'''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 [http://www.nmfpt.co.uk National Media Museum] and Saltaire)
Cities and towns
Cities
Bradford
Leeds - West Yorkshire's biggest city, great base for exploring Yorkshire, shopping, dining and drinking
Wakefield
Towns
Bingley
Calderdale
Dewsbury
Halifax
Holmfirth - small but charming rural town
Huddersfield
Keighley
Kirklees
Pontefract
Shipley
Todmorden
Other destinations
Heptonstall
Otley
Saltaire
Understand
'''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!)
Talk
Get in
By air: [http://www.lbia.co.uk Leeds-Bradford International Airport].
By rail: [http://www.nationalexpresseastcoast.com National Express], [http://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk Arriva Trains CrossCountry] or [http://www.tpexpress.co.uk First Transpennine Express].
By coach: [http://www.nationalexpress.com National Express].
By bus: [http://www.yorkshirecoastliner.co.uk Yorkshire Coastliner] for services between Leeds and the coast including Scarborough and Whitby.
Get around
[http://www.wymetro.com 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.
See
Do
Eat
Drink
Sleep
Get out
Lake District National Park
Liverpool
London
Manchester
Yorkshire