Birkin: what to know before moving day
Birkin is a short village of lanes: Main Street, Birkin Lane, Haddlesey Road, Intake Lane and Roe Lane. St Mary's Church, at the southern end of the village, was built around 1150 and is listed Grade I. The parish has five listed buildings in all, every one in the village, including two houses and a pair of gate piers. East of the houses are two fishing lakes, Birkin Fisheries, with a tea room.
The name is recorded in the Domesday Book as Birchinge and points to birch woodland when the village was founded. The political philosopher Thomas Hill Green was born here in 1836, when his father was rector. With so few houses and a long van, a clear note of the house name or number, and where the van can stop, helps on the day.
How the van gets to Birkin
Intake Lane is the lane from Birkin that crosses the River Aire at Beal, over the bridge beside Beal weir and lock. Haddlesey Road is the other lane in and out; at Chapel Haddlesey the A19 crosses the Aire. From Bradford, one motorway route is the M62 east to junction 33 at Ferrybridge, then the local roads north over the river.
The drive from Bradford is roughly 40 to 55 minutes. That is an estimate from route data, not a timed run, and traffic changes it.
Services for Birkin
Each service below links to its Castleford page, which covers how the job works in and around Castleford.
Birkin: questions before you book
Is Birkin in West Yorkshire, given the WF11 postcode?
No. Birkin was in the West Riding until 1974, then Selby District, and is now run by North Yorkshire Council. The WF11 postcode comes from Knottingley, 4 miles away, which handles its mail.
Nearby areas
Where the local details on this page come from
Checked on 28 September 2026 against:
- WF11 9LP: Birkin parish, Monk Fryston & South Milford ward, North Yorkshire
- Birkin: village and civil parish north of the River Aire near Beal, Knottingley 4 miles south-west, 141 people in 2011, West Riding until 1974, Selby District 1974-2023, Domesday Birchinge, St Mary's c.1150 Grade I at the southern end, Thomas Hill Green born 1836, two fishing lakes and a tea room
- Listed buildings in Birkin: five, one Grade I, all in the village (church, coffin, gate piers, two houses)
- Selby Canal: at Beal a bridge carries Intake Lane over the River Aire beside the weir and Beal Lock
- Chapel Haddlesey: the A19 crosses the River Aire on Haddlesey Bridge
- OpenStreetMap map view (checked 2026-09-28): Main Street, Birkin Lane, Haddlesey Road, Intake Lane, Roe Lane, St Mary, Birkin Fisheries and tea room