Wast Yorkshire Urban Aurie

The Wast Yorkshire Urban Aurie is a term uised bi the Office for National Statistics (ONS) tae refer tae a conurbation in Wast Yorkshire, Ingland, based aroond the ceeties o Leeds, Bradford an Wakefield, an the lairge toun o Huddersfield. Housomeivver, it excludes touns such as Castleford, Halifax, Pontefract an Wetherby which though pairt o the coonty o Wast Yorkshire are considered independently. There are substantial auries o agricultural land athin the designatit aurie - mair nor in ony ither offeecial urban aurie in Ingland - mony o the touns an ceeties are anerlie juist connectit wi ane anither bi narrae ootlyin strips o development.

Urban Subdiveesions
The ONS gives the conurbation a population o 1,499,465 (2001 census), which maks it the fowert-maist populous in the UK. The ONS breaks the aurie doun intae the follaein sub-diveesions:

Baildon
Batley
Bingley
Bradford
Brighouse
Cleckheaton an Liversedge
Dewsbury
Guiseley/Yeadon
Heckmondwike
Holmfirth/Honley
Horbury
Horsforth
Huddersfield
Keighley
Leeds
Lofthouse/Stanley
Menston
Mirfield
Morley
Ossett
Pudsey
Queensbury
Shelf
Shipley
Wakefield

References

Category:Urban auries o Ingland
Category:Geography o Wast Yorkshire