Barriers for Hire on Hand at the Old Dewsbury Fire Station

Barriers for hire have supplied the old Dewsbury Fire Station with concrete security blocks to corden off its main access to the grounds. The fire station has been boarded up with huge boulders placed in front of the garage doors since it was officially closed in August last year.

Abandoned Dewsbury Fire Station looks set to be flattened to make way for a convenience store. The station in Huddersfield Road, built in 1964, was mothballed by West Yorkshire Fire Service in 2015. Now plans to build a small store on the main A644 between Dewsbury and Ravensthorpe have been given the green light by Kirklees Council.

The operator of the store has not been revealed but the drawings suggest it could be one of the major supermarket chains. Plans show the shop would be built along the main road with dozens of parking spaces behind. The applicant says 15 jobs could be created along with the extra work for the construction industry.