Bradley (Huddersfield): what to know before moving day
Housing here is mixed. Keldregate runs parallel to Leeds Road through a council estate, and two private developments are big enough to feel like small villages of their own. OpenStreetMap shows estate streets such as Oak Road, Woodman Avenue, Sherwood Avenue and Wilton Avenue, and newer closes like Bradley Grange Gardens and Fearnley Mill Drive.
Useful landmarks: the White Cross Inn on Bradley Road (the A6107); Bradley Park, a 17-acre recreation ground by Wilton Avenue run by the Friends of Bradley Park since 2017, with a municipal golf course nearby; and St Thomas' Church, Grade II listed, with St Thomas CE Primary School on Sherwood Avenue. All Saints Catholic College is also in the district. Bradley Viaduct, fifteen arches over the canal and the Colne, now carries a cycleway.
How the van gets to Bradley (Huddersfield)
OSRM's route from Bradford is motorway for most of the way: the M606 and M62, then a short run on the A62 Leeds Road before turning up the A6107 Bradley Road, roughly 20 to 35 minutes from Bradford. The B6118 Colne Bridge Road leaves the district towards Colne Bridge and Kirkheaton.
The drive from Bradford is roughly 20 to 35 minutes. That is an estimate from route data, not a timed run, and traffic changes it.
Services for Bradley (Huddersfield)
Each service below links to its Mirfield page, which covers how the job works in and around Mirfield.
Bradley (Huddersfield): questions before you book
Is Bradley in Mirfield parish?
No. Bradley is a district of Huddersfield: postcodes.io puts HD2 1SY in Ashbrow ward with no parish council, so it sits outside Mirfield parish, and the council is Kirklees.
When did Bradley lose its railway station, and where is the next one?
Bradley station, on Station Road near the Woodman Inn off Leeds Road, closed in 1952. Deighton station on the same line closed for rebuilding in August 2025 under the TransPennine Route Upgrade, with the work due to finish in 2027.
Where the local details on this page come from
Checked on 28 September 2026 against:
- Postcode lookup (postcodes.io, ONS data): HD2 1SY is in Ashbrow ward, Kirklees, unparished
- Bradley, Huddersfield (Wikipedia): 3 miles north-east of the town centre, off the A62, Keldregate council estate, two private developments, White Cross Inn, Bradley Park (17 acres, community asset transfer 2017), golf course, All Saints Catholic College, station closed 1952 on Station Road near the Woodman Inn, Bradley Viaduct
- Deighton railway station (Wikipedia): closed for rebuilding late August 2025, due to complete in 2027
- Colne Bridge (Wikipedia): the bridge spans the River Colne between Bradley and Kirkheaton
- OpenStreetMap map data: Leeds Road (A62), Bradley Road (A6107), Colne Bridge Road (B6118), Keldregate, estate streets, St Thomas' Church (Grade II), St Thomas CE Primary School, White Cross Inn
- OSRM route estimate from Bradford city centre (OpenStreetMap road data, checked 2026-09-28): M606, M62, A62 Leeds Road, A6107 Bradley Road