Towns in West Yorkshire

Almondbury in the county of West Yorkshire
Almondbury is one of the oldest and prettiest of the villages dominating the edge of the Pennine moors.
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Castleford in the county of West Yorkshire
This is a large Northern town with roots stretching back to the Romans and beyond, as proven by the recent finding of a Bronze Age male skeleton and his chariot.
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Featherstone in the county of West Yorkshire
Featherstone is a large town lying between Wakefield and Pontefract in West Yorkshire. For the past couple of centuries the town was known chiefly for its coal mines.
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Golcar in the county of West Yorkshire
Sturdily built of stone, this small hill town is perched north of the River Colne and the now restored Huddersfield Narrow Canal.
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Halifax in the county of West Yorkshire
Halifax is an industrial city close to the famous Pennines and the route of the Pennine Way in what is known as Yorkshire's "Bronte" country.
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Harden in the county of West Yorkshire
Harden lies in the famous countryside area between Cullingworth and Bingley surrounded by rivers and meadows. It is a favoured commuter base for those working in nearby Bradford.
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Haworth in the county of West Yorkshire
Haworth is famous the world over for its connections with the Bronte sisters, the famous novelists.
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Hebden Bridge in the county of West Yorkshire
This beautiful old town grew up close to the River Hebden at the point where a stone bridge was built as part of a pack-horse route in the 16th century.
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Holmfirth in the county of West Yorkshire
This is a place that will forever be associated with the gentle, romantic comedy "Last of the Summer Wine" which has graced our TV screens for more than a quarter of a century.
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Huddersfield in the county of West Yorkshire
Huddersfield is a lively and interesting town that offers a rich cultural experience.
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Keighley in the county of West Yorkshire
This is an industrial town in West Yorkshire. It lies in a fold between the fine countryside of Airdale and Keighley Moors.
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Leeds in the county of West Yorkshire
In the middle ages Leeds was a wool centre and it flourished. The sheep on the Yorkshire moors providing the wool for the cottage...
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Marsden in the county of West Yorkshire
Marsden offers visitors a wealth of heritage, particularly in association with the town's expansion which came about during the heady days of the Industrial Revolution.
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Mirfield in the county of West Yorkshire
Mirfield is a residential town situated between Huddersfield and Dewsbury. It has a long history, and associations with Robin...
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Otley in the county of West Yorkshire
Otley is a beautiful old town with attractive buildings in medieval courts and alleyways and a lovely parish church that dates back to Norman times.
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Pontefract in the county of West Yorkshire
Pontefract has a ruined castle which has seen many tragedies, Richard II was murdered there in 1400, and later it was the scene of bitter, bloody battles between Roundheads and Royalists.
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Saltaire in the county of West Yorkshire
This perfectly preserved village originated as an answer to Bradford's 'dark satanic mills', it was the brain-child of...
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Sowerby Bridge in the county of West Yorkshire
Surrounded by the dramatic scenery of the South Pennines, with the town's gentle scenery being enhanced by the River Calder and the River Ryburn on which the town stands.
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Todmorden in the county of West Yorkshire
Todmorden lies on the historic border between Yorkshire and Lancashire in an area of the Calder Valley ringed by the hills of the Pennines.
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Wakefield in the county of West Yorkshire
Wakefield was the capital of Yorkshire's woollen industry for more than 700 years, it was an important weaving and dying centre as far back as the 13th century.
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