Bailiff Bridge: what to know before moving day
Firth's Carpets was one of the main employers in the village. Around the junction are streets such as Co-operative Buildings, Bobbin Close, Axminster Drive and Field Top, with Bailiff Bridge Memorial Park and the war memorial, the post office and Bailiffe Bridge Junior and Infant School all within about 120 metres. Clifton Beck runs through the village.
Bailiff Bridge had its own station on the Pickle Bridge Line from 1881 to 1917, and the old trackbed of the Brighouse branch is still marked on the map. The Clifton and Lightcliffe brass band, formed in 1838 and one of the oldest in the country, has its headquarters here. Before the day, check whether your house fronts the main road or a side street, because that decides where the van stops.
How the van gets to Bailiff Bridge
At the junction the A641 changes name from Bradford Road to Huddersfield Road on its way into Brighouse. The A649 leaves as Wakefield Road towards Lightcliffe and as Birkby Lane in the other direction. Wyke Old Lane and Lower Wyke Lane lead off Bradford Road. From Bradford it is a straight run down the A641, roughly 20 to 30 minutes by the estimate.
The drive from Bradford is roughly 20 to 30 minutes. That is an estimate from route data, not a timed run, and traffic changes it.
Services for Bailiff Bridge
Each service below links to its Brighouse page, which covers how the job works in and around Brighouse.
Bailiff Bridge: questions before you book
Is Bailiff Bridge counted as Brighouse or Lightcliffe?
Neither has a parish council. Bailiff Bridge is in the Hipperholme and Lightcliffe ward of Calderdale, with Lightcliffe to the west and Brighouse to the south, and it shares Brighouse's HD6 postcode district.
Nearby areas
Where the local details on this page come from
Checked on 28 September 2026 against:
- Postcode lookup (postcodes.io, ONS data): HD6 4FQ is in Hipperholme & Lightcliffe ward, Calderdale, parish: Calderdale, unparished area
- Bailiff Bridge (Wikipedia): north of Brighouse, unparished, Hipperholme and Lightcliffe ward, adjoining Lightcliffe to the west and Brighouse to the south, centred on the A649 and A641, Bailiff Bridge station on the Pickle Bridge Line 1881-1917, Firth's Carpets
- Clifton, West Yorkshire (Wikipedia): Clifton and Lightcliffe brass band, formed 1838, headquarters in Bailiff Bridge
- OpenStreetMap map data (API extract around the research coordinates): Bradford Road A641 joining Huddersfield Road A641, Wakefield Road A649, Birkby Lane A649, Wyke Old Lane, Lower Wyke Lane, Co-operative Buildings, Bobbin Close, Axminster Drive, Field Top, Bailiff Bridge Memorial Park, war memorial, post office, Bailiffe Bridge Junior and Infant School, Clifton Beck, abandoned Brighouse Branch