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Yorkshire and the Humber

Yorkshire and the Humber is one of the nine government office

Government Office

Government Offices are the primary means by which a wide range of policies and programmes of the Government of the United Kingdom are delivered in the regions of England....
regions of England

Regions of England

The region, also known as the government office region, is currently the highest tier of Local government in England sub-national entity of England, with only one, London, having a directly elected assembly....
. It covers most of the historic county

Historic counties of England

The historic counties of England are ancient subdivisions of England established for administration by the Normans and in most cases based on earlier Anglo-Saxons kingdoms and shires....
of Yorkshire

Yorkshire

Yorkshire is a Historic counties of England of northern England and the largest in Great Britain. Because of its great size, over time functions were increasingly undertaken by its subdivisions, which have been subject to History of local government in Yorkshire....
, along with the part of northern Lincolnshire

Lincolnshire

Lincolnshire is a Counties of England in the east of England. It borders Norfolk, Cambridgeshire, Rutland, Leicestershire, Nottinghamshire, South Yorkshire, and the East Riding of Yorkshire....
that was, from 1974 to 1996, within the former shire county

Shire county

A non-metropolitan county or shire county in England, is a metropolitan and non-metropolitan counties of England which is not a metropolitan county....
of Humberside

Humberside

Humberside was a non-metropolitan county of England from 1 April 1974 until 1 April 1996. It was composed of two halves either side of the Humber estuary, created using part of the East Riding of Yorkshire and West Riding of Yorkshires of Yorkshire and Lindsey....
. The population in 2006 was 5,142,400.

Topographical areas of Yorkshire

Topographical areas of Yorkshire

Geology of Yorkshire

In Yorkshire there is a very close relationship between the major topographical areas and the geological period in which they were formed. The Pennine chain of Hills in the west is of Carboniferous origin....

In the Yorkshire and Humberside region there is a very close relationship between the major topographical areas and the underlying geology.

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Yorkshire and the Humber is one of the nine government office

Government Office

Government Offices are the primary means by which a wide range of policies and programmes of the Government of the United Kingdom are delivered in the regions of England....
regions of England

Regions of England

Historic counties of England

Yorkshire

Lincolnshire

Shire county

A non-metropolitan county or shire county in England, is a metropolitan and non-metropolitan counties of England which is not a metropolitan county....
of Humberside

Humberside

Geographical context

See Topographical areas of Yorkshire

Topographical areas of Yorkshire

Geology of Yorkshire

Carboniferous

The Carboniferous is a geologic period that extends from the end of the Devonian period, about 359.2 ? 2.5 annum , to the beginning of the Permian period, about 299.0 ? 0.8 Ma ...
origin. The central vale is Permo-Triassic

Triassic

The Triassic is a geologic period that extends from about 251 to 199 annum . As the first period of the Mesozoic Era, the Triassic follows the Permian and is followed by the Jurassic....
. The North York Moors

North York Moors

The North York Moors is a National parks of England and Wales in North Yorkshire, England. The moors are one of the largest expanses of Calluna moorland in the United Kingdom....
in the north-east of the county are Jurassic

Jurassic

The Jurassic is a geologic period that extends from about annum to Ma, that is, from the end of the Triassic to the beginning of the Cretaceous....
in age while the Yorkshire Wolds

Yorkshire Wolds

The Yorkshire Wolds are low hills in the Counties of East Riding of Yorkshire and North Yorkshire in North-Eastern England. The name also applies to the district in which the hills lie....
and Lincolnshire Wolds

Lincolnshire Wolds

The Lincolnshire Wolds are a range of hills in the county of Lincolnshire, England. They are a designated Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty , and the highest area of land in eastern England between Yorkshire and Kent....
to the south east are Cretaceous

Cretaceous

The Cretaceous , usually abbreviated K for its German translation Kreide, is a geologic period from circa to million years ago . In the geologic timescale, the Cretaceous follows on the Jurassic period and is followed by the Paleogene period....
chalk uplands.

The region is drained

Drainage

Drainage is the natural or artificial removal of surface and groundwater from an area. Many agricultural soils need drainage to improve production or to manage water supplies....
by several rivers. In western and central Yorkshire the many rivers empty their waters into the River Ouse

River Ouse, Yorkshire

The River Ouse is a river in North Yorkshire, England. The river is formed from the River Ure at Cuddy Shaw Reach near Linton-on-Ouse, about 6 miles downstream of the confluence of the River Swale with the River Ure....
which reaches the North Sea

North Sea

The North Sea is a marginal sea, epeiric sea on the European continental shelf. The Dover Strait and the English Channel in the south and the Norwegian Sea in the north connect it to the Atlantic Ocean....
via the Humber Estuary. The most northerly of the rivers in the Ouse system is the River Swale

River Swale

The River Swale is a river in Yorkshire, England and a major tributary of the River Ure, which itself becomes the River Ouse, Yorkshire, emptying into the North Sea via the River Humber....
, which drains Swaledale

Swaledale

Swaledale is one of the northernmost dales in the Yorkshire Dales National Park in Northern England. It is the dale?valley?of the River Swale on the east side of the Pennines in North Yorkshire....
before passing through Richmond

Richmond, North Yorkshire

Richmond is a market town on the River Swale in North Yorkshire, England and is the administrative centre of the district of Richmondshire. Situated on the edge of the Yorkshire Dales National Park, it is a popular tourist destination, with a total population of 8970....
and meandering across the Vale of Mowbray

Vale of Mowbray

The Vale of Mowbray is a stretch of low lying land between the North Yorkshire Moors and the Cleveland Hills to the east and the Yorkshire Dales to the west....
. Next, draining Wensleydale

Wensleydale

Wensleydale is the valley of the River Ure on the east side of the Pennines in North Yorkshire, England.Wensleydale lies in the Yorkshire Dales National Park - it is the only valley in the Dales not currently named after its principal river , but the older name, "Yoredale", can still be seen on some maps....
, is the River Ure

River Ure

The River Ure is a river in North Yorkshire, England. It is the principal river of Wensleydale, which is the only one of the famous Yorkshire Dales now named after a village rather than its river....
, which joins the Swale east of Boroughbridge. The River Nidd

River Nidd

The River Nidd is tributary of the River Ouse, Yorkshire in the England county of North Yorkshire.The Nidd rises in Nidderdale in the Yorkshire Dales....
rises on the edge of the Yorkshire Dales National Park and flows along Nidderdale

Nidderdale

Nidderdale is one of the Yorkshire Dales in North Yorkshire, England. It is the upper valley of the River Nidd, which flows south through the dale, forming several reservoirs including the Gouthwaite Reservoir, before turning east and eventually joining the River Ouse, Yorkshire....
before reaching the Vale of York

Vale of York

River Wharfe

The River Wharfe is a river in Yorkshire, England. For much of its length it is the county boundary between West Yorkshire and North Yorkshire. The name Wharfe is Celtic and means "twisting, winding"....
, which drains Wharfedale

Wharfedale

Wharfedale is one of the Yorkshire Dales in England. It is the valley of the River Wharfe. Towns and villages in Wharfedale include Buckden, North Yorkshire, Kettlewell, Conistone, Hebden,_North_Yorkshire, Grassington, Ilkley, Burley-in-Wharfedale, Otley, Pool-in-Wharfedale, Arthington, Collingham, West Yorkshire, and Wetherby....
, joins the Ouse upstream of Cawood

Cawood

Cawood is a large village in North Yorkshire, England that is notable as the finding-place of the Cawood sword.In his King's England series, Arthur Mee refers to Cawood as "the Windsor of the North"....
. The Rivers Aire

River Aire

The River Aire is a major river in Yorkshire, England of length 114km . Part of the river is canalised and is known as the Aire and Calder Navigation....
and Calder

River Calder

The River Calder is a river in West Yorkshire, in northern England.The Calder rises on the green eastern slopes of the Pennines flows through alternating green countryside, former woollen-mill villages, and large and small towns before joining the River Aire near Castleford....
are more southerly contributors to the River Ouse and the most southerly Yorkshire tributary is the River Don, which flows northwards to join the main river at Goole

Goole

Goole is a town, civil parish and seaport located approximately inland on the River Ouse, Yorkshire in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. The port is "highly versatile", and is capable of handling nearly 3 million tonnes of cargo per annum, making it one of the most important ports on the east coast of England....
. In the far north of the county the River Tees

River Tees

The Tees is a river in Northern England. It source on the eastern slope of Cross Fell in the Pennines, and flows eastwards for about 85 miles to the North Sea, between Hartlepool and Redcar....
flows eastwards through Teesdale

Teesdale

Teesdale is a dale, or valley, of the east side of the Pennines in England. Large parts of Teesdale fall within the North Pennines Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty - the second largest AONB in England and Wales....
and empties its waters into the North Sea downstream of Middlesbrough

Middlesbrough

Middlesbrough is a town in the Tees Valley conurbation of North East England and sits within the ceremonial county of North Yorkshire. It is the largest and most populous settlement within the Middlesbrough , which encompasses the town and several outlying villages which have become suburbs....
. The smaller River Esk flows from west to east at the northern foot of the North York Moors to reach the sea at Whitby

Whitby

Whitby is a town and civil parish in the Scarborough district of North Yorkshire on the north-east coast of England. Nowadays it is a fishing port and tourist destination....
.

The River Derwent

River Derwent, Yorkshire

The Derwent is a river in Yorkshire in the north of England. It is used for water abstraction, leisure and sporting activities and effluent disposal as well as being of significant importance as the site of several nature reserves....
rises on the North York Moors, flows south then westwards through the Vale of Pickering

Vale of Pickering

The Vale of Pickering is a low-lying flat area of land in North Yorkshire, England. It is drained by the River Derwent, Yorkshire. The landscape is rural with scattered villages and small market towns....
then turns south again to drain the eastern part of the Vale of York. It empties into the River Ouse at Barmby on the Marsh

Barmby on the Marsh

Barmby on the Marsh is a village and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It is situated approximately west of the market town of Howden....
. To the east of the Yorkshire Wolds the River Hull

River Hull

The River Hull is a navigable river in the East Riding of Yorkshire in the north of England.It has its source in the Yorkshire Wolds. It is navigable from its junction with the Driffield Navigation at Aike Beck, and it continues via the junctions with the Leven Canal, the Arram Beck and Beverley Beck....
flows southwards to join the Humber Estuary at Kingston upon Hull

Kingston upon Hull

Kingston upon Hull , almost invariably referred to as Hull, is a City status in the United Kingdom and unitary authority area in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England....
. The western Pennines are served by the River Ribble

River Ribble

The River Ribble is a river that runs through North Yorkshire and Lancashire, in the North of England. The river's drainage basin also includes parts of Greater Manchester around Wigan....
which drains westwards into the Irish Sea

Irish Sea

The Irish Sea also known as the Mann Sea or Manx Sea, separates the islands of Ireland and Great Britain. It is connected to the Celtic Sea portion of the Atlantic Ocean by St George's Channel between Republic of Ireland and Wales, and to the north by the North Channel between Northern Ireland and Scotland which forms part of...
close to Lytham St Annes

Lytham St Annes

Lytham St Annes is a conurbation in the Fylde district of Lancashire, England. The neighbouring towns of Lytham and St-Annes-on-Sea have grown together and now form a seaside resort, sometimes seen as a smaller and more genteel alternative to nearby Blackpool....
.

The highest point of the region is Whernside

Whernside

Whernside is a mountain in the Yorkshire Dales and is one of the Yorkshire three peaks, the other two being Ingleborough and Pen-y-ghent. It is the highest point in modern-day North Yorkshire, though the summit lies in the border with Cumbria....
, in the Yorkshire Dales

Yorkshire Dales

The Yorkshire Dales is the name given to an upland area, in Northern England.The area lies within the Historic counties of England of Yorkshire, though it spans the ceremonial counties of England of North Yorkshire, West Yorkshire, and Cumbria....
, at . The largest freshwater lake is Hornsea Mere

Hornsea Mere

Hornsea Mere is generally described as the largest natural freshwater lake in Yorkshireand lies to the west of Hornsea in the East Riding of Yorkshire....
in the East Riding of Yorkshire

East Riding of Yorkshire

The East Riding of Yorkshire, or simply East Yorkshire is a non-metropolitan district with unitary authority status, and is a ceremonial counties of England of England....
.

This region of England

England

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generally has cool summers and relatively mild winters with the upland areas of the North York Moors

North York Moors

The North York Moors is a National parks of England and Wales in North Yorkshire, England. The moors are one of the largest expanses of Calluna moorland in the United Kingdom....
and the Pennines

Pennines

The Pennines are a low-rising mountain range in northern England and southern Scotland. They separate the North West England from Yorkshire and the North East England....
experiencing the coolest weather and the Vale of York

Vale of York

The Vale of York is an area of flat land in the north-east of England. The vale is a major agricultural area and serves as the main north-south transport corridor for northern England....
the warmest. Weather conditions vary from day to day as well as from season to season. The latitude of the area means that it is influenced by predominantly westerly winds with depressions and their associated fronts, bringing with them unsettled and windy weather, particularly in winter. Between depressions there are often small mobile anticyclones that bring periods of fair weather. In winter anticyclone

Anticyclone

In meteorology, an anticyclone is a weather meteorological phenomenon in which there is a descending movement of the air and a high pressure area over the part of the planet's surface affected by it....
s bring cold dry weather. In summer the anticyclones tend to bring dry settled conditions which can lead to drought. For its latitude this area is mild in winter and cooler in summer due to the influence of the Gulf Stream

Gulf Stream

The Gulf Stream, together with its northern extension towards Europe, the North Atlantic Current, is a powerful, warm, and swift Atlantic Ocean ocean current that originates in the Gulf of Mexico, exits through the Straits of Florida, and follows the eastern coastlines of the United States and Newfoundland and Labrador before crossing the At...
in the northern Atlantic Ocean

Atlantic Ocean

The Atlantic Ocean is the second-largest of the world's oceanic divisions; with a total area of about 106.4 million square kilometres . It covers approximately one-fifth of the Earth's surface....
. Air temperature varies on a daily and seasonal basis. The temperature is usually lower at night and January is the coldest time of the year and July is usually the warmest month.

Local government

The official region

Regions of England

Map	Ceremonial county	County/ unitary	Districts
	South Yorkshire South Yorkshire South Yorkshire is a metropolitan county in the Yorkshire and the Humber region of England. It has a population of List of ceremonial counties of England by population.... *		1. Sheffield Sheffield Sheffield is a city status in the United Kingdom and metropolitan borough in South Yorkshire, England. It is so named because of its origins in a field on the River Sheaf that runs through the city.... , 2. Rotherham Metropolitan Borough of Rotherham Rotherham is a metropolitan borough of South Yorkshire, England. It is named for its main town, Rotherham. Despite a swing against Labour in 2008, it is one of the safest Labour councils in the country and now their only safe council in Yorkshire.... , 3. Barnsley Metropolitan Borough of Barnsley Barnsley is a metropolitan borough of the metropolitan county of South Yorkshire, England. Its main town is Barnsley.The borough is bisected by the M1 motorway; it is rural to the west, and largely urban/industrial to the east.... , 4. Doncaster Metropolitan Borough of Doncaster The Metropolitan Borough of Doncaster is a metropolitan borough of South Yorkshire in Yorkshire and the Humber Region of England.In addition to the town of Doncaster, the borough covers Mexborough, Conisbrough, Thorne and Finningley, where the former Royal Air Force Vulcan bomber base was converted into a passenger airport, Robin Hood Airpo...
	West Yorkshire West Yorkshire West Yorkshire is a metropolitan county within the Yorkshire and the Humber region of England with a population of List of ceremonial counties of England by population.... *		5. Wakefield City of Wakefield The City of Wakefield is a Local government in England of West Yorkshire, England, with the status of a City status in the United Kingdom and metropolitan borough.... , 6. Kirklees Kirklees The Metropolitan Borough of Kirklees is a metropolitan borough of West Yorkshire, England. It has a population of 401,000 and includes the settlements of Batley, Birstall, West Yorkshire, Cleckheaton, Denby Dale, Dewsbury, Heckmondwike, Holmfirth, Huddersfield, Kirkburton, Marsden, West Yorkshire, Meltham, Mirfield and Slaithwaite.... , 7. Calderdale Calderdale The Metropolitan Borough of Calderdale is a metropolitan borough of the metropolitan county of West Yorkshire, England, through which the upper part of the River Calder flows, and from which it takes its name.... , 8. Bradford City of Bradford City of Bradford is a Local government in England of West Yorkshire, England, with the status of a metropolitan borough and a city status in the United Kingdom.... , 9. Leeds City of Leeds City of Leeds is a local government district of West Yorkshire, England, with the status of a City status in the United Kingdom and metropolitan borough....
	North Yorkshire North Yorkshire North Yorkshire is a shire county or shire county, located in the Yorkshire and the Humber region of England, and a ceremonial counties of England in that region and also partly in North East England.... (part only)	10. North Yorkshire †	a.) Selby Selby (district) Selby is a Non-metropolitan district of North Yorkshire, England. The local authority, Selby District Council, is based in the town of Selby and provides services to an area which includes Tadcaster and a host of villages.... , b.) Harrogate Harrogate (borough) Harrogate is a Non-metropolitan district and borough of North Yorkshire, England. Its council is based in the town of Harrogate but it also includes surrounding towns and villages.... , c.) Craven Craven Craven is an area in North Yorkshire, England. The name Craven is Celtic in origin and is related to the Welsh language word craf, or "garlic".... , d.) Richmondshire Richmondshire Richmondshire is a Non-metropolitan district of North Yorkshire, England. It covers a large northern area of the Yorkshire Dales, including Swaledale and Wensleydale and includes the major settlements of:... , e.) Hambleton Hambleton Hambleton is a Non-metropolitan district of North Yorkshire, England. The main town and administrative centre is Northallerton, and includes the market towns and major villages of Bedale, Thirsk, Great Ayton, Stokesley and Easingwold.... , f.) Ryedale Ryedale Ryedale is a non-metropolitan district of the shire county of North Yorkshire in England. Settlements include Helmsley, Kirkbymoorside, Malton, North Yorkshire, Norton-on-Derwent, Pickering, North Yorkshire, and Terrington.... , g.) Scarborough Scarborough (borough) Scarborough is a non-metropolitan district and borough of North Yorkshire, England. In addition to the town of Scarborough, North Yorkshire, it covers a large stretch of the coast of Yorkshire, including Whitby and Filey....
		11. York York York is a walled city, sited at the confluence of the rivers River Ouse, Yorkshire and River Foss in North Yorkshire, England. The city status in the United Kingdom is noted for its rich heritage and it has played an important role throughout much of its almost 2,000 year existence.... U.A.
	East Riding of Yorkshire East Riding of Yorkshire The East Riding of Yorkshire, or simply East Yorkshire is a non-metropolitan district with unitary authority status, and is a ceremonial counties of England of England....	12. East Riding of Yorkshire U.A.
		13. Kingston upon Hull Kingston upon Hull Kingston upon Hull , almost invariably referred to as Hull, is a City status in the United Kingdom and unitary authority area in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England.... U.A.
	Lincolnshire Lincolnshire Lincolnshire is a Counties of England in the east of England. It borders Norfolk, Cambridgeshire, Rutland, Leicestershire, Nottinghamshire, South Yorkshire, and the East Riding of Yorkshire.... (part only)	14. North Lincolnshire North Lincolnshire North Lincolnshire is a unitary authority area in the region of Yorkshire and the Humber in England. For Ceremonial counties of England it is part of Lincolnshire.... U.A.
		15. North East Lincolnshire North East Lincolnshire North East Lincolnshire is a unitary authority in the Yorkshire and the Humber region of England, bordering the unitary authority of North Lincolnshire and the administrative county of Lincolnshire.... U.A.

Key: shire county

Shire county

A non-metropolitan county or shire county in England, is a metropolitan and non-metropolitan counties of England which is not a metropolitan county....
= † | metropolitan county

Metropolitan county

The metropolitan counties are a type of county-level administrative division of England. There are six metropolitan counties, which each cover large urban areas, typically with populations of 1.2 to 2.8 million....
= *

It was originally called Yorkshire and Humberside, and defined as North Yorkshire

North Yorkshire

North Yorkshire is a shire county or shire county, located in the Yorkshire and the Humber region of England, and a ceremonial counties of England in that region and also partly in North East England....
, West Yorkshire

West Yorkshire

West Yorkshire is a metropolitan county within the Yorkshire and the Humber region of England with a population of List of ceremonial counties of England by population....
, South Yorkshire

South Yorkshire

South Yorkshire is a metropolitan county in the Yorkshire and the Humber region of England. It has a population of List of ceremonial counties of England by population....
and Humberside

Humberside

Humberside was a non-metropolitan county of England from 1 April 1974 until 1 April 1996. It was composed of two halves either side of the Humber estuary, created using part of the East Riding of Yorkshire and West Riding of Yorkshires of Yorkshire and Lindsey....
. Since then, Humberside has been abolished, and the councils of West and South Yorkshire abolished. The older form of the name is still occasionally seen.

Regional assembly

The Yorkshire and Humber Assembly

Yorkshire and Humber Assembly

Yorkshire and Humber Assembly is the Regional Assemblies in England for the Yorkshire and the Humber region of England.References...
is a partnership of all local authorities in the region and representatives of various economic, social and environmental sectors.The full Assembly normally meets three times a year, normally in February, June and October.

The full Assembly is responsible for providing regional leadership, agreeing regional strategic priorities, directing the development of the Integrated Regional Framework and endorsing key regional strategies. Membership comprises all 22 local authorities in this region, plus 15 Social, Economic and Environmental partners, and the National Parks for planning purposes.

Yorkshire is one of the two regions (along with the North West

North West England

North West England is one of the nine official regions of England. It has a population of 6,853,200 and comprises five counties of England ? Cumbria, Lancashire, Greater Manchester, Merseyside, and Cheshire....
) that were expected to have a referendum about the establishment of an elected regional assembly

Regional Assemblies in England

"Regional Assembly" is the name which has been adopted by the England bodies established as regional chambers under the Regional Development Agencies Act 1998 and of the elected London Assembly....
. When the North East

North East England

North-East England is one of the nine official regions of England and comprises the combined area of Northumberland, County Durham, Tyne and Wear, part of North Yorkshire and Tees Valley....
region of England rejected having an elected regional assembly in a referendum, the then Deputy Prime Minister

Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom

The Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom is a senior member of the British Cabinet. There is not always a Deputy Prime Minister; the office itself is not part of the UK's uncodified constitution, nor does the Government possess a formal permanent office of Deputy Prime Minister....
John Prescott

John Prescott

John Leslie Prescott is a United Kingdom Labour Party politician, former Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, First Secretary of State and current Member of Parliament for the constituency of Kingston upon Hull East ....
announced that he would not move orders for other referenda before the relevant provisions expired in June, 2005. The Yorkshire and Humberside Assembly is based on King Street in Wakefield

Wakefield

Wakefield lies at the heart of the City of Wakefield, a metropolitan borough of West Yorkshire, England. Located by the River Calder, it had a population of 76,886 in 2001....
.

European Parliament

The European constituency of Yorkshire and the Humber

Yorkshire and the Humber (European Parliament constituency)

Yorkshire and the Humber is a constituency of the European Parliament. It currently elects 6 Members of the European Parliament using the d'Hondt method of party-list proportional representation....
is coterminous with the English region.

Election results 2004

Demographics

Population, Density and Settlements

Region/County	Population	Population Density	Largest town/city	Largest metropolitan area
Yorkshire and the Humber	5,142,400	328/km²	Leeds Leeds Leeds is located on the River Aire in West Yorkshire, England. It is the urban core and administrative centre of the wider metropolitan borough of the City of Leeds.... (747,939)	West Yorkshire Urban Area West Yorkshire Urban Area The West Yorkshire Urban Area is a term used by the Office for National Statistics to refer to a conurbation in West Yorkshire, England, based mainly on Leeds, Bradford, Huddersfield, Wakefield, but excluding towns such as Castleford, Halifax, West Yorkshire, Pontefract and Wetherby which though part of the county of West Yorkshire are consi... (1,499,465)
West Yorkshire West Yorkshire West Yorkshire is a metropolitan county within the Yorkshire and the Humber region of England with a population of List of ceremonial counties of England by population....	2,118,600	1,004/km²	Leeds (747,939)	West Yorkshire Urban Area (1,499,465)
South Yorkshire South Yorkshire South Yorkshire is a metropolitan county in the Yorkshire and the Humber region of England. It has a population of List of ceremonial counties of England by population....	1,292,900	833/km²	Sheffield Sheffield Sheffield is a city status in the United Kingdom and metropolitan borough in South Yorkshire, England. It is so named because of its origins in a field on the River Sheaf that runs through the city.... (525,800)	Sheffield Urban Area Sheffield urban area The Sheffield Urban Area is a conurbation with a population of 640,720 making it the 8th largest conurbation in the United Kingdom and England's 6th largest.... (640,720)
East Riding of Yorkshire East Riding of Yorkshire The East Riding of Yorkshire, or simply East Yorkshire is a non-metropolitan district with unitary authority status, and is a ceremonial counties of England of England....	587,100	137/km²	Kingston upon Hull Kingston upon Hull Kingston upon Hull , almost invariably referred to as Hull, is a City status in the United Kingdom and unitary authority area in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England.... (256,200)	Kingston upon Hull Urban Area (301,416)
North Yorkshire North Yorkshire North Yorkshire is a shire county or shire county, located in the Yorkshire and the Humber region of England, and a ceremonial counties of England in that region and also partly in North East England....	1,061,300	123/km²	York York York is a walled city, sited at the confluence of the rivers River Ouse, Yorkshire and River Foss in North Yorkshire, England. The city status in the United Kingdom is noted for its rich heritage and it has played an important role throughout much of its almost 2,000 year existence.... (184,900)	York York York is a walled city, sited at the confluence of the rivers River Ouse, Yorkshire and River Foss in North Yorkshire, England. The city status in the United Kingdom is noted for its rich heritage and it has played an important role throughout much of its almost 2,000 year existence.... (184,900)
North Lincolnshire North Lincolnshire North Lincolnshire is a unitary authority area in the region of Yorkshire and the Humber in England. For Ceremonial counties of England it is part of Lincolnshire....	159,000	188/km²	Scunthorpe Scunthorpe Scunthorpe is a town within North Lincolnshire, England. It is the administrative centre of the North Lincolnshire unitary authority, and has an estimated total resident population of 72,514.... (72,660)	Scunthorpe Scunthorpe Scunthorpe is a town within North Lincolnshire, England. It is the administrative centre of the North Lincolnshire unitary authority, and has an estimated total resident population of 72,514.... (72,660)
North East Lincolnshire North East Lincolnshire North East Lincolnshire is a unitary authority in the Yorkshire and the Humber region of England, bordering the unitary authority of North Lincolnshire and the administrative county of Lincolnshire....	158,900	828/km²	Grimsby Grimsby Grimsby is a seaport on the Humber Estuary in Lincolnshire, England. It has been the administrative centre of the unitary authority area of North East Lincolnshire since 1996.... (87,574)	Grimsby/Cleethorpes Cleethorpes Cleethorpes is a town and unparished area in North East Lincolnshire, England, situated on the estuary of the River Humber.... (138,842)

Teenage pregnancy

For top-tier authorities, Kingston upon Hull has the highest teenage pregnancy rate, closely followed by North East Lincolnshire

North East Lincolnshire

North East Lincolnshire is a unitary authority in the Yorkshire and the Humber region of England, bordering the unitary authority of North Lincolnshire and the administrative county of Lincolnshire....
. For top-tier authorities, North Yorkshire

North Yorkshire

Ryedale

Ryedale is a non-metropolitan district of the shire county of North Yorkshire in England. Settlements include Helmsley, Kirkbymoorside, Malton, North Yorkshire, Norton-on-Derwent, Pickering, North Yorkshire, and Terrington....
has the lowest rate, closely followed by Craven

Craven

Craven is an area in North Yorkshire, England. The name Craven is Celtic in origin and is related to the Welsh language word craf, or "garlic"....
. Only North Yorkshire has council districts in the region.

Transport

Road

The M62 motorway

M62 motorway

The M62 motorway is a west–east Pennines motorway in northern England, connecting the cities of Liverpool and Kingston upon Hull via Manchester and Leeds....
is Yorkshire's main east-west thoroughfare, and north-south routes are the M1

M1 motorway

The M1 is a major north?south motorway in England primarily connecting London to Leeds, where it joins the A1 road near Aberford. While the M1 is considered to be the first inter-urban motorway to be completed in the United Kingdom, the first road to be built to motorway standard in the country was the Preston Bypass route, which later bec...
and the A1, with only the A1 continuing further north. The other main north south road in the region is the A19

A19 road

The A19 is a major road in England, running parallel to and east of the A1 road . It provides a viable alternative to the A1 between Dishforth in Yorkshire and Tyneside....
.

Air

Airports in the region are Leeds Bradford International Airport

Leeds Bradford International Airport

Leeds Bradford International Airport is located in the City of Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. The nearest town is Yeadon, West Yorkshire, and the airport is sometimes locally referred to as Yeadon Airport....
at Yeadon

Yeadon, West Yorkshire

Yeadon is a town within the City of Leeds metropolitan borough, in West Yorkshire, England. It is home to Leeds Bradford International Airport....
, Robin Hood Airport Doncaster Sheffield

Robin Hood Airport Doncaster Sheffield

Robin Hood Airport Doncaster Sheffield is an international airport located at the former RAF Finningley airbase in Finningley, South Yorkshire, England....
near Doncaster

Doncaster

Doncaster is a large town in South Yorkshire, England, and the principal settlement of the Metropolitan Borough of Doncaster. The town is located about from Sheffield and is popularly referred to as "Donny"....
and Humberside Airport

Humberside Airport

Humberside Airport is situated in North Lincolnshire, England, west of Grimsby and around from both Kingston upon Hull and Scunthorpe, on the A18 road ....
near Brigg

Brigg

Brigg in North Lincolnshire, England, is a small market town on the River Ancholme with a population of 5,076 in 2,213 households ....
in North Lincolnshire

North Lincolnshire

North Lincolnshire is a unitary authority area in the region of Yorkshire and the Humber in England. For Ceremonial counties of England it is part of Lincolnshire....
. Durham Tees Valley Airport

Durham Tees Valley Airport

Durham Tees Valley Airport is an airport in North East England, located southeast of Darlington, about southwest of Middlesbrough and south of Durham....
serves the northernmost areas of the region, and there are day and night direct rail connections

First TransPennine Express

First TransPennine Express is a List of companies operating trains in the United Kingdom in the United Kingdom. It is a joint operation between First Group and Keolis ....
from the region to Manchester Airport.

Rail

The central hubs of the rail network in the region are Leeds

Leeds City railway station

Leeds railway station is the mainline railway station serving the city centre of Leeds in West Yorkshire, England. The station provides connections to London, Southampton, Bournemouth, Plymouth and the south, Birmingham, Leicester and the Midlands, Bristol and the West Country, Newcastle upon Tyne, Edinburgh and the north, and Manchester and...
, Sheffield and York

York railway station

York railway station is a main-line Train station in the historic city of York, England. It lies on the East Coast Main Line north of London's London King's Cross railway station towards Edinburgh's Edinburgh Waverley railway station....
. The East Coast Main Line

East Coast Main Line

The East Coast Main Line is the electrified high-speed railway link between London and Edinburgh connecting Yorkshire, North East England and Scotland....
passes through Leeds

Leeds

Leeds is located on the River Aire in West Yorkshire, England. It is the urban core and administrative centre of the wider metropolitan borough of the City of Leeds....
and York

York

York is a walled city, sited at the confluence of the rivers River Ouse, Yorkshire and River Foss in North Yorkshire, England. The city status in the United Kingdom is noted for its rich heritage and it has played an important role throughout much of its almost 2,000 year existence....
whilst the Midland Main Line

Midland Main Line

The Midland Main Line is a major railway line in the United Kingdom, part of the Rail transport in Great Britain.The 'Modern' line links London St Pancras station to Sheffield Sheffield railway station in northern England via Luton, Bedford, Bedfordshire, Kettering, Leicester, Derby, Nottingham and Chesterfield....
finishes at Sheffield

Sheffield

Sheffield is a city status in the United Kingdom and metropolitan borough in South Yorkshire, England. It is so named because of its origins in a field on the River Sheaf that runs through the city....
, with a less regular service to Leeds, operated by East Midlands Trains

East Midlands Trains

East Midlands Trains is a List of companies operating trains in the United Kingdom operating in the United Kingdom. Based in Derby, it provides train services in the East Midlands and surrounding areas, chiefly in the counties of South Yorkshire, Nottinghamshire, Leicestershire, Derbyshire, Northamptonshire and Lincolnshire....
. East-west routes are the North TransPennine

North TransPennine

North TransPennine is one of the three rail services provided by First TransPennine Express running through Northern England. It runs from Newcastle-upon-Tyne in the north east to Liverpool Lime Street in the west via York, Leeds and Manchester with branches to Middlesbrough, Scarborough, North Yorkshire, Kingston upon Hull and Manchester Air...
to Manchester

Manchester Piccadilly station

Manchester Piccadilly station, known locally as just Piccadilly, is the principal railway station of Manchester in England. It serves intercity routes to Euston railway station, Birmingham New Street railway station, Cardiff Central railway station and the south, Edinburgh Waverley railway station, Glasgow Central railway station, and r...
, and South TransPennine

South TransPennine

South TransPennine is one of the three rail services provided by First TransPennine Express, running in Northern England. It runs from Manchester Airport to Cleethorpes via Manchester Piccadilly and Sheffield....
through Doncaster

Doncaster railway station

Doncaster railway station serves the town of Doncaster, in South Yorkshire, England. It is situated on the East Coast Main Line north of London Kings Cross, and is about ten minutes walk from Doncaster town centre....
.

Sea

Hull

Kingston upon Hull

Kingston upon Hull , almost invariably referred to as Hull, is a City status in the United Kingdom and unitary authority area in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England....
has daily ferries

P&O Ferries

P&O Ferries is a constituent company of DP World . P&O Ferries is registered in Dover, Kent.P&O Ferries also operates a number of routes in the Irish Sea under the name P&O Irish Sea....
to Zeebrugge

Zeebrugge

Zeebrugge is a village on the coast of Belgium and a subdivision of Bruges, for which it is the modern port. Zeebrugge serves as both the international Port of Bruges-Zeebrugge and a seafront resort with hotels, caf?s and beach....
and Rotterdam

Rotterdam

Rotterdam ; city and municipality in the Netherlands province of South Holland, situated in the west of the Netherlands. The municipality is the List of cities in the Netherlands with over 100,000 people in the country, with a population of 584,046 on 1 January 2007 and comprises the southern part of the Randstad, the List of metropolitan are...
.

Economy

Yorkshire Forward

Yorkshire Forward is the regional development agency and non-departmental public body for the Yorkshire and the Humber region of the United Kingdom....
is the Regional Development Agency

Regional Development Agency

A regional development agency is a non-departmental public body established for the purpose of development, primarily economic, of one of England's Government Office regions....
charged with improving the Yorkshire and Humber economy, where some 270,000 businesses contribute to an economy worth in excess of £80 billion. With over 5 million people living in the region it ranks alongside some small countries including Ireland, Greece, Norway and Singapore.

Yorkshire in the past has been synonymous with mining. Many pits closed in the 1990s, with only two in the Pontefract area left at Kellingley

Kellingley Colliery

File:Kellingley Colliery from the M62.jpgKellingley Colliery is one of the newest of the few deep coal mines left in United Kingdom today. It is situated about 1 1/2 miles east of Knottingley in Yorkshire....
and Sharlston

Sharlston, West Yorkshire

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. The NUM

National Union of Mineworkers

The National Union of Mineworkers is a trade union for coal miners in the United Kingdom. It was formed in 1945 as a reorganisation of the Miners' Federation of Great Britain ....
was very Yorkshire-dominated. Coal still plays a part in the economy - there are three large power stations along the Aire

River Aire

The River Aire is a major river in Yorkshire, England of length 114km . Part of the river is canalised and is known as the Aire and Calder Navigation....
Valley, with Drax being the second largest in Europe with 3,945 MW of capacity. The distribution

Electricity distribution

File:Electricity grid simple- North America.svg|thumb|380px|right|Simplified diagram of AC electricity distribution from generation stations to consumers...
area

Distribution Network Operator

Distribution Network Operators are companies licensed to distribute electricity in Great Britain by the Office of Gas and Electricity Markets....
once looked after by the regional electricity company Yorkshire Electricity

Yorkshire Electricity

Yorkshire Electricity was an electricity distribution utility in England serving much of Yorkshire and parts of Derbyshire, Lincolnshire and Nottinghamshire....
is now looked after by YEDL, owned by CE Electric UK

CE Electric UK

CE Electric UK Funding Company is an electrical distribution company based in Chester-le-Street in England. It is the owner of Northern Electric Distribution Limited and Yorkshire Electrical Distribution plc which are the Distribution Network Operators for the North East England and Yorkshire regions....
.

East and North

Scunthorpe

Scunthorpe is a town within North Lincolnshire, England. It is the administrative centre of the North Lincolnshire unitary authority, and has an estimated total resident population of 72,514....
is where steel is smelted

Smelting

Smelting is a form of extractive metallurgy; its main use is to produce a metal from its ore. This includes iron extraction from iron ore, and copper extraction and other base metals from their ores....
by Corus

Corus Group

Corus is the world's fifth steel producers, headquartered in London, England.The Company was formed from the merger of Koninklijke Hoogovens N.V....
, and where Golden Wonder

Golden Wonder

Golden Wonder is a United Kingdom company that manufactures snack foods, most notably crisps....
crisps are made. Grimsby

Grimsby

Grimsby is a seaport on the Humber Estuary in Lincolnshire, England. It has been the administrative centre of the unitary authority area of North East Lincolnshire since 1996....
is home of (what is left of) Britain's fishing industry, and has many frozen food factories such as Young's Bluecrest

Young's Bluecrest

Young's Seafood Ltd. is a United Kingdom producer and distributor of frozen, fresh, and chilled seafood, supplying approximately 40% of all the fish eaten in the United Kingdom every year....
. McVitie's Prepared Foods in the town produces the most frozen pizzas in Europe, under the San Marco name. There are two large oil refineries at Immingham

Immingham

Immingham is a town in North East Lincolnshire, located on the south bank of the Humber Estuary. It is six miles north west of Grimsby....
, and a BP

BP plc , is the third largest global energy corporation, a multinational corporation oil company with headquarters in London. The company is among the largest private sector energy corporations in the world, and one of the six "supermajors" ....
chemical works at Saltend

Salt End

Salt End or Saltend is a Hamlet in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England, in an area known as Holderness. It is situated on the north bank of the Humber just outside the Kingston upon Hull eastern boundary on the A1033 road....
in Hull. Croda International

Croda International

Croda International plc is a chemicals company based at Snaith in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the FTSE 250 Index....
, the chemical company, is in East Cowick

East Cowick

East Cowick is a village in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It is situated approximately east of the town of Snaith. It lies on the A1041 road and just north of the M62 motorway....
. Nestlé

Nestlé

Nestl? is a Multinational corporation packaged food company founded and headquartered in Vevey, Switzerland, and listed on the SWX Swiss Exchange with a turnover of over 87 billion Swiss francs....
in the UK are based in York, with operations in Halifax, as is Persimmon plc

Persimmon plc

Persimmon plc is a United Kingdom housebuilding company, headquartered in York, England, at a building called Persimmon House. The Company is named after Persimmon which won the 1896 Epsom Derby and St....
and National Express East Coast

National Express East Coast

National Express East Coast is the name under which the train operating company NXEC Trains Ltd operates the InterCity East Coast rail franchise, which includes services in England and Scotland along the East Coast Main Line....
. Smith & Nephew

Smith & Nephew

Smith & Nephew is a United Kingdom medical devices company headquartered in London and active internationally. It is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index....
and Reckitt Benckiser

Reckitt Benckiser

Reckitt Benckiser plc is a leading United Kingdom-based manufacturer of cleaning products. It is headquartered in the town of Slough to the west of London....
medical and household products companies originated in Hull, and still have large factories there. Fenner plc

Fenner plc

Fenner plc is a leading United Kingdom-based manufacturer of industrial Belt and other polymer-based products. It is headquartered in Hessle and is a former constituent of the FTSE 250 Index....
is in Hessle

Hessle

Hessle is a town and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England, situated west of Kingston upon Hull city centre. It is part of Hull's built-up area but not within the city's boundaries....
. There are many RAF

Royal Air Force

The Royal Air Force is the United Kingdom's air force, the oldest independent air force in the world. Formed on 1 April 1918, the RAF has taken a significant role in British military history ever since, playing a large part in World War II and in more recent conflicts....
bases in North Yorkshire

North Yorkshire

McCain Foods Limited

McCain Foods Limited, a privately owned company established in 1957 by the brothers Harrison McCain and Wallace McCain in Florenceville, New Brunswick, New Brunswick, Canada, is the largest producer of french fries and other oven-ready frozen food products in the world....
is in Scarborough as is AlphaGraphics

AlphaGraphics

AlphaGraphics is a franchising chain of business centers that provide print communication solutions that include marketing, direct mail, large format, design, photocopying, offset printing, and bindery services....
. Richmond Foods

Richmond Foods

Richmond Foods is best known as an ice cream manufacturer that holds the license to make a number of branded ice cream products and variations. The company currently owns the license to make a range of Nestl? ices having bought the division from the Swiss company....
is based in Leeming Bar

Leeming Bar

Leeming Bar is a village in the Hambleton district of North Yorkshire, England....
which owns Dalepak, but has its main ice cream factory in Cross Gates, Leeds

Cross Gates, Leeds

Cross Gates is a large suburb in east Leeds, West Yorkshire, England.It is situated between Seacroft to the north, Whitkirk and Colton, Leeds to the south, Killingbeck to the west and Austhorpe to the south east....
.

West and South

Leeds is now a centre of financial services companies, with Direct Line

Direct Line

Direct Line is a division of the Royal Bank of Scotland Group that specialises in selling insurance and other financial services over the phone and internet....
and First Direct

First Direct

first direct is a telephone and internet-based retail bank in the United Kingdom, a division of HSBC Bank . first direct has headquarters in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, and has over 1.2 million customers....
based there, as well as Asda

ASDA

Asda is a United Kingdom supermarket chain which retails food, clothing, toys and general merchandise. It became a subsidiary of the United States retail giant Wal-Mart, the world?s largest retailer, in 1999, and is the second largest chain in the UK after Tesco, having overtaken Sainsbury's in 2003....
, Northern Foods

Northern Foods

Northern Foods plc is a United Kingdom food manufacturer headquartered in Leeds in the north of England. It is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the FTSE 250 Index....
, Arla Foods UK

Arla Foods UK

Arla Foods UK Limited is a major dairy products company in the United Kingdom, based in Leeds, and a subsidiary of the Sweden-Denmark Arla Foods, ....
(maker of Lurpak). The Green Flag

Green flag

A green flag has various significances....
roadside recovery firm has its main call centre (in Farsley

Farsley

Farsley is a small commuter town in the City of Leeds metropolitan borough, West Yorkshire, England 6 miles to the west of Leeds City Centre, and 4 miles east of Bradford....
). HSBC opened their first UK call centre in the city, taking advantage of it's advanced communications network which also led to the founding of Freeserve

Freeserve

Freeserve was a United Kingdom Internet Service Provider, founded in 1998. It was once a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index but merged into the Wanadoo group in 2000, itself a subsidiary of France Telecom....
in Leeds. The Waddington board game company was founded in Leeds, as was the Burton tailoring company (the Burton Group became the Arcadia Group

Arcadia Group

The Arcadia Group Limited is a United Kingdom retail company that owns the high street clothing retailers Burton , Dorothy Perkins, Evans , Miss Selfridge, Topman, Topshop, and Wallis , and the out of town chain Outfit, which sells lines from the other group chains....
) and M & S

Marks & Spencer

Marks & Spencer is a major United Kingdom retailer, with over 840 stores in Marks & Spencer#International stores around the world, over 600 domestic and 285 international....
. Morrisons

Morrisons

Wm Morrison Supermarkets Public Limited Company is the TNS Worldpanel chain of supermarkets in the United Kingdom. The company is usually referred to and is branded as Morrisons, and it is part of the FTSE 100 Index of companies....
is based in Bradford, as are Club 18-30

Club 18-30

Club 18-30 is a holiday company owned by Thomas Cook that offers cut-price holidays for young men and women who are out for what they claim to be "a good time"....
, Provident Financial

Provident Financial

Provident Financial plc is a financial services group based in Bradford, UK. It specialises in moneylender, but also owns Vanquis Bank which offers credit cards....
, Yorkshire Building Society

Yorkshire Building Society

The Yorkshire Building Society is the third largest building society in the United Kingdom, with its headquarters in Bradford, West Yorkshire, England....
, the Grattan catalogue retailer, and Yorkshire Water

Yorkshire Water

Yorkshire Water Services Limited is a water supply and treatment utility company servicing West Yorkshire, South Yorkshire, the East Riding of Yorkshire, part of North Lincolnshire, most of North Yorkshire and part of Derbyshire, in England....
. The Halifax

Halifax (bank)

Halifax is a brand name of Bank of Scotland, a subsidiary of the Lloyds Banking Group. In the United Kingdom, the Halifax is used as brand for Bank of Scotland branches in England, Wales and Northern Ireland and for savings and mortgages in Scotland....
bank (former Building Society) is based in Halifax, the Yorkshire Bank

Yorkshire Bank

Yorkshire Bank is a commercial bank in England and Wales, a division of Clydesdale Bank, which in turn is a subsidiary of National Australia Bank....
and Leeds Building Society

Leeds Building Society

Established as Leeds and Holbeck Building Society in 1875 the society is now the 8th largest in the UK and serves approximately 650,000 customers. The society was renamed to Leeds Building Society in September 2005....
in Leeds, and the Bradford & Bingley

Bradford & Bingley

Bradford & Bingley plc is a United Kingdom bank with Bradford and Bingley head office in the West Yorkshire town of Bingley. In 2008, partly due to the Subprime mortgage crisis, the bank was split into two parts; the mortgage book which was nationalised, and the deposits and branch network which was sold to Abbey , owned by the Spanish bank G...
in Bingley

Bingley

Bingley is a market town in the metropolitan borough of the City of Bradford, in West Yorkshire, England. It is situated on the River Aire and the Leeds and Liverpool Canal....
. Poundstretcher

Poundstretcher

Poundstretcher is a United Kingdom chain of discount stores. It is based in Deighton, West Yorkshire near Huddersfield on the A62 road....
is in Deighton

Deighton, West Yorkshire

Deighton is a district of Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, England. It is situated 2 miles north west of the town centre and lies off the A62 road....
near Huddersfield. The British Library

British Library

The British Library is the national library of the United Kingdom. It is based in London and is one of the world's largest List of Research libraries, holding over 150 million items in all known languages and formats; books, journals, newspapers, magazines, Sound recording, patents, databases, maps, stamps, Printmaking, drawings and much mor...
is sited at Thorpe Arch near Wetherby

Wetherby

Wetherby is a market town within the metropolitan borough of the City of Leeds, in West Yorkshire, England. It stands on the River Wharfe, and has been for centuries a crossing place and staging post on the A1 road , being mid-way between London and Edinburgh....
.

Sheffield is known for its steel industry, which has declined in recent years. Little Chef

Little Chef

Little Chef is a chain of 177 roadside restaurants in the United Kingdom, founded in 1958 and owned by the UK private equity group RCapital. Restaurants are typically found on A roads, although Little Chef used to have a presence on many motorways....
are based there, in Carbrook

Darnall

Darnall ward—which includes the Districts of Sheffield of Attercliffe, Carbrook, Darnall, Tinsley, and parts of Handsworth, South Yorkshire—is one of the 28 electoral wards in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England....
near the Don Valley Stadium

Don Valley Stadium

The Don Valley Stadium is a stadium in Sheffield, England and is the home of Rotherham United FC. The stadium is an an athletics stadium which has hosted major UK Athletic events and the 1991 World Student Games.Sheffield Eagles RLFC and Parramore Sports FC also use the stadium....
and SIG plc

SIG plc

SIG plc is a United Kingdom-based international supplier of Building insulation, roofing, commercial interiors and specialist construction products....
is at the city airport. Rosebys

Rosebys

Rosebys was a retail chain, consisting of over 300 soft furnishing stores across the United Kingdom. Rosebys sold bedding, curtains, bathroom textiles, and other products....
are in Rotherham

Rotherham

Rotherham is a town in South Yorkshire, England. It lies on the River Don, South Yorkshire, close to its confluence with the River Rother, South Yorkshire, between Sheffield and Doncaster....
. Galpharm International

Galpharm International

Galpharm International Ltd, who trade as Galpharm Healthcare, are the UK's biggest supplier of non-prescription medicine. The company is based in Dodworth, Barnsley, England and sponsor the Galpharm Stadium in nearby Huddersfield....
is at Dodworth

Dodworth

Dodworth is a village in the Barnsley in South Yorkshire, England....
near Barnsley. DFS

Dfs (retailer)

DFS is a national furniture retailer in the United Kingdom which specialises in sofas....
is at Adwick le Street

Adwick le Street

Adwick le Street is a small village in South Yorkshire, England. It is situated a few miles to the north west of Doncaster, and is within the Metropolitan Borough of Doncaster....
. near the A1/A638

A638 road

The A638 is a main road in England that runs between Nottinghamshire and West Yorkshire.A1 road at Markham Moor and Chain Bar Junction 26 of the M62 motorway south of Bradford, West Yorkshire....
junction. Dr. Oetker

Dr. Oetker

Dr. Oetker is a Germany company that produces baking powder, cake mixes, yoghurts, Frozen pizza#Frozen_and_ready-to-bake_pizzas and pudding.Also included in the product portfolio are a maritime freight business, a bank, a publishing company, an insurance outfit, a brewery and a number of high class hotels all over Europe....
products are made at Colton

Colton, Leeds

Colton is a district of east Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, situated between Cross Gates to the north, Halton, Leeds to the west, Whitkirk to the north-west, and Austhorpe to the north-east....
near the M1 junction and Sherburn-in-Elmet

Sherburn-in-Elmet

Sherburn-in-Elmet is a village in the Selby district of North Yorkshire, England, situated close to Selby. It is one of only three places in the area to be explicitly associated with the ancient Celtic kingdom of Elmet via featuring the kingdom's title in its name, the others being Barwick-in-Elmet and Scholes-in-Elmet....
. Fox's Biscuits is in Batley

Batley

Batley is a town within the Kirklees, in West Yorkshire, England. It lies southeast of Bradford, southwests of Leeds and north of Dewsbury, near the M62 motorway....
. Ronseal

Ronseal

Ronseal is a United Kingdom wood-dye and preservative manufacturer, responsible for the "Does exactly what it says on the tin" phrase, an advertising slogan created by agency HHCL which has since entered popular culture....
is based in Chapeltown

Chapeltown, South Yorkshire

Chapeltown is in northern Sheffield, in South Yorkshire, England. It is forms part of the Ecclesfield civil parish. There are a wide variety of Retailing, pubs and restaurants as well as a supermarket....
in Sheffield

Sheffield

Morphy Richards

Morphy Richards is a leading business firm located in the Swinton Meadows Industrial Estate, Swinton near Mexborough, South Yorkshire....
is based between Swinton

Swinton, South Yorkshire

Swinton is a small town in the Metropolitan Borough of Rotherham, in South Yorkshire, England on part of the west bank of the River Don, South Yorkshire....
and Mexborough

Mexborough

Mexborough is a town in South Yorkshire, England, situated on the north bank of the River Don, South Yorkshire west of its confluence with the River Dearne....
. Maplin Electronics

Maplin Electronics

Maplin Electronics is a retailer of electronic goods in the UK and Republic of Ireland. As of February, there are 160 Maplin Electronics stores in the United Kingdom, with a further three opening this year....
is based on the former site of Manvers Main Colliery

Manvers Main Colliery

Manvers Main Colliery was a coal mine, sunk on land belonging to the Earl Manvers and was situated on the northern edge of the township of Wath-upon-Dearne, between that town and Mexborough, in the Dearne Valley South Yorkshire, England....
in Wath-upon-Dearne

Wath-upon-Dearne

Wath-upon-Dearne, also known as Wath-on-Dearne or simply Wath, is a small town on the south side of the Dearne Valley in South Yorkshire, England, lying 5 miles north of Rotherham, close to mid-way between Barnsley and Doncaster....
.

Education

See List of schools in Yorkshire and the Humber

List of schools in Yorkshire and the Humber

The following is a partial list of currently operating schools in the Yorkshire and the Humber region of England. You may also find :Category:Schools in England of use to find a particular school....

Secondary education

Schools are mostly comprehensive, with some grammar schools in North Yorkshire, Calderdale and Kirklees. The schools in Hull perform the second-worst in England at GCSE

General Certificate of Secondary Education

The General Certificate of Secondary Education is the name of an academic qualification awarded in a specified subject, generally taken in a number of subjects by students aged 13-16 in secondary education in England, Wales, and Northern Ireland....
after Knowsley

Metropolitan Borough of Knowsley

The Metropolitan Borough of Knowsley is a metropolitan borough of Merseyside, England. It comprises the towns of Kirkby, Prescot, Huyton, Whiston, Merseyside, Halewood and Cronton; Kirkby, Huyton, and Prescot being the major commercial centres....
in Merseyside. Also at GCSE, schools in Barnsley, Bradford, and Doncaster have low-achieving results with Barnsley the worst of these. All four of these areas coincidentally have an above-average teenage pregnancy problem. For the metropolitan areas, Calderdale and Wakefield consistently perform the best, although slightly under the England average. York and North Yorkshire perform the best at GCSE in the region, and with the East Riding of Yorkshire have results above the UK average. At A-level North Lincolnshire, Kirklees, York and North Yorkshire perform quite well with Kirklees being the best by a large margin, all having results above the England average. The excellent Kirklees result is due to Greenhead College in Huddersfield, and North Lincolnshire's results are due to the John Leggott College

John Leggott College

John Leggott College is a sixth form college on West Common Lane, in Brumby, Scunthorpe, North Lincolnshire, United Kingdom. It is situated near to North Lindsey College....
, also a sixth form college

Sixth form college

A sixth form college is an educational institution in England, Wales, Northern Ireland, Hong Kong or Malta where students aged 16 to 19 typically study for advanced school-level qualifications, such as Advanced Level ....
. The districts of South Yorkshire perform the least in the area at A-level with Rotherham having the best results in this area, and all of these districts achieve similar results, much lower than those in the former districts of Humberside. For both A-level and GCSE, Barnsley and Bradford are very low performing, with Bradford getting the lowest A-level results in the region. Hull and northern Lincolnshire have a wide socio-economic diversity – many under-achieving pupils at 16 but with high performers at A-level.

Top twenty state schools in Yorkshire and the Humber (2008 A-level results)

1. Ermysted's Grammar School
Ermysted's Grammar School

Ermysted's Grammar School is a Local Education Authority-funded selective boys' Grammar School in Skipton, North Yorkshire teaching over 700 pupils....
, Skipton
Skipton

Skipton is a civil parish and historic market town in the Craven district of North Yorkshire, England. It is a popular tourist destination in its own right, as well as being a convenient base for visitors to the Yorkshire Dales ....
(1106)
2. Ripon Grammar School
Ripon Grammar School

Ripon Grammar School is a co-educational, selective, state secondary grammar school and Specialist school Engineering College located in Ripon, North Yorkshire, England....
3. Heckmondwike Grammar School
Heckmondwike Grammar School

Heckmondwike Grammar School is a state selective, coeducational grammar school providing free education, located in Heckmondwike, West Yorkshire, England....
4. Greenhead College
Greenhead College

Greenhead College is a former grammar school and current sixth form college located in Huddersfield, in the England county of West Yorkshire. The current principal is Martin Rostron....
, Huddersfield
Huddersfield

Huddersfield is a large market town within the Kirklees, in West Yorkshire, England, north of London, and south of Bradford, the nearest city....
5. Crossley Heath Grammar School
Crossley Heath Grammar School

The Crossley Heath Grammar School is a grammar school located in Savile Park, Halifax, West Yorkshire, West Yorkshire, England.History ...
, Halifax
Halifax, West Yorkshire

Halifax is a large market town within the Calderdale, in West Yorkshire, England, with a population of 82,056 in the United Kingdom Census 2001....
6. Skipton Girls' High School
Skipton Girls' High School

Skipton Girls' High School, founded in 1886, is an all girls Selective school Grammar schools in the United Kingdom situated in Skipton, North Yorkshire, England....
7. Fulford School
Fulford School

Fulford School is a comprehensive school and a Maths and Computing College on Fulfordgate near Heslington Lane in Fulford, York, England....
8. St. Mary's School, Menston
St. Mary's School, Menston

St. Mary's School on Bradford Road in Menston, West Yorkshire, England is a Roman Catholic school for young people of secondary school age, which serves the parishes of Addingham, Burley in Wharfedale, Horsforth, Ilkley, Otley, Pudsey and Yeadon, West Yorkshire....
9. The McAuley School
The McAuley School

The McAuley School is a coeducational Catholic Day School in Doncaster, England. The School takes its name from Catherine McAuley, founder of the Sisters of Mercy, the order which ran the School until the late 1980s....
, Doncaster
Doncaster

Doncaster is a large town in South Yorkshire, England, and the principal settlement of the Metropolitan Borough of Doncaster. The town is located about from Sheffield and is popularly referred to as "Donny"....
10. Huntington School
Huntington School

Huntington School is a coeducational, comprehensive school secondary school situated in Huntington, City of York, York, England. with approximately 1,500 pupils....
, York
11. Malton School
12. Bingley Grammar School
Bingley Grammar School

Bingley Grammar School is a school for both boys and girls from the ages of 11–18 and is located on the outskirts of Bingley, West Yorkshire, England....
13. Wath Comprehensive School
14. Notre Dame High School (Sheffield)
Notre Dame High School (Sheffield)

For schools of the same name, see Notre Dame High SchoolNotre Dame High School in Sheffield, England, was established in the 1850s by the Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur, a religious order....
15. The Hayfield School, Doncaster
16. Penistone Grammar School
Penistone Grammar School

Penistone Grammar School is a comprehensive school and former grammar school in Penistone, in South Yorkshire, England. It was founded in 1392 and its most notable alumnus is Nicholas Saunderson, the probable inventor of Bayes theorem, in the sixteenth century....
17. St. Aidan's & St. John Fisher Associated Sixth Form
St. Aidan's & St. John Fisher Associated Sixth Form

The St. Aidan's & St. John Fisher Associated Sixth Form was created in 1973 as a venture in ecumenical education. The two schools, St. Aidan's C of E High School and St John Fisher Catholic High School, Harrogate are both based on the south side of Harrogate, North Yorkshire, England, separated by five minute's walk....
, Harrogate
18. Tadcaster Grammar School
Tadcaster Grammar School

Tadcaster Grammar School is a secondary school near Tadcaster, North Yorkshire, England. Despite its name, it is a comprehensive school, not a grammar school....
19. Joseph Rowntree School, New Earswick
New Earswick

New Earswick is a village and civil parish in the unitary authority of City of York in the north of England, near the River Foss, north of York and south of Haxby....
20. Harrogate Grammar School
Harrogate Grammar School

Harrogate Grammar School is a specialist Language College and Technology College in Harrogate, North Yorkshire, England, UK. It has about 1700 pupils and there are about 400 pupils in the sixth form....
(876)

Universities

See List of universities in Yorkshire and the Humber

List of universities in Yorkshire and the Humber

This list includes the nine educational institutions primarily based in the Yorkshire and the Humber region of England, UK which have achieved the status of university, as approved by the Privy Council....

Local media

Local BBC television comes from Leeds
BBC Look North (Yorkshire and North Midlands)

BBC Look North is the BBC's regional television news service for West Yorkshire & South Yorkshire Yorkshire, parts of North Yorkshire and the North Midlands....
and Hull
BBC Look North (East Yorkshire and Lincolnshire)

BBC Look North is the BBC's regional TV news service for East Yorkshire, Lincolnshire and North West Norfolk, produced by BBC Yorkshire and Lincolnshire....
. Yorkshire Television
Yorkshire Television

Yorkshire Television is the ITV contractor for the Yorkshire franchise. Up until 1974 this was primarily the three Riding of Yorkshire and associated areas served by the Emley Moor transmitting station television transmitter....
is on Kirkstall Road in the west of Leeds, which broadcasts Calendar
Calendar (News)

Calendar is the local news programme for ITV Yorkshire , first broadcast on 29 July 1968. Unlike many regional news programmes, Calendar adopted a magazine-style approach and benefited from heavy investment by YTV in local news gathering....
and some national programming. Channel 4
Channel 4

Channel 4 is a UK Public service broadcasting in the United Kingdom television broadcaster which began transmissions on 2 November 1982. Although commercially self-funded, it is ultimately publicly owned; originally a subsidiary of the Independent Broadcasting Authority , the station is now owned and operated by the #Channel Four Television...
broadcasts some of its flagship programming from Kirkstall, including Countdown
Countdown (game show)

Countdown is a British game show made by ITV Productions and broadcast on Channel 4. It is currently presented by Jeff Stelling and Rachel Riley, with regular lexicographer Susie Dent....
.
BBC Radios Humberside
BBC Radio Humberside

BBC Radio Humberside is a BBC Local Radio service covering the area of the former England metropolitan and non-metropolitan counties of England of Humberside, which was returned to North Lincolnshire, North East Lincolnshire the East Riding of Yorkshire and the City of Kingston upon Hull on 1 April 1996....
, Leeds
BBC Radio Leeds

BBC Radio Leeds is the BBC Local Radio service for the England Metropolitan Counties of England of West Yorkshire....
, Sheffield
BBC Radio Sheffield

BBC Radio Sheffield is the BBC Local Radio service for England Metropolitan Counties of England of South Yorkshire and the north Midlands. It was the BBC local radio station, beginning on 15 November 1967....
and York
BBC Radio York

BBC Radio York is the BBC Local Radio service for the England Counties of England of North Yorkshire....
.
Local commercial stations include Dearne FM
Dearne FM

Dearne FM is an Independent Local Radio station which broadcasts to the Barnsley area. The station is owned by the Lincs FM Group , whose stations take more of an interest in their local areas than other larger radio companies, and offer a wider type of music....
(Barnsley), The Pulse of West Yorkshire
The Pulse of West Yorkshire

The Pulse is an Independent Local Radio station broadcasting from Bradford. The station was originally known as Pennine Radio. It is one of three stations that broadcast contemporary music in the UTV Radio band....
(Bradford), Trax FM
Trax FM

Trax FM is an Independent Local Radio station that broadcasts Doncaster and Bassetlaw. The station is owned by the Lincs FM Group. The station started as two separate licences one for Doncaster and one for Bassetlaw....
(Doncaster), Compass FM
Compass FM

Compass FM is an Independent Local Radio station broadcasting from studios in Wellowgate, Grimsby in North East Lincolnshire. The station serves Grimsby, Immingham and Cleethorpes and is part of the Lincs FM Group....
(Grimsby), 97.2 Stray FM
97.2 Stray FM

97.2 Stray FM is an Independent Local Radio station broadcasting to the towns of Harrogate, Ripon, Knaresborough, Wetherby and Boroughbridge as well as a large number of other areas in North Yorkshire, England....
(Harrogate), Home 107.9
Home 107.9

Pennine FM is an Independent Local Radio station based at Lockwood Park in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, England....
(Huddersfield), Viking FM (Hull), Rother FM
Rother FM

Rother FM is a Independent Local Radio station based in Rotherham, South Yorkshire in the United Kingdom. The Station began broadcasting in October 2006 from its studios at Aspen Court in Templeborough....
, 96.3 Radio Aire
96.3 Radio Aire

96.3 Radio Aire is the main Independent Local Radio station broadcasting in Leeds and is the sister station of Magic 828. It was launched on 1st September 1981 by presenter Graham Thornton and the first song played was 'Pilot of the Airwaves' by Charlie Dore....
(Leeds), Yorkshire Coast Radio
Yorkshire Coast Radio

Yorkshire Coast Radio is an Independent Local Radio station based in the seaside resort of Scarborough in the UK.YCR is officially two Ofcom licenses, one for Scarborough, North Yorkshire and Whitby in North Yorkshire and one for Bridlington in the East Riding of Yorkshire....
(Scarborough), Hallam FM
Hallam FM

Hallam FM is an Independent Local Radio radio station broadcasting to South Yorkshire and the North Midlands. Its output is principally contemporary pop, and hits from the 80s and 90s....
(Sheffield), Fresh Radio
Fresh Radio

Fresh Radio is a local radio station broadcasting to the Yorkshire Dales in northern England on two medium wave frequencies and currently three FM frequencies ....
(Skipton
Skipton

Skipton is a civil parish and historic market town in the Craven district of North Yorkshire, England. It is a popular tourist destination in its own right, as well as being a convenient base for visitors to the Yorkshire Dales ....
), Real Radio
Real Radio (Yorkshire)

Real Radio is an independent local radio station that broadcasts across South Yorkshire and West Yorkshire. It is the third regional radio station within the Real Radio brand ....
(Tingley
Tingley

Tingley is a settlement in West Yorkshire, England, forming part of the parish of West Ardsley and of the City of Leeds metropolitan borough....
), Ridings FM
Ridings FM

Ridings FM is the Independent Local Radio station serving Wakefield and the Five Towns area since October 3 1999. It is based on Monckton Road in Wakefield near the A636 road bridge over the River Calder and is owned by the Lincs FM Group....
(Wakefield), Galaxy Yorkshire
Galaxy Yorkshire

Galaxy Yorkshire is the largest regional British radio station outside of London. It is owned by Global Radio and is part of its Galaxy Radio of stations which specialize in dance music and R&B....
and Minster FM
Minster FM

Minster FM is an independent commercial local radio station based in Dunnington near York, Yorkshire, England and covering the city of North Yorkshire....
(York).
Local newspapers are the Bradford Telegraph and Argus, Evening Courier, Huddersfield Examiner, Hull Daily Mail
Hull Daily Mail

The Hull Daily Mail is the local daily newspaper for Kingston upon Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire and is published along with the free weekly, Hull Advertiser....
, Scarborough Evening News
Scarborough Evening News

The Scarborough Evening News, sometimes abbreviated to the SEN or colloquially known as the Evening News, is a local, paid-for daily newspaper distributed in and around the Scarborough, North Yorkshire, area....
, Scunthorpe Telegraph
Scunthorpe Telegraph

The Scunthorpe Telegraph is a local paid-for newspaper published and distributed daily in Scunthorpe, England. It was launched on September 8 1937....
, Sheffield Star
Sheffield Star

The Star, often known as the Sheffield Star is a daily newspaper published in Sheffield, England, from Monday to Saturday each week....
, The Press (York)
The Press (York)

The Press is the local daily paper for a substantial area of North and East Yorkshire, based on the city of York. It is printed by the Newsquest Ltd, a subsidiary of the Newsquest Media Group....
, Wakefield Express
Wakefield Express

The Wakefield Express is the newspaper serving the District of City of Wakefield. It was established in 1852 and was the subject of a centenary film produced by Lindsay Anderson in 1952....
, Yorkshire Evening Post
Yorkshire Evening Post

The Yorkshire Evening Post is a daily evening publication published by Yorkshire Post Newspapers Ltd in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. The paper provides a regional slant on the day's news, and traditionally provides close reporting on Leeds United A.F.C....
and Yorkshire Post
Yorkshire Post

The Yorkshire Post is a daily broadsheet newspaper, published in Leeds, England by Yorkshire Post Newspapers, a company owned by Johnston Press....
.
Yorkshire and Humberside are very supportive in their approach to theatre and performance festivals and hold regional championships for young performers every 2 years. The championship is sectioned in Dance, Music and Speech & Drama. The most recent championship was held on Saturday 8 September, at St Margaret's Church Hall, Horsforth in Leeds. 16 year-old Nuthana Prathivadi, of Halifax, took the Dance Champion title; Helen Wilson, of Harrogate, titled Music Champion and with 17-year old Lee Peart, of Cleethorpes, winning the Speech & Drama championship.

Yorkshire and the Humber

Geographical context

Local government

Regional assembly

European Parliament

Election results 2004

Demographics

Population, Density and Settlements

Teenage pregnancy

Transport

Road

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Rail

Sea

Economy

East and North

West and South

Education

Secondary education

Top twenty state schools in Yorkshire and the Humber (2008 A-level results)

Universities

Local media

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