Crossflatts

{{short description|Ribbon development in West Yorkshire, England}}

{{For|the area of Leeds|Beeston, Leeds#Cross Flatts}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2017}}

{{Use British English|date=August 2017}}

{{Infobox UK place

| official_name = Crossflatts

| country = England

| region = Yorkshire and the Humber

| static_image_name = Crossflatts Main Street - geograph.org.uk - 86177.jpg

| static_image_caption = Keighley Road

| os_grid_reference = SE103405

| coordinates = {{coord|53.861|-1.845|display=inline,title}}

| post_town = BINGLEY

| postcode_area = BD

| postcode_district = BD16

| dial_code = 01274

| constituency_westminster = Shipley

| metropolitan_borough = City of Bradford

| metropolitan_county = West Yorkshire

}}

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.{{cite map|title=Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 104 Leeds & Bradford (Harrogate & Ilkley)|isbn= 9780319231654 |publisher=Ordnance Survey|date=2014}}{{cite web |url=https://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/opendatadownload/products.html |title=Ordnance Survey: 1:50,000 Scale Gazetteer |format=csv (download) |date= 1 January 2016 |publisher=Ordnance Survey |access-date=18 February 2016}} The opening of the Aire Valley Trunk road in 2004 has seen a reduction of 51% of traffic through the village.{{cite web|title=POPE Five Years After Evaluation: A650 Bingley Relief Road|url=http://assets.highways.gov.uk/our-road-network/pope/major-schemes/A650%20Bingley%20Relief%20Road/POPE%20_%20A650%20Bingley%20FYA%20_%20website%20part%20C.pdf|website=Highways.gov|publisher=HM Gov|access-date=16 February 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160821195308/http://assets.highways.gov.uk/our-road-network/pope/major-schemes/A650%20Bingley%20Relief%20Road/POPE%20_%20A650%20Bingley%20FYA%20_%20website%20part%20C.pdf|archive-date=21 August 2016|url-status=dead}}

It is served by Crossflatts railway station on the Airedale Line connecting Skipton with Bradford and Leeds.{{cite web|title=Crossflatts|url=http://www.wymetro.com/TrainTravel/metrotrainstations/cfl/|website=Metro Train Stations [sic]|publisher=WYPTE|access-date=16 February 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150317143424/http://wymetro.com/TrainTravel/metrotrainstations/cfl/|archive-date=17 March 2015|url-status=dead}} This small village adjoins Bingley at the famous Five Rise Locks.

File:St Aidan's Church - Canal Road, Crossflatts - geograph.org.uk - 835083.jpg

Crossflatts is home to a number of local businesses, including The Royal Hotel (pub), Ryshworth Social Club, Crossflatts Cricket Club,{{Cite web|url=http://crossflatts.play-cricket.com//|title=Crossflatts CC|website=crossflatts.play-cricket.com|access-date=4 March 2017}} Stuart Prices' butchers, as well as takeaway establishments, a chemist, a post office, a funeral parlour, a music shop and a church.[http://www.allsaintsbingley.org.uk/st-aidans/ St Aidan's]

Crossflatts is also the home of UK Asset Resolution Ltd (UKAR),{{cite web|title=Freedom of information|url=http://www.ukar.co.uk/contact-us/freedom-of-information|website=UKAR|access-date=16 February 2016}} and Computershare,{{cite web|title=What we do|url=http://www.ukar.co.uk/about-us/overview|website=UKAR|access-date=16 February 2016}} responsible for administering all remaining old NRAM and Bradford & Bingley mortgages in the UK.