Towns
The Guide covers 20 towns across 6 districts. Coverage is deepest in Halifax, then Leeds, Huddersfield, Bradford and Wakefield, and it extends to the smaller towns that county-wide directories usually skip.
Every town in the Guide
- HalifaxCalderdaleCalderdale’s main town and the Guide’s home patch, with a dense professional and trades economy built around the Piece Hall, Dean Clough and the surrounding valley mills.11 businesses
- LeedsCity of LeedsWest Yorkshire’s largest city and its professional services centre, with the deepest pool of legal, financial, digital and construction firms in the county.72 businesses
- HuddersfieldKirkleesKirklees’ largest town, with an engineering and manufacturing base, a strong university link and a long-established professional services cluster.29 businesses
- BradfordCity of BradfordA city with a large and young business population, strong in manufacturing, distribution, food production and a fast-growing independent services sector.28 businesses
- WakefieldCity of WakefieldA cathedral city with a logistics and distribution economy shaped by the M1 and M62, plus a compact professional services centre.27 businesses
- SkiptonCraven · North YorkshireA market town just over the North Yorkshire border, closely tied to the West Yorkshire economy through Airedale and included in the Guide for that reason.1 businesses
- BrighouseCalderdaleA compact Calderdale town sitting directly on the M62, which makes it a favoured base for contractors covering the whole county.4 businesses
- EllandCalderdaleA Calderdale town with a concentrated industrial estate economy between Halifax and Huddersfield.4 businesses
- Sowerby BridgeCalderdaleA canal town west of Halifax with a growing independent creative and hospitality base alongside established trades.1 businesses
- Hebden BridgeCalderdaleAn upper Calder valley town with a disproportionately large creative and small-consultancy economy for its population.1 businesses
- TodmordenCalderdaleThe western end of Calderdale, on the Lancashire border, with a mill-conversion and independent retail economy.0 businesses
- KeighleyCity of BradfordAn Airedale manufacturing town with a strong engineering base and a distinct market from central Bradford.4 businesses
- IlkleyCity of BradfordA Wharfedale spa town with a professional and consultancy base weighted towards financial and personal services.2 businesses
- OtleyCity of LeedsA Wharfedale market town in the Leeds district with a long printing and engineering history and a compact independent economy.1 businesses
- MorleyCity of LeedsA Leeds district town on the M62 corridor with a mixed industrial, distribution and trades economy.8 businesses
- PontefractCity of WakefieldAn east Wakefield market town with a food production heritage and an established independent trades economy.3 businesses
- CastlefordCity of WakefieldA Wakefield district town on the A1/M62 junction with a heavy logistics, glass and manufacturing presence.5 businesses
- DewsburyKirkleesA Kirklees town with a textile heritage, a large independent retail and wholesale base and a strong trades economy.6 businesses
- BatleyKirkleesA heavy woollen district town with a manufacturing and bed-industry base and a dense small-business economy.13 businesses
- HolmfirthKirkleesA Holme valley town with an independent retail, hospitality and specialist trades economy serving the surrounding villages.1 businesses