Morley

Morley is a Village in the county of County Durham.

Morley postcode: DL14 0PN

Retail in Morley

There are great places to visit near Morley including some great waterfalls, towns, country parks and airports.

Morley is near some unmissable waterfalls like Summerhill Force,

There are a several good towns in the Morley area like Stockton-on-Tees, and Middleton-in-Teesdale.

There are a number of country parks near to Morley including Hardwick Country Park.

The area around Morley's best airports can be found at Teesside International Airport.

Morley History

There are some historic monuments around Morley:

Places to see near Morley

History of Morley

Historically, Morley was the centre of one of two divisions of the wapentake of Agbrigg and Morley. Morley became a Municipal Borough in 1889 and under the Local Government Act 1972, was incorporated into the City of Leeds Metropolitan District. Morley is represented on Leeds City Council by three wards (namely Morley North, Morley South and Ardsley and Robin Hood) each with three councillors. At the 2010 general election, Morley and Outwood was won by Ed Balls of the Labour Party, who had been MP for Normanton since 2005, and served as Labour’s Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer from 2011 until 2015. Balls narrowly lost the seat at the 2015 general election to Conservative Andrea Jenkyns. A town council was established in 2000, though it does not cover Drighlington, Gildersome, Tingley and East and West Ardsley - areas formerly part of the municipal borough. Following a review of parliamentary representation in West Yorkshire, the Morley and Rothwell parliamentary constituency was abolished at the 2010 election and replaced by the Morley and Outwood constituency.

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