Last year visitors to the BBC Bradford webpage were invited to nominate their own lists.
This was the overall short-list. I haven’t found the final result yet.
WAINHOUSE TOWER
Standing at over 250 feet, Wainhouse Tower in Halifax is pretty impossible to miss. Named after its creator, John Edward Wainhouse, it was built in the early to mid-1870s (yes, it took that long!).
Originally it was going to be a chimney to keep the smoke from Wainhouse's mill out of the valley it overlooks...but after selling the mill, Wainhouse ended up with a half-finished chimney that nobody wanted!
So Wainhouse did what anyone would do in that situation and converted it into the tower we see today. You need to be energetic to climb the tower...it has 403 steps to walk up!
THE M62 MOTORWAY
Linking Hull with Liverpool via West Yorkshire was never going to be an easy task - especially with the small matter of having to cross the Pennines, the backbone of England!
The trans-Pennine link was built between 1970 and 1976 and it features the highest point on the English motorway network at Saddleworth Moor, just past the Yorkshire-Lancashire border - 1442 feet above sea level!
Perhaps the most memorable part of the M62 is where the road is divided by an 18th century farm. Calderdale sheep farmer Ken Wild lives there, surrounded by the six lanes of the M62 motorway. From Ken's farm it is twenty yards on either side to the fast lanes of the east and west bound carriageways of the M62 - as the transpennine route climbs to its peak. Ken and Beth's house is seen by 90,000 people on a daily basis, yet most only get a fleeting glimpse as they pass by at 70 mph - and often in the harshest of weather conditions!
PONTEFRACT CASTLE
Wandering around the ruins of Pontefract castle today it comes as something of a surprise to find that this was once one of the most important fortresses in the country. The execution of traitors, the imprisonment of enemies and even the murder of kings - it all happened in Pontefract.
Pontefract Castle is certainly something that Cromwell's soldiers knocked about a bit. During the English Civil War it was held by the Royalists throughout three sieges and was the last royal castle to fall to the Parliamentarians. Today, although a scheduled ancient monument in the care of Wakefield Council, it is still the property of Her Majesty The Queen as part of the Duchy of Lancaster.
The history of Pontefract Castle begins with the Norman Conquest as an earth and timber fortress built by Ilbert de Lacy in the 1080s. Ilbert had come over from Normandy with William and fought at Hastings. From then, the castle grew and grew - and its size and importance is still clear today even though it's all in ruins!
EMLEY MOOR TV MAST
As Britain's tallest man-made free-standing structure, the Emley Moor TV mast dominates the surrounding landscape...and on a clear day you can see it from most points in West Yorkshire. Which is a good thing, as it means we can see all our fave TV programmes! It's 330.4 metres (1084 feet) tall and transmits all the main terrestrial TV channels, together with radio channels and more!
The current tower is actually the THIRD. The first one was built in 1956 and was replaced in 1964 by a taller mast. Unfortunately, March 1969 saw this version of Emley Moor collapse after particularly bad weather...The new concrete tower built in its place finally started transmitting in January 1971.
So significant is Emley Moor that it's now a Grade II Listed Building of 'significant architectural or historic interest'!
FIVE RISE LOCKS, BINGLEY
Bingley's Five Rise Locks were built so that barges on the Leeds-Liverpool Canal (opened in 1774) could rise or fall around 60 feet - essential so that they could continue their progress in this hilly landscape in either direction.
A feat of engineering then, and still spectacular today - we've managed to capture two barges making their watery way up part of the locks at the same time!
HUDDERSFIELD MARKET
Huddersfield's controversial 1970s Market Hall recently became a listed building - meaning it will be protected for future generations - despite being condemned by one local historian as 'dull and shabby'.
The 1970s Queensgate Market Hall features a "stunning roof structure" and is enhanced by abstract art on its east wall, the Departure for Culture, Media and Sport said.
"It is an imaginative structure that combines innovative technology of its time to produce a dramatic space full of natural light with the striking focal point of the roof," Culture Minister David Lammy said of the market.
Not everybody's convinced!
SALTAIRE
Ever fancied having a whole town or city named after you? Well, that's exactly what happened to Victorian philanthropist and millowner Sir Titus Salt (1803-1876) in the mid-1800s right here in Bradford. But, he DID have to build the place first..!
His thinking was sound: After all, if you're wanting your workers to turn up at the factory on time without fail every day, the best way to achieve this must surely be to build their homes outside the mill's front door! So, with that thought in mind by the early 1870s Sir Titus had a workforce literally living on his doorstep.
And, in what must be a final symbol of just how special Saltaire is, it has now been awarded UNESCO World Heritage status which puts it in the same league as the Taj Mahal, the Grand Canyon, the Pyramids and many other global landmarks!
BRADFORD ALHAMBRA THEATRE
It may not be Granada in Spain, but Bradford's Alhambra Theatre is a splendid theatre with its distinctive Art Deco exterior and warm Edwardian interior.
Opening in 1914, the theatre's played host to the big names and big productions - but also continues to put on intimate shows at the Studio Theatre.
But it's the Alhambra's domes which have become one of the symbols of Bradford!
STANDEDGE TUNNEL
Standedge Tunnel is the longest, highest and deepest canal tunnel in Britain.
The tunnel takes the canal under the high Pennine spine of Northern England between Marsden in the Colne Valley and Diggle in Saddleworth.
Before the canal tunnel near Huddersfield was complete all boats transferred their cargo to packhorses.
The first boat passed through on December 10th 1810, after restoration the tunnel re-opened in 2001.
SCAMMONDEN DAM
Anyone travelling along the M62 from Yorkshire to Lancashire will have noticed Scammonden Water. The reservoir was completed in 1971 and was dammed by a section of the M62, a considerable feat of engineering, opened by the Queen in 1971.
The reservoir can just be seen in the above image which was taken in the picnic area at the far end from the dam. A path up to the left takes visitors to the hamlet of Deanhead, part of which now lies under the reservoir.
The circular walk around the reservoir is a popular weekend outing for Huddersfield people. However, you might notice it does rain at Scammonden from time to time!
WAKEFIELD CATHEDRAL
At 247 feet high Wakefield Cathedral's spire is the tallest in Yorkshire and the fourth highest in England!
A church has stood on the site in Northgate in the centre of the city since Saxon times. The present building was built in the 14th century and restored in the 19th century by the architect Gilbert Scott. It became a cathedral in 1888.
Wakefield Cathedral still serves as the parish church of All Saints.
GALPHARM STADIUM
The award-winning Huddersfield stadium has already become a landmark because of its futuristic appearance.
It takes up 51 acres and seats 24,500 people for Huddersfield Town, the Huddersfield Giants and major concerts.
Blue, Elton John, REM and the Eagles have taken part in concerts at the stadium.
It cost almost £40m to build and was funded by commercial and government sources.
HALIFAX PIECE HALL
This grand Georgian building in the centre of Halifax, which is on quite a different scale than anything around it, is the Piece Hall where weavers from all around the district would bring their 'pieces' to sell them to the merchants.
But the making of cloth moved into the factories and for over a century the Piece Hall was used as a wholesale market and over the years became very dilapidated.
In 1976 the renovated building was re-opened to the public including specialist shops, an art gallery, cafe and markets in the courtyard.
The Piece Hall could be said to have been the very epicentre of trade in West Yorkshire, and if this was anywhere else in the world it would be celebrated to this day as an architectural gem!
WIND FARM, OGDEN MOOR
Not everybody likes them, and whatever side of the wind farm debate you are on it's clear that they make an impact on the landscape and the view - and the wind farm at Ogden Moor is no different!
This wind farm overlooks the picturesque Ogden Water, between Halifax and Oxenhope.
