Braythorn: what to know before moving day
Braythorn is a scatter of houses and farms rather than a street. On the map they sit along Stainburn Lane, New Lane, Greenmires Lane and Church Lane, with names such as Firtree Farm, Beck Bottom and Woodbottom Farm, and Leathley Moor spreads out to the south. Since so many homes are known by name, put the house or farm name on the booking with the postcode.
The nearest church is St Mary's in Stainburn, a Grade I Norman church now looked after by the Churches Conservation Trust. Stainburn Forest and Almscliffe Crag are in the same parish. The B6161 crosses the becks below the hamlet on two small bridges, Moor Side Bridge and Caps Bridge.
How the van gets to Braythorn
Stainburn Lane is the main way up. It leaves the B6161, the road from Pool-in-Wharfedale to Killinghall, at Leathley and climbs to Braythorn before carrying on to Stainburn. Pill White Lane comes across from Lindley. From Bradford, the A658 to Pool and then the B6161 north reaches the turn.
The drive from Bradford is roughly 35 to 45 minutes. That is an estimate from route data, not a timed run, and traffic changes it.
Services for Braythorn
Each service below links to its Otley page, which covers how the job works in and around Otley.
Braythorn: questions before you book
Does Braythorn have a parish council of its own, or is it part of Stainburn?
No. It is a hamlet inside Stainburn civil parish, and its population is counted in Stainburn's figures. The council for bins and council tax is North Yorkshire Council.
Where the local details on this page come from
Checked on 28 September 2026 against:
- Postcode lookup (postcodes.io, ONS data): LS21 2LW is in Washburn & Birstwith ward, North Yorkshire, parish of Stainburn
- Braythorn (Wikipedia): hamlet in the civil parish of Stainburn, population counted under Stainburn, Skipton and Ripon constituency
- Stainburn, North Yorkshire (Wikipedia): St Mary's Church (Norman, Grade I, Churches Conservation Trust), Stainburn Forest, North Yorkshire Council
- Almscliffe Crag (Wikipedia): on the boundary of North Rigton and Stainburn parishes
- OpenStreetMap: Stainburn Lane (ways 238459908 and 1055020262, Leathley to Braythorn), New Lane, Greenmires Lane, Church Lane, Pill White Lane, Firtree Farm, Beck Bottom, Woodbottom Farm Barn, Leathley Moor, B6161 Moor Side Bridge and Caps Bridge
- Leathley (Wikipedia): the B6161 connects Killinghall with Pool-in-Wharfedale