Batley Carr

Batley Carr
Batley Carr  Batley Carr shown within West Yorkshire
OS grid reference	SE235235
Metropolitan borough	Kirklees
Metropolitan county	West Yorkshire
Region	Yorkshire and the Humber
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	BATLEY
Postcode district	WF17
Dialling code	01924
Police	West Yorkshire
Fire	West Yorkshire
Ambulance	Yorkshire
EU Parliament	Yorkshire and the Humber
UK Parliament	Batley and Spen
List of places UK England Yorkshire

Coordinates: 53°42′27″N 1°38′35″W / 53.707619°N 1.64319°W

Batley Carr, West Yorkshire, England is a district partly in Dewsbury and partly in Batley, on the way to Dewsbury, along the A652, Bradford Road.^[1] Historically part of the West Riding of Yorkshire, the population is about 3,740. Crime is around the national average.^[2]

Batley Carr housed the workers from the mills of Dewsbury, Batley and Batley Carr. As the settlement expanded, with the growth of textiles, there was a necessity for its own railway station (Staincliffe and Batley Carr railway station). The red brick station master's house still stands but is now a private residence.

However, Batley Carr has since dwindled in size and now only has a post office, a few shops (mainly takeaways) and some remaining factories including the British Beds haulage depot. It is near the nightclub 'The Frontier'. Public houses and working men's clubs are still popular.

Shannon Matthews, who disappeared from Dewsbury Moor on 19 February 2008, was found alive on 14 March 2008 in Lidgate Gardens, Batley Carr.^[3][4]

Notable people

• Horace Waller, recipient of the Victoria Cross
• Arthur Roche, 9th Bishop of Leeds

References

1. "Where is Batley Carr", Batley Carr Tenants and Residents Association
2. "Area Profile 2007 - Batley Carr Settlement", Kirklees
3. "Missing Shannon Matthews's mother: 'Someone who knows her knows something'", The Times, 3 March 2008
4. "Missing schoolgirl 'found alive'". BBC. 2008-03-14. Archived from the original on 15 March 2008. Retrieved 2008-03-14.