West Yorkshire The Headingley Stadium is home of the Yorkshire County Cricket Club, Leeds Rhinos and Yorkshire Carnegie, whereas the John Smith's Stadium is home of Huddersfield Town and Huddersfield Giants. Valley Parade is home of Bradford City, whereas the Odsal Stadium is home of the Bradford Bulls. There are two racecourses in West Yorkshire: Pontefract and Wetherby West Yorkshire also used to host regular speedway meetings, having the Halifax Dukes and the Bradford Dukes teams. Odsal Stadium used to host BriSCA stock cars. Leeds has a hill climb event at Harewood speed Hillclimb. West Yorkshire West Yorkshire is a metropolitan county
Birstall, West Yorkshire Birstall, West Yorkshire Birstall is a village in the metropolitan borough of Kirklees, West Yorkshire, England. It is part of Birstall and Birkenshaw ward which had a population of 16,298 at the 2011 census. Historically in the West Riding of Yorkshire, it is situated close to the M62 motorway, approximately south-west of Leeds. The village is situated between Leeds, Bradford, Huddersfield and Wakefield. Birstall's name is derived from the Old English "byrh" and "stall" meaning a fortified site. Birstall is not mentioned in the "Domesday Book" but is alluded to as one of two settlements in Gomersal. "Pigot's National Commercial