Batley is a town in the Metropolitan Borough of Kirklees, West Yorkshire, England. It lies 7mi south-east of Bradford, 7mi south-west of Leeds and 1mi north of Dewsbury, near the M62 motorway. Historically in the West Riding of Yorkshire, in 2011 its two wards (Batley East and Batley West) had a combined population of 38,573. Other nearby towns include: Morley to the north-east, Ossett to the south-east and Brighouse west-south-west. Batley is part of a special EU transformation zone.
