What is Horsforth?
[[File:Horsforth.jpg|thumb|Town street in Horsforth]] '''Horsforth''' is a town and [[civil parish]] within the [[City of Leeds]], in [[West Yorkshire]], [[England]], lying about five miles north-west of Leeds city centre. Historically within the [[West Riding of Yorkshire]], it has a population of 18,895 according to the 2011 Census.[1] Horsforth was considered to have the largest population of any village in the [[United Kingdom]] during the latter part of the [[19th century]]. It became part of the City of Leeds metropolitan borough in [[1974]]. In [[1999]] the community created a civil parish to cover the area, which voted to rename itself a [[town council]]. The area sits within the [[Horsforth ward]] of [[Leeds City Council]], which also includes the southern part of [[Rawdon]]. {{geo-stub}} {{authority control}} [[Category:Towns in West Yorkshire]]