Yorkshire and the Humber

Yorkshire and the Humber region shown within England
Geography
Status	Region
Area — Total	Ranked 5th 15,420 km² 5,953 sq mi
NUTS 1	UKE
Demographics
Population — Total — Density	Ranked 6th 5,142,400 (2006) 328/km²
GDP per capita	£16,880 (8th)
Government
HQ	Leeds / Sheffield
Leadership	Local Government Yorkshire and Humber
Regional development	Yorkshire Forward
European parliament	Yorkshire and the Humber
Website

Yorkshire and the Humber is one of the nine government office regions of England. It covers most of the historic county of Yorkshire, along with the part of northern Lincolnshire that was, from 1974 to 1996, within the former shire county of Humberside. The population in 2006 was 5,142,400.

Contents 1 Geographical context 2 Local government 3 Regional assembly 4 European Parliament 4.1 Election results 2009 5 Demographics 5.1 Population, density and settlements 5.2 Teenage pregnancy 6 Transport 6.1 Transport policy 6.2 Road 6.3 Rail 6.4 Air 6.5 Sea 7 Economy 7.1 East and North 7.2 West and South 8 Sport 8.1 Football 9 Education 9.1 Secondary education 9.1.1 Top twenty state schools in Yorkshire and the Humber (2008 A-level results) 9.2 Universities 10 Local media 11 References 12 External links

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See Topographical areas of Yorkshire and Geology of Yorkshire

In the Yorkshire and the Humber region there is a very close relationship between the major topographical areas and the underlying geology.^[1] The Pennine chain of hills in the west is of Carboniferous origin. The central vale is Permo-Triassic. The North York Moors in the north-east of the county are Jurassic in age while the Yorkshire Wolds and Lincolnshire Wolds to the south east are Cretaceous chalk uplands.^[1]

The region is drained by several rivers. In western and central Yorkshire the many rivers empty their waters into the River Ouse which reaches the North Sea via the Humber Estuary.^[2] The most northerly of the rivers in the Ouse system is the River Swale, which drains Swaledale before passing through Richmond and meandering across the Vale of Mowbray. Next, draining Wensleydale, is the River Ure, which joins the Swale east of Boroughbridge. The River Nidd rises on the edge of the Yorkshire Dales National Park and flows along Nidderdale before reaching the Vale of York.^[2]

The Ouse is the name given to the river after its confluence with the Ure at Ouse Gill Beck. The River Wharfe, which drains Wharfedale, joins the Ouse upstream of Cawood.^[2] The Rivers Aire and Calder 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. In the far north of the county the River Tees flows eastwards through Teesdale and empties its waters into the North Sea downstream of Middlesbrough. The smaller River Esk flows from west to east at the northern foot of the North York Moors to reach the sea at Whitby.^[2]

The River Derwent rises on the North York Moors, flows south then westwards through the Vale of Pickering 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.^[2] To the east of the Yorkshire Wolds the River Hull flows southwards to join the Humber Estuary at Kingston upon Hull. The western Pennines are served by the River Ribble which drains westwards into the Irish Sea close to Lytham St Annes.^[2]

The highest point of the region is Whernside, in the Yorkshire Dales, at 737 metres (2,420 ft). The largest freshwater lake is Hornsea Mere in the East Riding of Yorkshire.

This region of England generally has cool summers and relatively mild winters with the upland areas of the North York Moors and the Pennines experiencing the coolest weather and the Vale of York 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 anticyclones 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 in the northern Atlantic Ocean. 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.^[3]

[edit] Local government

The official region consists of the following subdivisions:^[4]

Map	Ceremonial county	County/ unitary	Districts
	South Yorkshire *		1. Sheffield, 2. Rotherham, 3. Barnsley, 4. Doncaster
	West Yorkshire *		5. Wakefield, 6. Kirklees, 7. Calderdale, 8. Bradford, 9. Leeds
	North Yorkshire (part only)	10. North Yorkshire †	a.) Selby, b.) Harrogate, c.) Craven, d.) Richmondshire, e.) Hambleton, f.) Ryedale, g.) Scarborough
		11. York U.A.
	East Riding of Yorkshire	12. East Riding of Yorkshire U.A.
		13. Kingston upon Hull U.A.
	Lincolnshire (part only)	14. North Lincolnshire U.A.
		15. North East Lincolnshire U.A.

Key: shire county = † | metropolitan county = *

It was originally called Yorkshire and Humberside, and defined as North Yorkshire, West Yorkshire, South Yorkshire and Humberside. 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.

[edit] Regional assembly

The Yorkshire and Humber Assembly was a partnership of all local authorities in the region and representatives of various economic, social and environmental sectors. The full Assembly normally met 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.^[5]

On 31 March 2009, the Assembly was abolished and replaced by Local Government Yorkshire and Humber, which continues to be based in the former Assembly premises in King Street in Wakefield.^[6][7]

Yorkshire is one of the two regions (along with the North West) that were expected to have a referendum about the establishment of an elected regional assembly. When the North East region of England rejected having an elected regional assembly in a referendum, the then Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott announced that he would not move orders for other referenda before the relevant provisions expired in June, 2005.

[edit] European Parliament

The European constituency of Yorkshire and the Humber is coterminous with the English region. After the European Parliament election in June 2009, Yorkshire and the Humber is represented by two Conservative, one Labour, one UKIP, one Liberal Democrat and one BNP MEPs. It is one of only two regions in the UK to have elected an MEP from the BNP.^[8]

[edit] Election results 2009

Elected candidates are shown in bold. Brackets indicate the number of votes per seat won.

European Election 2009: Yorkshire and The Humber[9][10]
List		Candidates	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Edward McMillan-Scott, Timothy Kirkhope Fleur Butler, Matthew Bean, Nick Burrows, Glynis Frew	299,802 (149,901)	24.5	-0.2
	Labour	Linda McAvan Richard Corbett, Emma Hoddinott, David Bowe, Melanie Onn, Mahroof Hussain	230,009	18.8	-7.5
	UKIP	Godfrey Bloom Jonathan Arnott, Jason Smith, Toby Horton, David Daniel, Lynette Afshar	213,750	17.4	+2.9
	Liberal Democrat	Diana Wallis Stewart Arnold, Rebecca Taylor, James Monaghan, Nader Fekri, Neil Poole	161,552	13.2	-2.4
	BNP	Andrew Brons Nick Cass, Chris Beverley, Marlene Guest, Paul Harris, Trevor Brown	120,139	9.8	+1.8
	Green	Martin Hemingway, Shan Oakes, Leslie Rowe, Rick Rolt, Kevin Warnes, Lesley Hedges	104,456	8.5	+2.8
	English Democrats	Michael Cassidy, Joanne Robinson, Peter Davies, David  Wildgoose, Paul McEnhill, Geoffery Crossman	31,287	2.6	+1.0
	Socialist Labour	William Capstick, Linda Sheriden, Stephen Yoxall, Holly Jo Yoxall, Terence Robinson, Christopher Butler	19,380	1.6	N/A
	Christian Party	Sid Cordle, Andrew McClintock, Angela MacDonald, John O'Brien, Samantha Cauldwell, Rebecca Jones	16,742	1.4	N/A
	NO2EU	Keith Gibson, Celia Foote, Jackie Grunsell, Peter Marsh, Mike Davies, Juliet Marie Boddington	15,614	1.3	N/A
	Jury Team	Barbara Hibbert, Anthony Hooper, Ben Saxton	7,181	0.6	N/A
	Libertas	Antony Devoy, Edward Devoy, Stephen Clark, Diana MacLeod, Trevor Bending, Kathleen Harris	6,268	0.5	N/A
Turnout			1,226,180	32.3	-10.3

[edit] Demographics

[edit] Population, density and settlements

Region/County	Population	Population Density	Largest town/city	Largest metropolitan area
Yorkshire and the Humber	5,177,200	328/km²	Leeds (761,100)	West Yorkshire Urban Area (1,499,465)
West Yorkshire	2,118,600	1,004/km²	Leeds (761,100)	West Yorkshire Urban Area (1,499,465)
South Yorkshire	1,292,900	833/km²	Sheffield (530,300)	Sheffield Urban Area (640,720)
East Riding of Yorkshire	587,100	137/km²	Kingston upon Hull (257,000)	Kingston upon Hull Urban Area (301,416)
North Yorkshire	1,061,300	123/km²	York (193,300)	York (193,300)
North Lincolnshire	159,000	188/km²	Scunthorpe (72,660)	Scunthorpe (72,660)
North East Lincolnshire	158,900	828/km²	Grimsby (87,574)	Grimsby/Cleethorpes (138,842)

^[11]

[edit] Teenage pregnancy

For top-tier authorities, Kingston upon Hull has the highest teenage pregnancy rate, closely followed by North East Lincolnshire. For top-tier authorities, North Yorkshire has the lowest teenage pregnancy rate. For council districts, Ryedale has the lowest rate, closely followed by Craven. Only North Yorkshire has council districts in the region.

[edit] Transport

[edit] Transport policy

As part of the national transport planning system, the Regional Assembly is required to produce a Regional Transport Strategy (RTS) to provide long term planning for transport in the region. This involves region wide transport schemes such as those carried out by the Highways Agency and Network Rail.^[12] Within the region the local transport authorities plan for the future by producing Local Transport Plans (LTP) which outline their strategies, policies and implementation programmes.^[13] The most recent LTP is that for the period 2006–11. In the Yorkshire and The Humber region the following transport authorities have published their LTP online: East Riding of Yorkshire U.A.,^[14] Kingston upon Hull,^[15] North East Lincolnshire U.A.,^[16] North Lincolnshire U.A.,^[17] North Yorkshire,^[18] South Yorkshire,^[19] West Yorkshire^[20] and York U.A..^[21]

[edit] Road

The M62 motorway is Yorkshire's main east-west thoroughfare, and north-south routes are the M1 and the A1, with only the A1 continuing further north. The other main north south road in the region is the A19.^[22]

[edit] Rail

The central hubs of the rail network in the region are Leeds, Sheffield and York. The East Coast Main Line passes through Leeds and York whilst the Midland Main Line finishes at Sheffield, with a less regular service to Leeds, operated by East Midlands Trains. East-west routes are the North TransPennine to Manchester, and South TransPennine through Doncaster.^[23]

[edit] Air

Airports in the region are Leeds Bradford International Airport at Yeadon, Robin Hood Airport Doncaster Sheffield near Doncaster and Humberside Airport near Brigg in North Lincolnshire. Durham Tees Valley Airport serves the northernmost areas of the region, and there are day and night direct rail connections from the region to Manchester Airport.^[24]

[edit] Sea

Hull has daily ferries to Zeebrugge and Rotterdam.^[25]

[edit] Economy

Yorkshire Forward is the Regional Development Agency 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.^[26]

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 and Sharlston. In South Yorkshire, there is Maltby Main Colliery and Hatfield Colliery at Stainforth. The NUM was very Yorkshire-dominated. Coal still plays a part in the economy - there are three large power stations along the Aire Valley, with Drax being the second largest in Europe with 3,945 MW of capacity. The distribution area once looked after by the regional electricity company Yorkshire Electricity is now looked after by YEDL, owned by CE Electric UK.

[edit] East and North

Scunthorpe is where steel is smelted by Corus, and where Golden Wonder crisps are made. Grimsby is home of Britain's fishing industry, and has many frozen food factories such as Young's Bluecrest. There are two large oil refineries at Immingham, and a BP chemical works at Saltend in Hull. Croda International, the chemical company, is in East Cowick. Nestlé in the UK are based in York, with operations in Halifax, as is Persimmon plc, Portakabin and National Express East Coast. Smith & Nephew and Reckitt Benckiser medical and household products companies originated in Hull, and still have large factories there. Heron Frozen Foods is based there near St Andrew's Quay, and Comet, who originated there, have some main offices on George Street. Fenner plc is in Hessle and BAE Systems Military Air Solutions (former Blackburn Aircraft) make the Hawk at Brough. There are many RAF bases in North Yorkshire, close to the A1, Catterick Garrison is the largest army base in Europe near Richmond, and the Defence School of Transport Leconfield is near Beverley. The Canadian McCain Ltd is in Scarborough as is AlphaGraphics. Skipton Building Society is in Skipton. Richmond Foods is based in Leeming Bar which owns Dalepak, but has its main ice cream factory in Cross Gates, Leeds (now owned by R&R Ice Cream). John Smith's Brewery is at Tadcaster, which is destined to start brewing Newcastle Brown Ale, and Samuel Smith Brewery. At Masham, there is the Theakston Brewery and the Black Sheep Brewery.

[edit] West and South

Leeds is now a centre of financial services companies,^[27][28] with Direct Line^[29] and First Direct^[30] based there, as well as Asda,^[31] Northern Foods,^[32] Arla Foods UK (maker of Lurpak). The Green Flag roadside recovery firm has its main call centre (in Farsley). HSBC opened their first UK call centre in the city, taking advantage of its advanced communications network which also led to the founding of Freeserve in Leeds. The Waddingtons board game company was founded in Leeds, as was the Burton tailoring company (the Burton Group became the Arcadia Group) and M & S. Optare make buses in Cross Gates. Dr. Oetker products are made at Colton near the M1 junction and Sherburn-in-Elmet. Aramark UK is in West Park, Leeds. Unilever have their aerosol division at Whinmoor, in north-east Leeds, administrated by Lever Fabergé. It claims to be the largest aerosol factory in the world, and has their research centre, and makes Impulse, Lynx, Dove and Sure.

Morrisons is based in Bradford, as are Club 18-30, Provident Financial, Hallmark Cards UK, Seabrook Potato Crisps, Safestyle UK, Yorkshire Building Society, Stylo, the Grattan^[33] catalogue retailer, and Yorkshire Water. Abbey (soon to be Santander) has its savings division there. The Halifax bank (former Building Society) is based in Halifax, the Yorkshire Bank and Leeds Building Society in Leeds, and the Bradford & Bingley in Bingley. Ciba Specialty Chemicals (former Allied Colloids) is in Low Moor. Fox's Biscuits (part of Northern Foods) and Cattles are in Batley. Poundstretcher is in Deighton near Huddersfield. The British Library is sited at Thorpe Arch near Wetherby, home of Goldenfry. Denso make car radiators in Shipley. David Brown Ltd. is in Lockwood in Huddersfield; this company owned Aston Martin from 1947-72 and is the company is now part of Textron. Cummins Turbo Technologies (former Holset) and Graham Group are also in Huddersfield. Hickson & Welch (owned by Arch Chemicals) is in Castleford. Clariant UK, the chemical company, is in Yeadon. Pace plc is in Saltaire. WABCO Vehicle Control Systems UK (air brakes) is in Morley. Netto UK is in South Elmsall. Nestle make Toffee Crisp and After Eight in Castleford. Ardagh Glass UK is at Knottingley, with sites at Monk Bretton and Wheatley (Doncaster). Coca-Cola UK claim to have the largest soft drinks factory in the world at Outwood, which was built in 1989, and produces 6,000 cans and 1,650 bottles a minute (over 100 cans a second).

Sheffield is known for its steel industry, which has declined in recent years. Little Chef are based there, in Carbrook near the Don Valley Stadium. SIG plc and Stanley Tools UK are at the city airport. Cadbury UK (formerly Bassett's) make liquorice allsorts in the north of Sheffield; it is Cadbury's Gum & Liquorice division. Plusnet and Jobcentre Plus are in the city centre. Rosebys were in Rotherham, before 2008, and KP make their nuts in Eastwood, to the north of the town. Mr Kipling is based at Carlton just north of Barnsley, and makes Battenberg cakes there. Galpharm International and Koyo Bearings are at Dodworth near Barnsley. DFS is at Adwick le Street near the A1/A638 junction. Ronseal is based in Chapeltown in Sheffield. Morphy Richards and Roberts Radio are based between Swinton and Mexborough. Maplin Electronics is based on the former site of Manvers Main Colliery in Wath-upon-Dearne.

[edit] Sport

[edit] Football

The region is home to numerous Premier League and Football League clubs. Leeds United, Sheffield Wednesday and Huddersfield Town are the most successful clubs in the region in terms of trophies won, each winning 9, 9 and 5 major trophies respectively. Leeds United are the most successful club in terms of European appearances and success, they have also been the UEFA coefficient Top Club on 3 occasions, more than any other English club.

Here is a list of the Premier League and Football League clubs in the region ranked in their final league position in the 2008–09 season

1. Hull City
2. Sheffield United
3. Sheffield Wednesday
4. Doncaster Rovers
5. Barnsley
6. Leeds United
7. Scunthorpe United
8. Huddersfield Town
9. Bradford City
10. Rotherham United
11. Grimsby Town

[edit] Education

There are 15 Local Education Authorities in the Yorkshire and Humber region.^[34] The schools in each authority are listed in the following -

• List of schools in Barnsley
• List of schools in Bradford
• List of schools in Calderdale
• List of schools in Doncaster
• List of schools in the East Riding of Yorkshire
• List of schools in Hull
• List of schools in Kirklees
• List of schools in Leeds
• List of schools in North East Lincolnshire
• List of schools in North Lincolnshire
• List of schools in North Yorkshire
• List of schools in Rotherham
• List of schools in Sheffield
• List of schools in Wakefield
• List of schools in York

[edit] Secondary education

Schools are mostly comprehensive, with some grammar schools in North Yorkshire, Calderdale and Kirklees.^[35] The schools in Hull perform the second-worst in England at GCSE^[36] after Knowsley 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, also a sixth form college. 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.^[37]

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

• 1. Ermysted's Grammar School, Skipton (1106)
• 2. Ripon Grammar School
• 3. Heckmondwike Grammar School
• 4. Greenhead College, Huddersfield
• 5. Crossley Heath Grammar School, Halifax
• 6. Skipton Girls' High School
• 7. Fulford School
• 8. St. Mary's School, Menston
• 9. The McAuley School, Doncaster
• 10. Huntington School, York
• 11. Malton School
• 12. Bingley Grammar School
• 13. Wath Comprehensive School
• 14. Notre Dame High School (Sheffield)
• 15. The Hayfield School, Doncaster
• 16. Penistone Grammar School
• 17. St. Aidan's & St. John Fisher Associated Sixth Form, Harrogate
• 18. Tadcaster Grammar School
• 19. Joseph Rowntree School, New Earswick
• 20. Harrogate Grammar School (876)

^[38]

[edit] Universities

See List of universities in Yorkshire and the Humber

[edit] Local media

• Local BBC television comes from Leeds and Hull. Yorkshire Television is on Kirkstall Road to the west of Leeds city centre, which broadcasts Calendar and some national programming. Channel 4 broadcasts some of its flagship programming from Kirkstall, including Countdown.
• BBC Radios Humberside, Leeds, Sheffield and York.
• Local commercial stations include Dearne FM (Barnsley), The Pulse of West Yorkshire (Bradford), Trax FM (Doncaster), Compass FM (Grimsby), 97.2 Stray FM (Harrogate), Home 107.9 (Huddersfield), Viking FM (Hull), Rother FM, 96.3 Radio Aire (Leeds), Yorkshire Coast Radio (Scarborough), Hallam FM (Sheffield), Fresh Radio (Skipton), Real Radio (Tingley), Ridings FM (Wakefield), Galaxy Yorkshire and Minster FM (York).
• Local newspapers are the Bradford Telegraph and Argus, Evening Courier, Huddersfield Examiner, Hull Daily Mail, Scarborough Evening News, Scunthorpe Telegraph, Sheffield Star, The Press (York), Wakefield Express, Yorkshire Evening Post and Yorkshire Post.^[39][40]
• 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.^[41]

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Government Office for Yorkshire and the Humber
• Yorkshire and Humber Assembly
• Yorkshire Forward
• Yorkshire and Humber Faiths Forum
• Yorkshireeurope - Yorkshire and Humber working in Europe
• Yorkshire and Humber Assembly Information Pack
• The Northern Way

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