shibden Hall
• Tong Hall
• Bretton Hall
• Kirkstall Abbey, Kirklees Priory, Nostell Priory, Pontefract Priory
• Wetherby Castle
• Scarcroft Water Mill
• Roman Lagentium (Castleford)
• Saltaire, a model village
• Keighley and Worth Valley Railway

Museums

• 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)
• National Museum of Photography, Film and Television, Bradford
• Yorkshire Sculpture Park, West Bretton

Natural Environment

• Emley Moor, site of the tallest self-supporting structure in the UK (a TV mast)
• Walton Hall, West Yorkshire, home of naturalist Charles Waterton and the world's first nature reserve
• RSPB Fairburn Ings - wetland centre for birds
• Seckar Woods LNR, a Local Nature Reserve
• New Swillington Ings Nature Reserve

Waterways

• Scammonden Water, Deanhead Reservoir - both in the moors near Ripponden
• 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

Entertainment

• Leeds City Guide

See also: The Kingdom of Elmet

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