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Leeds 750,700 Leeds: Leeds 1,499,465 37 6 Sheffield 551,800 Sheffield and Rotherham: Sheffield 1,277,100 46 7 Teesside 472,200 Includes Middlesbrough, Redcar and Cleveland and Stockton-on-Tees: n/a n/a n/a 8 Bristol 428,234 Bristol: Bristol 1,006,600 64 9 Bournemouth and Poole 382,536 Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole: n/a n/a n/a 10 Stoke-on ...
The Leeds City Region is home to various companies which operate in the United Kingdom or further afield in Europe and around the world. The Leeds City Region economy is centred on the city of Leeds , with other notable local economies of Bradford , Wakefield , Huddersfield and areas outside West Yorkshire such as Harrogate .
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 ...
The region's main public research universities are: University of Bradford, University of Huddersfield, University of Hull, University of Leeds, Leeds Beckett University, University of Sheffield, Sheffield Hallam University, and the University of York. Many of the institutions have histories pre-dating their university.
The 20 largest ESPON metropolitan areas in the UK, ranked by population. A 2001 ESPON metropolitan area was defined as consisting of an urban area, conurbation or agglomeration, together with the surrounding area to which it was closely economically and socially integrated through commuting.
For former companies, see navigation box at the bottom of page. A.L. Simpkin & Co. Ltd - confectionery producer; Ancon Building Products - specialist stainless steel brickwork supports; Arnold Laver & Co Holdings - UK HQ - timber importer and merchants; AMK Fencing - Civil engineering and fencing; Arthur Price & Co. - cutlery manufacturers
However, Leeds contains less than a third of the region's population and geographical area. Bradford is the second largest city in the region, together Leeds and Bradford contain more than 50% of the region's inhabitants. Both Leeds and Bradford are among the top 5 largest local authority areas in England in terms of population.
The City of Sheffield is a metropolitan borough with city status in South Yorkshire, England. The metropolitan borough includes the administrative centre of Sheffield , the town of Stocksbridge and the larger village of Chapeltown and part of the Peak District . [ 7 ]