Crossflatts is a
ribbon development in
Airedale along the old route of the
A650 road between
Bingley and
Keighley
Keighley ( ) is a market town and a civil parishes in England, civil parish
in the City of Bradford Borough of West Yorkshire, England. It is the second-largest settlement in the borough, after Bradford.
Keighley is north-west of Bradford, n ...
, in the
Metropolitan Borough of Bradford,
West Yorkshire
West Yorkshire is a Metropolitan counties of England, metropolitan and Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in the Yorkshire and the Humber region of England. It borders North Yorkshire to the north and east, South Yorkshire and De ...
, England.
The opening of the Aire Valley Trunk road in 2004 has seen a reduction of 51% of traffic through the village.
It is served by
Crossflatts railway station on the
Airedale Line connecting
Skipton
Skipton (also known as Skipton-in-Craven) is a market town and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England. Historically in the East Division of Staincliffe Wapentake in the West Riding of Yorkshire, it is on the River Aire and the Leeds ...
with Bradford and Leeds. This small village adjoins Bingley at the famous
Five Rise Locks.
Crossflatts is home to a number of local businesses, including The Royal Hotel (pub), Ryshworth Social Club, Crossflatts Cricket Club, Stuart Prices' butchers, as well as takeaway establishments, a chemist, a post office, a funeral parlour, a music shop and a church.
Crossflatts is also the home of
UK Asset Resolution Ltd (UKAR), and
Computershare, 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
Professional boxing, or prizefighting, is regulated, sanctioned boxing. Professional boxing bouts are fought for a purse that is divided between the boxers as determined by contract. Most professional fights are supervised by a regulatory auth ...
*
Martin Whitcombe (1961), International
Rugby Union
Rugby union football, commonly known simply as rugby union in English-speaking countries and rugby 15/XV in non-English-speaking world, Anglophone Europe, or often just rugby, is a Contact sport#Terminology, close-contact team sport that orig ...
player studied at Crossflatts Primary School
*
Barry Watson (swimmer) (1939), Cross Channel swim record holder between 1964 & 1976, born and lives in Crossflatts
References
External links
Geography of the City of Bradford
Villages in West Yorkshire
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