The
West Yorkshire Urban Area is a term used by the
Office for National Statistics (ONS) to refer to a conurbation in
West Yorkshire,
England, based on the cities of
Leeds,
Bradford and
Wakefield, and the large towns of
Huddersfield and
Halifax. However, it excludes towns such as
Castleford,
Pontefract and
Wetherby which though part of the county of West Yorkshire are considered independently. There are substantial areas of agricultural land within the designated area - more than in any other official urban area in England - many of the towns and cities are only just connected with one another by narrow outlying strips of development.