The reason it is not called East Vale is because it used to be part of Elland District Council who historically 'gave' the area to Greetland.

After being reduced to just one pub, The Queen, The Travellers Rest has reopened, and a wine bar has been established in Andy Thornton's Antique centre, with an Indian and a fish restaurant taking other units, making the place a popular destination in the evenings.

One of the big old mills is now used by a recycling and packaging company while another one serves as a storehouse of fibre for the manufacture of niche textiles.

[2] The closure of Elland Bridge after damage in 2015 famous Boxing Day's floods added extra traffic onto West Vale.

It was closed to rail traffic in the early 1960s, but in mid 2015 it was paved and opened as part of a planned long-distance walkway stretching through Copley to Sowerby Bridge.

The fish attract heron and mink, with dipper and kingfisher also to be seen in places where the stream is visible behind fences and walls.