Morley Town Hall

Morley Town Hall is the town hall for the Town of Morley, West Yorkshire. It is a Grand Building, With a Clock Tower. Its Main Steps Have a Colonnade with a Roman Freize on the tympanum, including a depiction of morley Railway tunnel which runs under the Town centre from Morley Low to Batley stations. It is situated on Queen Street in the centre of Morley. It bears a strong resemblance to Bolton Town hall, being designed by the same architect.

Morley Town Hall and Celebrations

At Christmas, the Christmas lights are turned on from a control panel on a platform at the top of the grand steps And the surrounding fir trees are usually covered in large gold boubles; which in the exceptionally windy december 2005 were blown into the bus shelter ajancent to the building.

On the 5th of November (Bonfire Night) The fireworks are set off over the roof of the town hall.

At these celebrations there is usually a band, a celebrity and quite a few attractions, usually a mini ferris wheel, children's rides etc. and trinkets on sale. In 2005, local Community Radio (Morley FM) Breakfast presenter Danny Mylo entertained the crowd and helped switch on the lights with the Real radio breakfast crew.

The Clock Tower

The towns only previous clock had been blown from the top of the Local Board Offices during a gale some twenty years previously and the people of Morley were very much in favour of the new clock, which would be seen for miles around. The clock was finally set going on 20th April 1895 and for years it would be known as 'Sam Rhodes Clock' named after Councillor Samuel Rhodes who set about installing the clock. The Clock Chimes the Westminster Chimes, Made famous by Big Ben in London. It has gained a reputation in recent years for being rather unreliable and public access is no longer possible, the reasons given being health & safety. The belfry also still contains the wartime air raid siren.