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Hanging Heaton, Dewsbury — Area Guide & Where to Stay
Hanging Heaton is a village in West Yorkshire, England, lying partly in Batley and partly in Dewsbury. The Domesday Book records it as Etun.
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Where to stay in Hanging Heaton
Where the beds are, and what that means for the visit.
Hanging Heaton is a village that has kept its own life rather than dissolving into the towns on either side. Its housing spans five centuries. There is a cricket club, a golf club, two churches, a pub, and a community group.
About Hanging Heaton
What are the main landmarks in Hanging Heaton?
The Church of St Paul is one of the village's two churches. Hanging Heaton CE (VC) J & I School and Mill Lane J I & EY School both take pupils here. The cricket club is the other gathering point.
What is the history of Hanging Heaton?
Etun appears in the Domesday Book. That makes the village older than either of the towns it now sits between. The name explains the ground: 'Hanging' for a steep hillside that hangs above lower ground, and 'Heaton' for a high farm.
Robert Edwards, the physiologist who pioneered in vitro fertilisation, was born here.
Where is Hanging Heaton?
Hanging Heaton sits on a hillside above lower ground, which is what the first half of its name records. Batley and Dewsbury split it.
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Updated September 2026