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This is a Slow Ways route connecting Batley and Morley.
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This is a Slow Ways route connecting Batley and Morley.
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Geography information system (GIS) data
Total length
Maximum elevation
Minimum elevation
Start and end points
Batley
Grid Ref
SE2432924244
Lat / Lon
53.71407° / -1.63286°
Easting / Northing
424,329E / 424,244N
What3Words
sleepy.scare.assume
Morley
Grid Ref
SE2648927554
Lat / Lon
53.74371° / -1.59985°
Easting / Northing
426,489E / 427,554N
What3Words
loser.wanted.lowest
Batmor One's land is
| Batley | |
|---|---|
| Grid Ref | SE2432924244 |
| Lat / Lon | 53.71407° / -1.63286° |
| Easting / Northing | 424,329E / 424,244N |
| What3Words | sleepy.scare.assume |
| Morley | |
|---|---|
| Grid Ref | SE2648927554 |
| Lat / Lon | 53.74371° / -1.59985° |
| Easting / Northing | 426,489E / 427,554N |
| What3Words | loser.wanted.lowest |
| Arable | 18.3% |
| Green urban | 4.0% |
| Pasture | 16.2% |
| Urban | 61.5% |
Data: Corine Land Cover (CLC) 2018
review
Jane Taylor
25 Mar 2022I walked from Batley to Morley. Excellent route, a classic ‘up and over’ coming up from the milltown in the valley to open agricultural land on top, before dropping down to Morley.
A steep slope climbs out of Batley, including steps and cobbles (photo). A country path leads to a railway crossing (bridge). After the bridge there are a couple of houses, the route goes left along the road towards the railway tunnel, then just before the tunnel take the clear path on the right up the hill (3rd photo).
(A local man said there are plans to close the bridge crossing.)
Look back as you climb the hill to get lovely views.
At the top of the slope the path bears left, there is a slightly tricky section where it goes over uneven ground and drops down steeply on a narrow wooded path, but it doesn’t really disappear completely!
Next is a golf course. The route goes onto the car park and then along the access road, so some cars.
After a short stretch of busy road there is a path across fields to a motorway crossing. Then urban into Morley, including a nice town park (benches) and a shopping centre (toilets).
The meeting point at Morley is at a statue of Ernie Wise who apparently got his big career break in the town.
I enjoyed this walk and recommend it is in the Slow Ways network.
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YoSammitySam
01 Dec 2023Just to clarify, Ernie Wise (or Morecambe and Wise fame) was brought up in East Ardsley, one of the 'outliers' of the then Borough of Morley (since absorbed into the greater Leeds conurbation) - hence the statue being in Morley town centre.
I also understand that the view from the hills between Morley and Batley were described by Daniel Defoe as one of the best views in the Pennines (I assume that was in 'A Tour thro' the Whole Island of Great Britain' (1724–1727), which provided a panoramic survey of British trade on the eve of the Industrial Revolution.)
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