Batley Carr

Batley Carr

infobox UK place
country = England
latitude= 53.707619
longitude= -1.64319
official_name= Batley Carr
population =
metropolitan_borough= Kirklees
metropolitan_county = West Yorkshire
region= Yorkshire and the Humber
constituency_westminster= Batley and Spen
post_town= BATLEY
postcode_district = WF17
postcode_area= WF
dial_code= 01924
os_grid_reference= SE235235
static_

static_image_caption=

Batley Carr, West Yorkshire, England is primarily a council estate in Batley, on the way to Dewsbury, along the A652, Bradford Road. [ [http://homepage.ntlworld.com/jack.gannon/contents.html "Where is Batley Carr"] , Batley Carr Tenants and Residents Association] The population is about 3,740. Crime is around the national average. [ [http://www.kirklees.gov.uk/community/statistics/census-by-town/settlements/BatleyCa.pdf "Area Profile 2007 - Batley Carr Settlement"] , Kirklees]

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. 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. [ [http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article3478467.ece "Missing Shannon Matthews's mother: 'Someone who knows her knows something'"] , The Times, March 3, 2008] cite web | url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/west_yorkshire/7296756.stm | title=Missing schoolgirl 'found alive' | publisher=BBC | date=2008-03-14 | accessdate=2008-03-14]

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