West Town: what to know before moving day
The largest landmark is Our Lady and St Paulinus, the Roman Catholic church designed by E. W. Pugin in 1871, with its minister's house at 120 Huddersfield Road. St Matthew's Church (1847-48, by Ignatius Bonomi and Cory) has been converted into homes, so a new address there may be a flat inside a listed church: check the entrance and the stairs. The West Town Gate is the main entrance to Crow Nest Park, and Dewsbury Cemetery, with chapels of 1859, is near Cemetery Road.
Residential streets include Whitworth Road, Senior Street, Middle Road, Brook Road, Manor Road, Park Parade, Park Avenue and St Paulinus Close. Nearby are the West Town post office and pubs including the Park Hotel and the Dewsbury Irish. The railway crosses local lanes here on listed 1840s bridges.
How the van gets to West Town
Huddersfield Road, the A644, runs along the southern edge and meets the M62 at junction 25. Cemetery Road and Thornhill Road carry the B6117 through, and High Street is the local road towards the park. Webster Hill connects with the Dewsbury ring road. Coming from Bradford takes roughly 25 to 40 minutes by our 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.
Also covered around West Town
Daw Green.
Services for West Town
Each service below links to its Dewsbury page, which covers how the job works in and around Dewsbury.
West Town: questions before you book
Is it West Town or Westtown?
Both are in use. OpenStreetMap and the local post office name use West Town, while the Wikipedia account of Dewsbury writes Westtown. The postcode is what matters, and the area is in the Dewsbury West ward of Kirklees.
Nearby areas
Where the local details on this page come from
Checked on 28 September 2026 against:
- Postcode lookup (postcodes.io, ONS data): WF13 2RY is in Dewsbury West ward, Kirklees, unparished area
- Dewsbury (Wikipedia): the Westtown area, Our Lady and St Paulinus Roman Catholic Church, the Irish National Club and Dewsbury Celtic
- Listed buildings in Dewsbury (Wikipedia, from the National Heritage List): St Paulinus' Church 1871 by E. W. Pugin, 120 Huddersfield Road, St Matthew's Church 1847-48 converted for residential use, West Town Gate, Dewsbury Cemetery 1859, railway underbridges of the 1840s
- M62 motorway (Wikipedia): the A644 at junction 25
- OpenStreetMap map data (API extract): Huddersfield Road (A644), Cemetery Road and Thornhill Road (B6117), High Street, Webster Hill, Whitworth Road, Senior Street, Middle Road, Brook Road, Manor Road, Park Parade, Park Avenue, St Paulinus Close, West Town Post Office, Park Hotel, Dewsbury Irish, Daw Green and West Town neighbourhoods