Batley Carr: what to know before moving day
The six-storey Batley Carr Mills building of 1845 has been converted into homes, and it is listed. If you are moving into or out of it, send the floor and ask the building about lift access and where a van can stand. Holy Trinity Church, by R. D. Chantrell (1840-41), is the other big landmark, on the Batley side, and Bradford Road has a run of listed Victorian stone warehouses.
The old station, Staincliffe and Batley Carr, opened in 1880 and closed to passengers in 1950. Its red brick station master's house still stands as a private home, and Wood Lane still has the kink built to get round the station. Residential streets include Town Street, Upper Road, Hyrstlands Road, Milton Grove, Conway Crescent, Trinity Street and Lidgate Lane, with Rock House Park and Hyrstlands Park nearby.
How the van gets to Batley Carr
Bradford Road, the A652, runs along the edge of Batley Carr, and Town Street and Upper Road lead off it into the district. The A638 Halifax Road is close by, and it is the direct line from Heckmondwike and Cleckheaton. Expect roughly 25 to 40 minutes on the road from Bradford, as an estimate.
The drive from Bradford is roughly 25 to 40 minutes. That is an estimate from route data, not a timed run, and traffic changes it.
Services for Batley Carr
Each service below links to its Dewsbury page, which covers how the job works in and around Dewsbury.
Batley Carr: questions before you book
Is Batley Carr in Batley or Dewsbury?
Parts are in each. The district covers ground on both sides of the old town boundary, and the postcode lookup puts the centre in the Batley East ward, postcode WF13. Both towns are in Kirklees, so the council is the same whichever side you are on.
Where the local details on this page come from
Checked on 28 September 2026 against:
- Postcode lookup (postcodes.io, ONS data): WF13 2HQ is in Batley East ward, Kirklees, unparished area
- Batley Carr (Wikipedia): district in parts of Dewsbury and Batley, housed mill workers, its own station, the red brick station master's house now a private home
- Batley Carr railway station (Wikipedia): Great Northern Railway, opened 12 April 1880, closed to passengers March 1950, accessed via Wood Lane with its kink
- Listed buildings in Dewsbury (Wikipedia, from the National Heritage List): six-storey building, Batley Carr Mills, 1845, converted for residential use; warehouses on Bradford Road
- Listed buildings in Batley (Wikipedia, from the National Heritage List): Holy Trinity Church, 1840-41, by R. D. Chantrell
- OpenStreetMap map data (API extract): Town Street, Upper Road, Hyrstlands Road, Milton Grove, Conway Crescent, Trinity Street, Lidgate Lane, Bradford Road (A652), Halifax Road (A638), Holy Trinity, Rock House Park, Hyrstlands Park