Pictures of West Yorkshire

About West Yorkshire

The picturesque County of Yorkshire is among the largest in England and is divided into four parts - North, South, East and West Yorkshire. The city of York, famed for its historic Roman Walls and its charming medieval streets is home to the famous 'York Minster Cathedral', a fine example of medieval architecture dating back to the Roman Era which boasts one of the finest collections of stained glass in existence. The Yorkshire Dales is an area of outstanding beauty, with a large part being designated as one of England and Wales' protected national parks. Local attractions include 'Bolton Castle', a magnificent medieval fortress built in 1399 by Richard le Scrope. 'North Yorkshire Moors Railway', a preserved steam railway running 18 miles through the picturesque North Yorkshire Moors.

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See below for all the best towns & attractions in West Yorkshire, or see a selection of our West Yorkshire photographs on our picture tour of West Yorkshire..

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Recommended towns & villages in West Yorkshire

	Almondbury Almondbury is one of the oldest and prettiest of the villages dominating the edge of the Pennine moors... Information \| Pictures (6) \| Hotels
	Featherstone 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... Information \| Pictures (2) \| Hotels
	Harden 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... Information \| Pictures (4) \| Hotels
	Hebden Bridge 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... Information \| Pictures (36) \| Hotels
	Ilkley .. Information \| Pictures (15) \| Hotels
	Keighley This is an industrial town in West Yorkshire. It lies in a fold between the fine countryside of Airdale and Keighley Moors... Information \| Pictures (45) \| Hotels
	Otley 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... Information \| Pictures (39) \| Hotels
	Pontefract 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... Information \| Pictures (175) \| Hotels
	Todmorden Todmorden lies on the historic border between Yorkshire and Lancashire in an area of the Calder Valley ringed by the hills of the Pennines... Information \| Pictures (11) \| Hotels
	Wakefield 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... Information \| Pictures (38) \| Hotels

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Recommended attractions in West Yorkshire

	Armley Mills Industrial Museum Formerly the largest woollen mill in the world, Armley Mills is now a museum which explores the rich industrial past of Leeds... Information \| Pictures (4) \| Hotels
	Cliffe Castle Museum The approach to Cliffe Castle Museum, gives the visitor little hint of the amazing treat in store, for awaiting is a magnificent..... Information \| Pictures (2) \| Hotels
	Eureka! Museum for Children .. Information \| Pictures (3) \| Hotels
	Howell Wood Country Park .. Information \| Pictures (3) \| Hotels
	Kirklees Priory Home of the wicked Prioress who bled the unsuspecting Robin Hood to death. All that remains today is the Priory Gatehouse and..... Information \| Pictures (2) \| Hotels
	Kirkstall Abbey Kirkstall Abbey is one of Yorkshire's finest ruined Cistercian abbey's. It was founded in the 12th-century from which much of..... Information \| Pictures (13) \| Hotels
	Royal Armouries Museum, Leeds The Royal Armouries Museum occupies a dazzling modern building set beside the river. At nightfall it becomes one of the town's..... Information \| Pictures (20) \| Hotels
	Sandal Castle The crumbling, naked ruins of Sandal Castle are now owned by Wakefield council, and what an inspired choice of centre-piece they..... Information \| Pictures (12) \| Hotels
	Wakefield Cathedral This was formerly the parish church of All Saints, it only became a cathedral at the end of the 19th century. With its..... Information \| Pictures (2) \| Hotels