Batley
Sign in to savethumb|Skyline of Batley thumb|Batley Cemetery Batley is a market town in the Kirklees district, in West Yorkshire, England, south-west of Leeds, north-west of Wakefield and Dewsbury, south-east of Bradford and north-east of Huddersfield, in the Heavy Woollen District. In 2011, the population was 48,730.
Key facts
- UK place.country
- England
- UK place.official_name
- Batley
- UK place.type
- Town
- UK place.static_image_caption
- Clockwise from top: Batley Library and War Memorial, All Saints' Church, Union Rooms on Hick Lane, Commercial Street, Town Hall
- UK place.population
- 39,013
- UK place.population_ref
- (Wards, 2021 Census)
- UK place.metropolitan_borough
- Kirklees
- UK place.metropolitan_county
- West Yorkshire
- UK place.region
- Yorkshire and the Humber
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- Dewsbury and Batley
- UK place.post_town
- BATLEY
- UK place.postcode_district
- WF17
- UK place.postcode_area
- WF
- UK place.dial_code
- 01924
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- SE245245
- UK place.parts_type
- Areas of the town
- UK place.p1
- Batley Carr
- UK place.p2
- Carlinghow
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- History
- Middle Ages
- Industrial Revolution
- Post-industrial history
- 21st century
- Demography
- Geography
- Transport
- Schools
- Primary schools
- Secondary schools
- PRU
- Landmarks
- Sport
- Culture
- Media
- In popular culture
- Notable people
- See also
- References
- External links
thumb|Skyline of Batley thumb|Batley Cemetery Batley is a market town in the Kirklees district, in West Yorkshire, England, south-west of Leeds, north-west of Wakefield and Dewsbury, south-east of Bradford and north-east of Huddersfield, in the Heavy Woollen District. In 2011, the population was 48,730.
Batley Town Hall, designed in the neoclassical style, was paid for by public subscription and opened as the local mechanics' institute in 1854. The town was the home of Batley Variety Club, which was frequented by many notable musical acts, from 1967 onwards.