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Principal towns: Leeds Bradford Halifax Huddersfield Wakefield
Though the county of West Yorkshire contains cities and many important towns, it is not just an urban environment; its most famous attraction is surely the land of “wild and windy moors” associated with the Bronte sisters. Likewise, though it has the booming and ultra modern centre of Leeds at its heart, it also contains ancient buildings that will transport the visitor back to times past. And though landlocked, the county has plenty of waterborne activity to attract travellers.
West Yorkshire then is a county with breadth and depth, a county with a huge amount to offer businesses and tourists.
Leeds dominates the county in terms of employment, and also nightlife. With thriving universities giving the city a youthful verve, and redevelopment that has radically altered the centre for the better, Leeds has real dynamism. It is neither textiles nor engineering that lead the economy now, but services – there are more major law firms in Leeds than anywhere else in England other than the capital. With service industries come the amenities their workforce requires: Leeds has a terrific restaurant and club scene, and is a renowned shopping centre, proud to have Harvey Nicks at its heart.
Bradford sits next door to Leeds, indeed they share an airport and many features including the benefits that come from a vibrant student scene and the colours and tastes that the Asian-British have brought to the area. The twin cities have rival attractions too: Bradford with its National Media Museum probably wins on points, with its five storey IMAX screen, film festivals and exhibitions combining to make a fabulous draw. Leeds has had the Royal Armouries Museum since 1996, a slightly more traditional place, though its own exhibitions are presented with imagination and many innovations.
West Yorkshire contains the vast majority of Bronte Country. Those who have read the novels will have a good idea of what to expect from Haworth, where the parsonage that was the family home is a museum dedicated to the Bronte sisters. Thornton where all three novelist sisters were born is close to Haworth too. Perhaps the best way to get a feel for the country is to walk the 43 mile Bronte Way, though a briefer hike up to the moors to Top Withens, model for Wuthering Heights, is a short cut to history.
Within a couple of miles of Haworth is Keighley , with the Keighley and Worth Valley Railway another time travel device for visitors, and a rather more leisurely way to enjoy some of West Yorkshire’s countryside than the Bronte Way trek.
There are too many attractions to list here, but citing just a few gives a flavour of the possibilities the area offers. The model town of Saltaire, built by Victorian philanthropist Sir Titus Salt, is something that should not be missed, as its status as a UNESCO heritage site would indicate. And a very short distance from Saltaire is another Victorian gem, the Shipley Glen Tramway, a cable-tram system taking people up to a beauty spot above the Aire Valley.
Rather more ancient sites abound in the county too: Harewood House is one of the nation’s architectural jewels; Kirkstall Abbey just outside Leeds tells the vivid story of the power of the religious orders in medieval times, and the loss of that power under Henry VIII ; and Sandal Castle near Wakefield is where one of the great battles of The Wars of the Roses took place.
For a complete contrast Yorkshire Sculpture Park at West Bretton would be hard to beat. Here some of the greatest pieces by Henry Moore and Barbara Hepworth – both natives of the area - can be seen in dramatic surroundings. Or maybe Walton Hall, the world’s first nature reserve is a still greater contrast, away from the man-made and into the natural.
Most of those visiting the county will travel by car, but there is an excellent and more relaxing alternative available: the waterways that cross the county and pass through some of its most beautiful scenery and its industrial and engineering heritage often within a few miles of one another. The Aire and Calder and the Calder and Hebble Navigations; Huddersfield ’s Broad and Narrow Canals, the latter with the famous Standedge Tunnel; and the mighty Leeds- Liverpool Canal. They have all been or are being redeveloped to make the most of waterside life, and are a great way to travel, with plenty of opportunities to enjoy Yorkshire’s long renowned beers along the way, and nowadays to take in the foodie boom in the county: modern British cuisine, Asian restaurants, and plain substantial Yorkshire fare all sitting comfortably together.
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Destinations
- Leisure, Luxury and Retail Heaven in Leeds
- Bronte Country
- Upper Calder Valley – Clogs, Canals and Counter-Culture
Recommended Hotels See Map
- Alder House Hotel Batley *featured*
Licensed, Parking, Historic, Parking, Restaurant, Conference Facilities - Holiday Inn Leeds/Brighouse Brighouse *featured*
Licensed, Parking, Historic, Pool, Gym, Parking, Restaurant - Heath Cottage Hotel Dewsbury *featured*
Licensed, Parking, Historic, Parking, Restaurant, Conference Facilities - Gomersal Park Gomersal *featured*
Licensed, Parking, Historic, Pool, Gym, Parking, Restaurant, Satellite TV, Conference Facilities - Holdsworth House Halifax *featured*
Licensed, Parking, Historic, Parking, Restaurant, Satellite TV, Conference Facilities - Ashmount Country House Haworth *featured*
Licensed, Parking, Historic, Parking, Restaurant - George Hotel Huddersfield *featured*
Licensed, Parking, Historic, Parking, Restaurant, Conference Facilities - Holiday Inn Leeds/Brighouse Huddersfield *featured*
Licensed, Parking, Historic, Pool, Gym, Parking, Restaurant - Old Golf House Hotel Huddersfield *featured*
Licensed, Parking, Historic, Parking, Restaurant - Pennine Manor Hotel Huddersfield *featured*
Licensed, Parking, Historic, Parking, Restaurant, Conference Facilities - 42 The Calls Leeds *featured*
Licensed, Historic, Restaurant, Satellite TV, Conference Facilities - Radisson BLU Hotel Leeds Leeds *featured*
Licensed, Parking, Historic, Parking, Restaurant, Conference Facilities - Storm Jameson Court Leeds *featured*
Licensed, Restaurant - Thorpe Park Hotel & Spa Leeds *featured*
Licensed, Parking, Historic, Pool, Gym, Parking, Restaurant, Conference Facilities - Healds Hall Hotel Liversedge *featured*
Licensed, Parking, Historic, Parking, Restaurant, Conference Facilities - Chevin Country Park Hotel & Spa Otley *featured*
Licensed, Parking, Historic, Pool, Gym, TennisCourt, Parking, Restaurant, Conference Facilities - Wentbridge House Hotel Pontefract *featured*
Licensed, Parking, Historic, Parking, Restaurant, Conference Facilities - Best Western Hotel St Pierre Wakefield *featured*
Licensed, Parking, Historic, Parking, Restaurant, Satellite TV, Conference Facilities - Healey House Hotel Wakefield *featured*
Licensed, Restaurant
Hotels bookable online See Map
- Ramada Bradford/Leeds Bingley *book online*
Licensed, Parking, Historic, Restaurant - Express by Holiday Inn Bradford City Centre Bradford *book online*
Licensed, Parking, Historic, Restaurant - Great Victoria Hotel Bradford *book online*
Licensed, Parking, Historic, Restaurant - Midland Hotel Bradford *book online*
Licensed, Parking, Historic, Restaurant, Conference Facilities - Whitcliffe Hotel Bradford *book online*
Licensed, Parking, Historic, Restaurant - Cedar Court Hotel Huddersfield *book online*
Licensed, Parking, Historic, Pool, Gym, Restaurant, Conference Facilities - Crescent Hotel Ilkley *book online*
Licensed, Parking, Historic, Restaurant, Satellite TV - Ascot Grange Hotel Leeds *book online*
Licensed, Parking, Historic, Restaurant - Cosmopolitan Hotel Leeds *book online*
Licensed, Parking, Historic, Restaurant, Conference Facilities - Haley's Hotel & Restaurant Leeds *book online*
Licensed, Parking, Historic, Restaurant, Satellite TV, Conference Facilities - Hotel Metropole Leeds *book online*
Licensed, Parking, Historic, Restaurant, Satellite TV, Conference Facilities - Queens Hotel Leeds *book online*
Licensed, Parking, Historic, Restaurant, Conference Facilities - The Ellington Leeds *book online*
Licensed, Historic, Restaurant - The Met Leeds Leeds *book online*
Licensed, Parking, Historic, Restaurant, Satellite TV, Conference Facilities - The New Ellington Leeds *book online*
Licensed, Parking, Historic, Restaurant, Satellite TV, Conference Facilities - Village Hotel & Leisure Club Leeds *book online*
Licensed, Parking, Historic, Pool, Gym, Restaurant - Village Prem Hotel & Leisure Club South Leeds Leeds *book online*
Licensed, Parking, Historic, Pool, Restaurant - Weetwood Hall Leeds *book online*
Licensed, Parking, Historic, Pool, Gym, Restaurant, Satellite TV, Conference Facilities - Holiday Inn Leeds Bradford Airport Leeds Bradford Airport *book online*
Licensed, Parking, Historic, Pool, Gym, Restaurant, Conference Facilities - Country Park Hotel Otley *book online*
Licensed, Parking, Historic, Pool, Gym, TennisCourt, Restaurant - Kyte Hotel Pontefract *book online*
Licensed, Parking, Historic, Restaurant, Satellite TV - Alma Inn Sowerby Bridge *book online*
Licensed, Parking, Historic, Restaurant - Cedar Court Hotel Wakefield *book online*
Licensed, Parking, Historic, Restaurant - Bridge Hotel Walshford *book online*
Licensed, Parking, Historic, Gym, Restaurant, Satellite TV
More West Yorkshire Hotels
Bed and Breakfast See Map
- Cherrytree Lodge Bradford *featured*
TV in rooms, No Smoking, Historic, Parking - Dubrovnik Hotel Bradford *featured*
TV in rooms, Historic, Parking, Disabled - The Manor Guest House Bradford *featured*
TV in rooms, No Smoking, Historic, Parking - Westleigh Hotel Bradford *featured*
TV in rooms, No Smoking, Historic - Elder Lea House Brighouse *featured*
TV in rooms, No Smoking, Historic, Parking - The Lodge at Birkby Hall Brighouse *featured*
TV in rooms, No Smoking, Historic, Parking - Pinfold Guest House Elland *featured*
TV in rooms, Historic, Parking - Bridge House B&B Haworth *featured*
TV in rooms, No Smoking, Historic, Parking - Old Registry Haworth *featured*
TV in rooms, No Smoking, Historic, Parking - Rosebud Cottage Guest House Haworth *featured*
TV in rooms, No Smoking, Historic, Parking - The Manor Cullingworth Haworth *featured*
TV in rooms - Oak Villa Hotel Headingley *featured*
TV in rooms, No Smoking, Historic, Parking - The Cliff Lawn Headingley *featured*
TV in rooms, No Smoking, Historic, Parking - Old Bridge Hotel Holmfirth *featured*
TV in rooms, Historic, Parking - Old Stoney Bank Holmfirth *featured*
TV in rooms, No Smoking, Historic, Parking - Sunnybank Guest House Holmfirth *featured*
TV in rooms, No Smoking, Historic, Parking - Briar Court Hotel Huddersfield *featured*
TV in rooms, No Smoking, Historic, Parking, Disabled - Cambridge Guest House Huddersfield *featured*
TV in rooms, No Smoking, Historic, Parking, Disabled - Elm Crest Guest House Huddersfield *featured*
TV in rooms - Waterfront Lodge Huddersfield *featured*
TV in rooms, Historic, Parking - Dalesgate Hotel Keighley *featured*
TV in rooms, Historic, Parking - Pickersgill Manor Farm Keighley *featured*
TV in rooms, No Smoking, Historic, Parking - Woodlands Grange Hotel Keighley *featured*
TV in rooms, Historic, Parking - Adriatic Hotel Leeds *featured*
TV in rooms, No Smoking, Historic, Parking, Disabled - Ash Mount Hotel Leeds *featured*
TV in rooms, No Smoking, Historic, Parking - Beechwood Hotel Leeds *featured*
TV in rooms, No Smoking, Historic, Parking - Boundary Hotel Leeds *featured*
TV in rooms, No Smoking, Historic, Parking - Butlers Hotel Leeds *featured*
TV in rooms, Historic, Parking - Clarence Dock Residence Leeds *featured*
TV in rooms - Old Vicarage Hotel Leeds *featured*
TV in rooms, No Smoking, Historic, Parking - Old Vicarage Hotel Leeds *featured*
TV in rooms - Rosehurst Leeds *featured*
TV in rooms, No Smoking, Historic, Parking - Tall Trees Hotel Leeds *featured*
TV in rooms, No Smoking, Historic, Parking - Willow Cottage Leeds *featured*
TV in rooms - Headlands House Hotel Liversedge *featured*
TV in rooms, Historic - The Carriage House Marsden *featured*
TV in rooms, Historic, Parking - The Old Vicarage Hotel Morley *featured*
TV in rooms - Ibis Bradford Shipley Saltaire *featured*
TV in rooms, Historic, Parking, Disabled - Homeleigh Hotel Shipley *featured*
TV in rooms, Historic - Premier Inn Leeds Bradford (South) Tong *featured*
TV in rooms, No Smoking, Historic, Parking - Saville Guest House Wakefield *featured*
TV in rooms, Historic, Parking - Stanley View Guest House Wakefield *featured*
TV in rooms, Historic - Village Motel Wakefield *featured*
TV in rooms, No Smoking, Historic, Parking, Disabled
Pubs & Inns
- New Beehive Inn Bradford *featured*
Food, Open all year, Parking, Credit Cards - Black Horse Inn Brighouse *book online*
Food, Historic, Open all year, Parking, Credit Cards - Bridge Inn Castleford *book online*
Food, Historic, Open all year, Parking, Credit Cards - Crossroads Inn Halifax *book online*
Food, Historic, Open all year, Parking, Credit Cards - Rock Hotel Halifax *book online*
Food, Historic, Open all year, Parking, Credit Cards - Shibden Mill Inn Halifax *featured*
Food, Historic, Open all year, Parking, Credit Cards - White Swan Hotel Halifax *book online*
Food, Historic, Open all year, Parking, Credit Cards - The Fleece Inn Haworth *featured*
Food, Open all year, Parking, Credit Cards - Weavers Bar Haworth *book online*
Food, Historic, Open all year, Parking, Credit Cards - White Lion Hotel Hebden Bridge *book online*
Food, Children Welcome, Historic, Open all year, Parking, Credit Cards - Huddersfield Hotel Huddersfield *book online*
Food, Historic, Open all year, Parking, Credit Cards - The Huddersfield Hotel Huddersfield *book online*
Food, Historic, Open all year, Parking, Credit Cards - Red Lion Inn Jackson Bridge *featured*
Food, Historic, Open all year, Parking, Credit Cards - The Woodman Inn Kirkburton *featured*
Food, Open all year, Parking, Credit Cards - Midland Hotel Leeds *book online*
Food, Historic, Open all year, Parking, Credit Cards - Gray Ox Inn Liversedge *book online*
Food, Historic, Open all year, Parking, Credit Cards - Malt Shovel Hotel Pontefract *featured*
Food, Historic, Open all year, Parking, Credit Cards - Hobbit Country Hotel (The) Sowerby Bridge *book online*
Food, Historic, Open all year, Parking, Credit Cards
Self-Catering See Map
- Elland Apartments Halifax *book online*
Pub Nearby, Open all year, Parking, Credit Cards - Roomzzz Leeds Headingley *book online*
Pub Nearby, Open all year, Parking, Credit Cards - Croft Mill Hebden Bridge *book online*
Pub Nearby, Open all year, Parking, Credit Cards - Lower Lumb Lodge Hebden Bridge *book online*
Pub Nearby, Open all year, Parking, Credit Cards - Titanic Spa Apartments Huddersfield *book online*
Pub Nearby, Disabled, Open all year, Parking, Credit Cards - Faweather Grange Ilkley *book online*
Pub Nearby, Garden, Open all year, Parking, Credit Cards - Faweather Grange Lodges Ilkley *featured*
Pub Nearby, Open all year, Parking, Credit Cards - Westwood Lodge Ilkley Moor Apartments Ilkley *featured*
Pub Nearby, Open all year, Parking, Credit Cards - Apart From Home - Wellington Street Leeds *book online*
Pub Nearby, Short Breaks, Open all year, Parking, Credit Cards - Chambers Apartments Leeds *book online*
Pub Nearby, Open all year, Parking, Credit Cards - City Crash Pad Serviced Apartments Leeds *featured*
Pub Nearby, Short Breaks, Pets Allowed, Open all year, Parking, Credit Cards - CityServe Apartments - Manor Mills Leeds *book online*
Pub Nearby, Open all year, Parking, Credit Cards - Entrada Apartments Leeds *featured*
Pub Nearby, Open all year, Parking, Credit Cards - Harman Suites Self Catering Apartments Leeds *book online*
Pub Nearby, Open all year, Parking, Credit Cards - KSpace Waterloo Court Apartments Leeds *book online*
Pub Nearby, Open all year, Parking, Credit Cards - Leeds Central Apartments Leeds *book online*
Pub Nearby, Open all year, Parking, Credit Cards - Leeds Central Riverside Apartments Leeds *book online*
Pub Nearby, Open all year, Parking, Credit Cards - Leeds City Centre Apartments Leeds *book online*
Pub Nearby, Open all year, Parking, Credit Cards - Leeds City Centre II Apartments Leeds *book online*
Pub Nearby, Open all year, Parking, Credit Cards - Leeds City West Apartments Leeds *book online*
Pub Nearby, Open all year, Parking, Credit Cards - Residence 6 Luxury Serviced Apartments Leeds *book online*
Pub Nearby, Open all year, Parking, Credit Cards - Roomzzz Leeds *book online*
Pub Nearby, Open all year, Parking, Credit Cards - Roomzzz City Leeds *book online*
Pub Nearby, Disabled, Open all year, Parking, Credit Cards - The Chambers Leeds *featured*
Pub Nearby, Open all year, Parking, Credit Cards - The Chambers Leeds *book online*
Pub Nearby, Open all year, Parking, Credit Cards - Vista Serviced Apartments Leeds *book online*
Pub Nearby, Open all year, Parking, Credit Cards - Vivo Hotel Apartments Shipley *featured*
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