X-Nico

4 unusual facts about WYKE


WAVQ

WYKE, a radio station (104.3 FM) licensed to serve Inglis, Florida, United States, which held call sign WAVQ from June 1993 to May 1998

WIFL

WYKE, a radio station (104.3 FM) licensed to serve Inglis, Florida, United States, which held the call sign WIFL from 2000 to 2010

Wyke

As well as the area of Wyke, the ward includes the adjoining hamlet of Lower Wyke, the area around Carr House, known as Carr House Gate, part of Oakenshaw the main part of which is in Kirklees, and most of Low Moor.

It is bordered on the east side by the M606 motorway and extends up to the Staygate roundabout on the north.


North York Moors

Yorkshire Wildlife Trust Reserves: Ashberry Pastures, Ellerburn Bank, Fen Bog, Garbutt Wood, Hayburn Wyke, Little Beck Wood.

Royds, Bradford

South of Halifax Road is Woodside, east of which is part of Low Moor village, the rest of which is in Wyke ward.

Sir Henry Merrivale

In Anthony Shaffer's play Sleuth, mystery writer Andrew Wyke's most famous character is an aristocratic detective named St. John, Lord Merridew.

Wyke Regis Training Area

Wyke Regis Training Area is an army training area located in the village of Wyke Regis, near Weymouth, Dorset, England.


see also