Leeds
Leeds /liːdz/ is a city in West Yorkshire, England.
Latitude and longitude of Wakefield
Satellite map of Wakefield
Wakefield is a city in West Yorkshire, England, on the River Calder and the eastern edge of the Pennines, which had a population of 76,886 in 2001.
Population: 78,978
Latitude: 53° 40' 59.92" N
Longitude: -1° 29' 51.65" W
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Emmerdale
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Peter Sutcliffe
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West Yorkshire
West Yorkshire is a metropolitan county within the Yorkshire and the Humber region of England with a population of 2.2 million.
Elland Road
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Emley Moor transmitting station
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Wentworth Woodhouse
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Louis Le Prince
Louis Aimé Augustin Le Prince (28 August 1841 – vanished 16 September 1890) was an inventor who shot the first moving pictures on paper film using a single lens camera.
Leeds Beckett University
Leeds Beckett University (formerly Leeds Metropolitan University and Leeds Polytechnic) is a university located in Leeds, West Yorkshire with campuses in the city centre and in Headingley. It gained university status in 1992; before this date it was…
City of Leeds
The City of Leeds (/liːdz/) is a local government district of West Yorkshire, England, governed by Leeds City Council, with the status of a city and metropolitan borough. The metropolitan district includes the administrative centre Leeds and the ten…
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Battle of Wakefield
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Roundhay Garden Scene
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Pontefract Castle
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LS postcode area
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HM Prison Wakefield
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Harewood House
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