Robin Hood, West Yorkshire
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| Robin Hood | |
  Robin Hood shown within West Yorkshire |
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| OS grid reference | |
|---|---|
| Metropolitan borough | City of Leeds |
| Metropolitan county | West Yorkshire |
| Region | Yorkshire and the Humber |
| Constituent country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | WAKEFIELD |
| Postcode district | WF3 |
| Dialling code | 0113 |
| Police | West Yorkshire |
| Fire | West Yorkshire |
| Ambulance | Yorkshire |
| European Parliament | Yorkshire and the Humber |
| List of places: UK • England • Yorkshire | |
Robin Hood is a village in West Yorkshire, England, within the metropolitan district of Leeds, with Wakefield WF3 postcodes. It is part of the Ardsley and Robin Hood ward, and in the new Morley and Outwood parliamentary constituency. It is on the A61 between Leeds and Wakefield, close to Rothwell and Lofthouse.
It was in origin a coal-mining community, its mines at their peak employing several hundred underground workers for the firm J&J Charlesworth, but the last mine closed in the 1960s. There has been considerable residential development in recent years.
Robin Hood Athletic football club currently plays in Division One (second tier) of the West Yorkshire Association football league.
The village has no known connection with the legendary medieval folk hero Robin Hood, beyond the name. Although Sherwoood industrial estate lies within the village
[edit] External links
- The ancient parish of Rothwell at GENUKI: Robin Hood was in this parish
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