Brockholes: what to know before moving day
The A616, New Mill Road, runs straight through, and much of village life is just off it. The small green sits behind the terraced houses on the main road, overlooked by St George's church of 1861, a chapel and the village hall on Brockholes Lane, which was built as the school in 1837. The hall and the church are Grade II listed, as are a boundary stone of 1829 in front of 24 Rock Terrace and an old stone bridge over the River Holme on Smithy Place Lane. The Rock Inn and the Travellers Rest are the two pubs.
A large part of the housing stands on the site of Rock Mills, one of several big textile mills here, and the rest of the old mill site is now industrial units. Addresses include Rockmill Road, Rock Terrace, Holmebank Mews, Island Drive, Steep Riding, Oakes Lane, Smithy Place, River Holme View and Robin Rocks. The primary school is on Brockholes Lane, about 200 yards south of the station. On a terrace facing the A616, the van may have to stop on the main road, so say where the nearest safe place to load is.
How the van gets to Brockholes
The A616 is the road in from Huddersfield: it passes the turn for Honley, meets the Holme Valley at Brockholes as New Mill Road and carries on to Thongsbridge and New Mill. The A6024 Woodhead Road runs down the valley on the village's west side. Coming from Bradford, Huddersfield is the way through, then the A616 south.
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 Brockholes
Each service below links to its Holmfirth page, which covers how the job works in and around Holmfirth.
Brockholes: questions before you book
Does a Brockholes address come under Holmfirth?
Only for the post. Brockholes is in the Holmfirth postal district, HD9, but it is a village of its own in the Holme Valley parish and the Holme Valley North ward of Kirklees. Put Brockholes and the street on the booking.
Is the Brockholes station building still in use?
Not as a station. The old main buildings have been restored as a private house, and trains use a single platform with a shelter, reached step-free by a ramp from the main entrance. Services run hourly to Huddersfield and to Sheffield by way of Barnsley.
Nearby areas
Where the local details on this page come from
Checked on 28 September 2026 against:
- Postcode lookup (postcodes.io, ONS data): HD9 7AA is in Holme Valley North ward and Holme Valley parish, Kirklees
- Brockholes (Wikipedia): Holme Valley Parish Council, Honley to the north and Holmfirth to the south, Holmfirth postal district, 1,861 people in 764 households (2001), the green behind the terraces on the A616, church, chapel, village hall of 1837 on Brockholes Lane, St George's 1861, bridge on Smithy Place Lane, school 200 yards south of the station, Rock Inn and Travellers Rest, housing on the Rock Mills site, A616 and A6024
- Brockholes railway station (Wikipedia): single platform in use, shelter, ramp from the main entrance, buildings converted to a private house, hourly trains to Huddersfield and Sheffield via Barnsley
- Listed buildings in Holme Valley, outer areas (Wikipedia, from the National Heritage List): Village Hall (1837), St George's Church (1861), boundary stone in front of 24 Rock Terrace (1829), bridge at Smithy Place, milepost and war memorial
- A616 road (Wikipedia): through Thongsbridge, meets the Holme Valley at Brockholes as New Mill Road, passes Brockholes station and the Honley turn on the way to Huddersfield
- OpenStreetMap map view (checked 2026-09-28): A616 New Mill Road, Brockholes Lane, Rock Terrace, Rockmill Road, Holmebank Mews, Island Drive, Steep Riding, Oakes Lane, Smithy Place Lane, Smithy Place, River Holme View, Robin Rocks, Rock Inn, St George's, A6024 Woodhead Road