Cross Roads, West Yorkshire

Cross Roads, West Yorkshire

Coordinates: 53°50′12″N 1°55′51″W / 53.836625°N 1.9307647°W / 53.836625; -1.9307647

Cross Roads
Cross Roads is located in West Yorkshire
Cross Roads

 Cross Roads shown within West Yorkshire
OS grid reference SE 04654 378211
Metropolitan borough City of Bradford
Metropolitan county West Yorkshire
Region Yorkshire and the Humber
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town KEIGHLEY
Postcode district BD22
Dialling code 01535
Police West Yorkshire
Fire West Yorkshire
Ambulance Yorkshire
EU Parliament Yorkshire and the Humber
UK Parliament Keighley
List of places: UK • England • Yorkshire


Cross Roads with Lees or Cross Roads cum Lees, is a small village which lies on the main A629 road between the village of Haworth and the town of Keighley in West Yorkshire, England.

Cross Roads is named after the cross roads junction which leads in the directions of Keighley, Haworth, Denholme and further afield. Lees is a small village which is often claimed to be part of the Cross Roads village - the 'Cross Roads Fish & Chips Shop', for example, is in Lees. However, officially Lees is recognised as a small village, separate but connected to Cross Roads under the Cross Roads cum Lees name. When entering from Haworth Brow, it is signposted Lees-cum-Crossroads.

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Nightlife

Cross Roads has three pubs and a club. The Cross Roads Inn is a pub located at the junction to the Bocking area. There are two other pubs, The Bronte Hotel towards Haworth but still within the village and the Bocking Working Men's Club. Until early 2010, The New Inn was open and located in the Bocking area, next door to the Bocking Working Men's Club. This has since re-opened as a tools retailer.

Sport

Cross Roads has produced several sporting teams in the past, including football, cricket and bowling. Only the bowling team, Cross Roads Bowling Club, exists today and it plays its home matches on the bowling green in Cross Roads Park.

Unsolved name mystery

Most who live in the village know it as 'Crossroads'. However many outsiders automatically spell 'Cross Roads' and this is seen as its official name. This may be incorrect however.

External links

Coordinates: 53°50′05″N 1°55′50″W / 53.83472°N 1.93056°W / 53.83472; -1.93056


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