Brearley: what to know before moving day
Everything here sits close to the water. Brearley Lane leaves Burnley Road and crosses the Rochdale Canal and the River Calder, with Brearley Bridge, a Grade II listed structure, at the crossing. On the far side are Brearley Fields, the playing fields used by Calder High School and local football, rugby league and cricket clubs, and the Brearley Fields Wetland nature reserve. OpenStreetMap records part of Brearley Lane with a gravel surface, which matters when a heavy van is going to stand on it.
This stretch of valley is a known flood risk. The parish's flood record lists Brearley Fields among the places that flood, and the Boxing Day 2015 flood was the worst the parish has recorded. If you are moving out after water damage, say so when you book so the plan covers what is being kept and where it is going.
How the van gets to Brearley
From Bradford the van comes through Halifax and west along Burnley Road (the A646) past Luddenden Foot; Brearley is the turning just before Mytholmroyd. On the north side, Brearley Lane Top climbs towards Midgley. The trip is roughly 35 to 45 minutes from Bradford, and a closure on the valley road would add to it.
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 Brearley
Each service below links to its Sowerby Bridge page, which covers how the job works in and around Sowerby Bridge.
Brearley: questions before you book
Which councils cover Brearley?
Calderdale Council handles bins and council tax. Brearley also sits inside Hebden Royd, the civil parish that includes Hebden Bridge and Mytholmroyd and has its own town council, and for Calderdale elections it votes in the Luddendenfoot ward.
Nearby areas
Where the local details on this page come from
Checked on 28 September 2026 against:
- Postcode lookup (postcodes.io, ONS data): HX2 6HY, Luddendenfoot ward, parish of Hebden Royd, Calderdale
- Hebden Royd (Wikipedia): civil parish with a town council, includes Hebden Bridge, Mytholmroyd and Cragg Vale; Brearley Fields floods; Brearley on a flood plain with playing fields for Calder High School and local football, rugby league and cricket teams; Boxing Day 2015 flood the worst recorded
- OpenStreetMap map data (API extract): Brearley hamlet node, Brearley Lane (gravel surface), Brearley Bridge (Grade II), Burnley Road A646, Mill Hill, Brearley Lane Top, Rochdale Canal, River Calder, Brearley Fields, Brearley Fields Wetland nature reserve
- OpenStreetMap bus route relation 591, Halifax to Burnley, along Burnley Road (A646) past Brearley