page_title: West Yorkshire
section_title: Historic environment
hierarchical_section_title: West Yorkshire / Places of interest / Historic environment
caption_attribution_description: English: Neoclassical facade of Harewood House seen from the Terrace Garden with parterres.
context_page_description: West Yorkshire is a metropolitan county in England. It is an inland and, in relative terms, upland county having eastward-draining valleys while taking in the moors of the Pennines. West Yorkshire came into existence as a metropolitan county in 1974 after the passage of the Local Government Act 1972 and has a population of 2.2 million.
  West Yorkshire consists of five metropolitan boroughs and is bordered by the counties of Derbyshire to the south, Greater Manchester to the south-west, Lancashire to the north-west, North Yorkshire to the north and east, and South Yorkshire to the south and south-east.
  Remnants of strong coal, wool and iron ore industries remain in the county, having attracted people over the centuries, and this can be seen in the buildings and architecture. Major railways and two major motorways traverse the county, which also contains Leeds Bradford International Airport.
  West Yorkshire County Council was abolished in 1986, so its five districts became effectively unitary authorities. However, the metropolitan county, which covers an area of 2,029 square kilometres, continues to exist in law, and as a geographic frame of reference.
context_section_description: Bretton Hall
  Cartwright Hall
  Cliffe Hall, also known as Cliffe Castle, Keighley
  East Riddlesden Hall  
  Esholt Hall, Esholt
  Firsby Hall
  Harewood House 
  Kershaw House
  Keighley & Worth Valley Railway 
  Kirklees Hall/Priory 
  Kirkstall Abbey 
  Roman Lagentium (Castleford)
  Ledston Hall, Ledston
  Linthwaite Hall, Linthwaite
  Linton Hall
  Lister Park, Bradford
  Lotherton Hall
  Middleton Railway, the world's oldest steam railway 
  Nostell Priory  
  Oakwell Hall
  Oulton Hall, Oulton
  Piece Hall, Halifax
  Pontefract Castle 
  Pontefract Priory, Pontefract 
  Queen's Park, Castleford
  Roundhay Park Leeds
  Saltaire, a UNESCO World Heritage Site
  Sandal Castle 
  Scarcroft Watermill, Scarcroft
  Shelley Hall, Shelley
  Shibden Hall
  Shipley Glen Tramway
  Tong Hall, Tong
  Wetherby Castle, Wetherby
caption: Harewood House
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