Moving in Beverley (Blacko): what to know first
Beverley Road is an unclassified road, the through route for these houses between the A682 and Barnoldswick Road, and Willaston Avenue is a short dead end off it. For a house on the Avenue the van backs in or turns at the end, so mention a drive if you have one. At the Gisburn Road end the main road is a lit, 30 mph trunk road with the primary school close by, so weekday moves go best outside school drop-off and pick-up.
Beverley (Blacko): the local picture
The homes stand within a short walk of the Beverley Road junction, on Willaston Avenue, a small dead-end road, and along Beverley Road itself. Gisburn Road, with Blacko Primary School, the Rising Sun Inn and a former phone box now used as a book exchange with a defibrillator inside, is about 300 metres west.
The older buildings around it are farms. The barn at Great Stonedge Farm is listed because inside its sandstone walls is an aisled barn framed entirely in timber, and East Stone Edge, once one house and now two, has 18th-century parts. The Cross Gaits Inn of 1736, where seven steps lead up to the front door, is a little further out. Blacko was on the Lancashire border with the West Riding until 1974, and the Admergill side of the parish was in Yorkshire.
How the van gets to Beverley (Blacko)
Beverley Road can be entered from either end. On the suggested route from Bradford the van comes over to Laneshaw Bridge, then takes the lanes along the north side of Colne, Emmott Lane, Hill Lane, Castle Road and Red Lane, onto Barnoldswick Road and in at the eastern end. The other way is the A682 Gisburn Road through Barrowford. Reckon on roughly 50 to 60 minutes from Bradford, an estimate.
The drive from Bradford is roughly 50 to 60 minutes. That is an estimate, not a timed run, and traffic changes it.
Man and van services near Beverley (Blacko)
Each service below links to its Colne page, which covers how the job works in and around Colne.
House Removals
One- and two-bed homes moved with a driver and a Transit LWB van; bigger homes go in two loads.
Learn moreFlat & Apartment Removals
Lifts, stairs, loading bays and building paperwork planned before the van arrives.
Learn moreFurniture & Large Item Transport
Wardrobes, tables and bulky items moved from A to B without a full removals package.
Learn moreAppliance Delivery
Washing machines, fridges and cookers moved, secured and placed in your kitchen.
Learn moreMarketplace & eBay Collection
Bought it on Marketplace, eBay or Gumtree? We collect from the seller and bring it to you.
Learn moreStudent Removals
Halls, shared houses and home again, priced for a room's worth of belongings.
Learn moreEvery service we offer near Beverley (Blacko)
All 11 services run to Beverley (Blacko), each with its own page.
Common Beverley (Blacko) routes
- Beverley → Barrowfordwest to Gisburn Road, then south on the A682 through Higherford
- Beverley → Colneeast to Barnoldswick Road, then the lanes along the north side of Colne
- Beverley → Bradfordthe lanes past Colne to Laneshaw Bridge and the A6068 through Cowling, roughly 50 to 60 minutes
Frequently asked questions: man with a van in Beverley (Blacko)
Beverley is in East Yorkshire, isn't it?
The market town of Beverley is, near Hull. This Beverley is a handful of streets in Blacko parish, Lancashire, with BB9 6 postcodes, so give the postcode and we will not confuse the two.
Which is easier for the van, the Gisburn Road end or the Barnoldswick Road end?
Either works, since Beverley Road joins both. We choose by where your house is on the road, so tell us the house number or name and whether it is on Willaston Avenue.
Which end of Beverley Road is nearer the school?
The Gisburn Road end. Blacko Primary School is on Gisburn Road, the A682, at the western end, so on a weekday we avoid that end at drop-off and pick-up times.
Where the local details on this page come from
Checked on 1 October 2026 against:
- Postcode lookup (postcodes.io, ONS data): BB9 6LU is in Blacko parish, Barrowford & Pendleside ward, Pendle
- postcodes.io reverse lookup at the Beverley map point: BB9 6LU, BB9 6LX and BB9 6LY, all Blacko parish
- OS Open Names, July 2026, record osgb4000000074551356: Beverley, Blacko
- OpenStreetMap map data (checked 2026-09-30): Beverley Road (joins A682 Gisburn Road and Barnoldswick Road), Willaston Avenue, about 38 buildings within 150 m with postcodes BB9 6LU and BB9 6LX, Blacko Primary School, Rising Sun Inn, telephone box used as book exchange with defibrillator, Barnoldswick Road
- Listed buildings in Blacko (Wikipedia, from the National Heritage List): barn at Great Stonedge Farm (aisled, timber-framed inside, encased in sandstone), East Stone Edge and East Stone Edge Cottage (one house made two, 18th-century parts), Cross Gaits Inn (1736, seven steps to the door)
- Blacko (Wikipedia): on the border with the West Riding until 1974; Admergill in Brogden township and the West Riding
- Beverley (Wikipedia): the East Riding market town, 8 miles north-west of Hull
- Route estimate from OpenStreetMap road data: Bradford, Haworth, Two Laws Road, Laneshaw Bridge, Emmott Lane, Hill Lane, Castle Road, Red Lane, Barnoldswick Road, Beverley Road
- OpenStreetMap address lookup (Nominatim, checked 2026-09-30) at the suggested route's turn from Two Laws Road into School Lane: Two Laws Road, Lane Head, Laneshaw Bridge, Pendle, BB8 7EH; School Lane then meets Keighley Road in the village
- OpenStreetMap map data around Beverley, Blacko: Beverley Road (unclassified), Willaston Avenue (residential), Gisburn Road (A682 trunk, 30 mph, lit), Malkin Close, Blacko Primary School, Rising Sun Inn
- OpenStreetMap map data at Laneshaw Bridge: Keighley Road is the A6068 trunk road, 30 mph in the village and 60 mph outside; Two Laws Road (60 mph) meets it
- OpenStreetMap map data in Cowling parish, North Yorkshire (Nominatim reverse lookup gives Ickornshaw, Cowling): Keighley Road is the A6068 trunk road, 30 mph through the village and 60 mph outside