Yorkshire and the Humber

Yorkshire and the Humber

Yorkshire and the Humber is one of the regions of England. It covers most of the historic county of Yorkshire, along with the part of northern Lincolnshire that was previously in the administrative area of Humberside (which existed 1974-1996).

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

The population in 2005 was 5,854,357.

Local government

The official region consists of the following subdivisions:

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 †	Selby Harrogate Craven Richmondshire Hambleton Ryedale Scarborough
		11. York
	East Riding of Yorkshire	12. East Riding of Yorkshire
		13. Kingston upon Hull
	Lincolnshire (part only)	14. North Lincolnshire
		15. North East Lincolnshire

Key: shire county = † | metropolitan county = *

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

Other websites

• Government Office for Yorkshire and the Humber Archived 2010-07-22 at the Wayback Machine
• Yorkshire and Humber Assembly Archived 2008-05-01 at the Wayback Machine