Wast Yorkshire Urban Aurie | |
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![]() West Yorkshire Urban Area map | |
Area | 370.02 km2 (142.87 sq mi) |
Population | 1,499,465 |
• Density | 4,052/km2 (10,490/sq mi) |
OS grid reference | SE455215 |
Metropolitan coonty | |
Region | |
Kintra | Ingland |
Sovereign state | Unitit Kinrick |
Police | Wast Yorkshire |
Fire | Wast Yorkshire |
Ambulance | Yorkshire |
EU Pairlament | Yorkshire an the Humber |
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.