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West Yorkshire is designated as a Metropolitan County and is situated in the north of the UK. A Metropolitan County is a county level way of administering a group of districts in an area, and in the case of West Yorkshire, the districts are Bradford, Calderdale, Kirklees, Leeds and Wakefield.
West Yorkshire was formed in 1974 by the Local Government Act 1972, which aimed to reform local government in the UK. It introduced a pattern of Metrolpolitan and Non-Metropolitan county and district councils.
In West Yorkshire, the Metropolitan council is run from the county hall in Wakefield. The area has a population of just over 2 million. The area contains plenty of places of interest and so attracts many tourists each year. Well known tourist attractions such as Harewood House, Kirkstell Abbey, Keighley and Worth Valley Railway, and the National Museum of Photography, Film and Television all fall within the area of West Yorkshire.
West Yorkshire was formed in 1974 by the Local Government Act 1972, which aimed to reform local government in the UK. It introduced a pattern of Metrolpolitan and Non-Metropolitan county and district councils.
In West Yorkshire, the Metropolitan council is run from the county hall in Wakefield. The area has a population of just over 2 million. The area contains plenty of places of interest and so attracts many tourists each year. Well known tourist attractions such as Harewood House, Kirkstell Abbey, Keighley and Worth Valley Railway, and the National Museum of Photography, Film and Television all fall within the area of West Yorkshire.
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