Boothroyd: what to know before moving day
St John's Church is the oldest landmark: a Commissioners' church of 1823-27, designed by Thomas Taylor, and listed Grade II. The St John streets (St John Close, Street, Walk and Parade) are close by. Crow Nest Park is right beside the district, with the Boothroyd Gate entrance, the listed 1923-24 war memorial and Crow Nest House, an early 18th-century mansion that held Dewsbury Museum until it closed in 2016.
Other streets here include Park Croft, Hanover Street, Oastler Street, Burking Road, Speakers Court, Unity Court and Moorlands Road. St John Fisher Catholic Voluntary Academy and Westborough High School are both close to Boothroyd Lane, so a mid-morning start keeps the loading clear of the school run.
How the van gets to Boothroyd
Boothroyd Lane runs through from Dewsbury Moor towards the town centre, and Moorlands Road is the other local road. The A638 Halifax Road and the A644 Huddersfield Road both pass nearby. From Bradford the van comes by the A638 through Cleckheaton and Heckmondwike, or by the M606 and M62.
The drive from Bradford is roughly 25 to 40 minutes. That is an estimate from route data, not a timed run, and traffic changes it.
Also covered around Boothroyd
Westborough.
Services for Boothroyd
Each service below links to its Dewsbury page, which covers how the job works in and around Dewsbury.
Boothroyd: questions before you book
Which gate of Crow Nest Park is nearest to Boothroyd?
The Boothroyd Gate. The park also has a West Town Gate and a Burgh Lane Gate, so if you give the park as a meeting point, name the gate and the van will stop at the right side.
Nearby areas
Where the local details on this page come from
Checked on 28 September 2026 against:
- Postcode lookup (postcodes.io, ONS data): WF13 2LN is in Dewsbury West ward, Kirklees, unparished area
- Boothroyd (Wikipedia): west of Dewsbury, a primary school, St John's church, the war memorial and the gate piers and gates of Crow Nest Park
- Listed buildings in Dewsbury (Wikipedia, from the National Heritage List): St John's Church, Boothroyd, 1823-27 by Thomas Taylor; Boothroyd Gate, Burgh Lane Gate and West Town Gate; World War Memorial 1923-24; Crow Nest House, early 18th century
- Dewsbury (Wikipedia): Dewsbury Museum in the mansion house in Crow Nest Park until November 2016
- OpenStreetMap map data (API extract): Boothroyd Lane, the St John streets, Park Croft, Hanover Street, Oastler Street, Burking Road, Speakers Court, Unity Court, Moorlands Road, St John Fisher Catholic Voluntary Academy, Westborough High School, Crow Nest Park, the Westborough neighbourhood, A638 Halifax Road and A644 Huddersfield Road