Woolley, West Yorkshire

Woolley
Woolley
Woolley shown within West Yorkshire
Population	1,339 (2011)
OS grid reference	SE321131
• London	155 mi (249 km) SSE
Metropolitan borough	City of Wakefield
Metropolitan county	West Yorkshire
Region	Yorkshire and the Humber
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	WAKEFIELD
Postcode district	WF4
Dialling code	01226

Police	West Yorkshire
Fire	West Yorkshire
Ambulance	Yorkshire

EU Parliament	Yorkshire and the Humber
UK Parliament	Wakefield

Woolley is a village and civil parish in the City of Wakefield in West Yorkshire, England. It has a population of 575,^[1] increasing to 1,339 at the 2011 Census.^[2] Historically part of the Staincross Wapentake in the West Riding of Yorkshire in earliest times, until 1974 it formed part of Wakefield Rural District.

West of the village is the escarpment known as Woolley Edge, which has given its name to the nearby Woolley Edge Services on the M1 motorway.

References

↑ Office for National Statistics : Census 2001 : Parish Headcounts : Wakefield Retrieved 12 September 2009
↑ "Civil Parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 3 March 2011.

Ceremonial county of West Yorkshire
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