Crossflatts

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Crossflatts
Crossflatts Main Street - geograph.org.uk - 86177.jpg
Keighley Road
Crossflatts is located in West Yorkshire
Crossflatts
Crossflatts
Location within West Yorkshire
OS grid referenceSE103405
Metropolitan borough
  • City of Bradford
Metropolitan county
  • West Yorkshire
Region
  • Yorkshire and the Humber
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townBINGLEY
Postcode districtBD16
Dialling code01274
PoliceWest Yorkshire
FireWest Yorkshire
AmbulanceYorkshire
UK Parliament
List of places
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England
Yorkshire
53°51′40″N 1°50′42″W / 53.861°N 1.845°W / 53.861; -1.845Coordinates: 53°51′40″N 1°50′42″W / 53.861°N 1.845°W / 53.861; -1.845

Crossflatts is a ribbon development in Airedale along the old route of the A650 road between Bingley and Keighley, in the Metropolitan Borough of Bradford, West Yorkshire, England.[1][2] The opening of the Aire Valley Trunk road in 2004 has seen a reduction of 51% of traffic through the village.[3]

It is served by Crossflatts railway station on the Airedale Line connecting Skipton with Bradford and Leeds.[4] This small village adjoins Bingley at the famous Five Rise Locks.

St. Aidan's church

Crossflatts is home to a number of local businesses, including The Royal Hotel (pub), Ryshworth Social Club, Crossflatts Cricket Club,[5] Stuart Prices' butchers, as well as takeaway establishments, a chemist, a post office, a funeral parlour, a music shop and a church.[6]

Crossflatts is also the home of UK Asset Resolution Ltd (UKAR),[7] and Computershare,[8] responsible for administering all remaining old NRAM and Bradford & Bingley mortgages in the UK.

Sports clubs[]

Crossflatts has a crown green bowling club (Bingley Bowling Green Club Ltd, Slenningford) who play in the Worth Valley League and Aire-Wharfe League, two football clubs (Royal and Crossflatts) and a cricket club which plays in the Craven & District League.

Keighley Albion Juniors Rugby League club are based at Crossflatts Cricket Club.

Notable people[]

  • Herman "Percy" Vear (1911–1983), professional boxer[9]
  • Martin Whitcombe (1961), International Rugby Union player studied at Crossflatts Primary School
  • Barry Watson (1939), Cross Channel swim record holder between 1964 & 1976, born and lives in Crossflatts[10][11]

References[]

  1. ^ Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 104 Leeds & Bradford (Harrogate & Ilkley) (Map). Ordnance Survey. 2014. ISBN 9780319231654.
  2. ^ "Ordnance Survey: 1:50,000 Scale Gazetteer" (csv (download)). Ordnance Survey. 1 January 2016. Retrieved 18 February 2016.
  3. ^ "POPE Five Years After Evaluation: A650 Bingley Relief Road" (PDF). Highways.gov. HM Gov. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 August 2016. Retrieved 16 February 2016.
  4. ^ "Crossflatts". Metro Train Stations [sic]. WYPTE. Archived from the original on 17 March 2015. Retrieved 16 February 2016.
  5. ^ "Crossflatts CC". crossflatts.play-cricket.com. Retrieved 4 March 2017.
  6. ^ St Aidan's
  7. ^ "Freedom of information". UKAR. Retrieved 16 February 2016.
  8. ^ "What we do". UKAR. Retrieved 16 February 2016.
  9. ^ "Owners of Percy Vear's Real Ale House in Keighley to expand pub brand". Telegraph and Argus. 11 April 2013. Retrieved 6 March 2016.
  10. ^ "Barry Watson's Cross-Channel Hurry". Yorkshire Post. 12 August 2004. Retrieved 6 March 2016.
  11. ^ "What's the best possible English Channel record?". Lone Swimmer. 15 November 2012. Retrieved 6 March 2016.

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