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The region includes the whole of West Yorkshire.Historically, prior to 2021, parts of South Yorkshire and North Yorkshire were included within the partnership.. The geographical area included in the city region is made up of the local authority areas in West Yorkshire, comprising Bradford, Calderdale, Kirklees, Leeds and Wakefield.
Leeds is the UK's third-largest manufacturing centre and 50% of the UK's manufacturing base is within a two-hour drive of Leeds. With around 1,800 firms and 39,000 employees, Leeds manufacturing firms account for 8.8% of total employment in the city.
Leeds is largely covered by LS post codes, most but not all of which have Leeds as their Post town to be used in postal addresses. Parts of the city have BD (Bradford) or WF (Wakefield) post codes, and some LS post codes are outside the city (in particular LS24 covering Tadcaster and LS29 covering Ilkley ).
Map of the main settlements Leeds, the largest city in the built-up area (BUA) and the United Kingdom's third-largest city by population Bradford, the second largest city in the BUA and United Kingdom's sixth largest city by population Huddersfield, a market town with the third-highest population in the BUA and one of the largest market towns in UK Wakefield, the BUA's third city and ...
Leeds is the most popular shopping destination in West Yorkshire, probably Yorkshire and rivals Manchester having claim to Briggate, the Headrow, Trinity Leeds, Victoria Gate, the Victoria and Northern Quarters, the biggest indoor market in Europe and the White Rose Centre, as well as many 'first outside of London' labels such as Harvey Nichols ...
Since the Local Government Act 1985 Leeds City Council has effectively been a unitary authority, serving as the sole (aside from the 32 Parish Councils) executive, deliberative and legislative body responsible for local policy, setting council tax, and allocating budget in the city, and is a member of the Leeds City Region Partnership.
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The LS postcode area, also known as the Leeds postcode area, [2] is a group of 29 postcode districts in England, within six post towns. These cover northern West Yorkshire (including Leeds , Wetherby , Pudsey , Otley and Ilkley ) and some parts of North Yorkshire (including Tadcaster ).