Balne: what to know before moving day
Homes and farms in Balne are spread along Thorntree Lane, Park Lane, Little Common Lane, Highgate and Jenny Lane, with Balne Moor Road as the through route. The map names Yewtree Farm, Pear Tree Farm and Blackthorn Farm, Parkshaw Wood, and the Baltic Moor coarse fishery. Lowgate Farmhouse is Grade II listed.
The name once covered a much larger area: the old district of Balne took in the eastern part of the Osgoldcross wapentake, and Thorpe-in-Balne near Doncaster still carries it. Balne had a station until 1958. With addresses this far apart, a farm name alone is not enough; send the postcode and a note of the gate the van should use.
How the van gets to Balne
Balne Moor Road is the lane in. It runs north-west to the Balne Moor crossroads on the A19 near Whitley, and the A19 meets the M62 at junction 34, the way from Bradford. Great Heck is reached the same way, by Heck Lane off Balne Moor Road.
The drive from Bradford is roughly 45 to 60 minutes. That is an estimate from route data, not a timed run, and traffic changes it.
Services for Balne
Each service below links to its Castleford page, which covers how the job works in and around Castleford.
Balne: questions before you book
Why is Balne run from North Yorkshire when Doncaster is next door?
North Yorkshire Council. Balne was in the West Riding, then in Selby district from 1974 until 2023, even though Doncaster and the East Riding are its neighbours.
Nearby areas
Where the local details on this page come from
Checked on 28 September 2026 against:
- Postcode lookup (postcodes.io, ONS data): DN14 0EW is in Osgoldcross ward, North Yorkshire, parish of Balne
- Balne: village and civil parish south of Selby, 224 people in 2011, bounded by the East Riding to the north-east and Doncaster to the south, the ancient district of Balne in the eastern Osgoldcross wapentake, Thorpe-in-Balne, Lowgate Farmhouse Grade II, a railway station until 1958, Selby district 1974 to 2023 (Wikipedia)
- Great Heck: Heck Lane and Balne Moor Road lead to the A19, which joins the M62 (Wikipedia)
- A19: meets the M62 at junction 34 (Wikipedia)
- OpenStreetMap map data (API extract around the village): Thorntree Lane, Park Lane, Little Common Lane, Highgate, Jenny Lane, Balne Moor Road, Yewtree Farm, Pear Tree Farm, Blackthorn Farm, Parkshaw Wood, Baltic Moor Coarse Fishery, East Coast Main Line
- OpenStreetMap map data (API extract around the village): Balne Moor Cross Roads on the A19 Selby Road