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©Betty Longbottom
Dist:0.2km north<br/>Bradford Road, Batley quiet by day, teems with clubbers at night. Brooklands bar on the left, Legends on the right, and the Frontier at the far end. Other bars/clubs also in the vicinity.
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Dist:0.2km north<br/>Photographed from Crackenedge on Kirklees Way.
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Dist:0.2km north<br/>Has a distinctly Hollywood legends theme
©Oxana Maher
Dist:0.2km north<br/>No, not USA, but West Yorkshire! HOLLYWOOD LEGENDS proclaim the signs around Legends pub.
©Oxana Maher
Dist:0.3km north<br/>Formerly the Batley Variety Club.
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©Betty Longbottom
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©Betty Longbottom
Dist:0.3km north<br/>The Frontier nightclub. Originally Batley Variety Club, in its heyday in the '60s, it played host to celebrities such as Tom Jones, Shirley Bassey, Diana Ross. Nowadays the range of entertainment is quite diverse, with music and comedy for all tastes.
©Oxana Maher
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©Betty Longbottom
Dist:0.4km north<br/>This is unofficially used as a footpath and graffiti art gallery. The tramway carried coal from mines in Soothill.
©Humphrey Bolton
Dist:0.4km north<br/>These were built in 1875.
©Betty Longbottom
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©Betty Longbottom
Dist:0.4km north<br/>Built 1914.
©Betty Longbottom
Dist:0.5km north<br/>Former mill building , now a medrassah, Henry St, Batley Carr
©Oxana Maher

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