Charlestown (Baildon): what to know before moving day
Charlestown has the heaviest concentration of industry in Baildon. Acorn Park and Butterfield industrial estates are here, Denso Marston Radiators is based here, with the Denso Marston Nature Reserve beside the river, and Sapper Jordan Rossi Park holds commercial units off Otley Road. Screwfix, a builders' merchant and flooring and paint shops are in the same area. For a delivery to a unit, give the unit number and any goods-in hours.
The homes sit on short streets off Otley Road such as Fyfe Lane, Fyfe Grove, Fyfe Crescent, Dewhirst Road and Park Mount Avenue, with Hoyle Court Primary School nearby. Two local landmarks help with directions. St James' Church is a timber-framed, weatherboarded chapel brought to Baildon from Great Warley in Essex in 1905 and moved a few yards more in 2007 and 2008; it is Grade II listed. On the north side of Otley Road a listed 19th-century milestone gives the distances to Otley and Bradford.
Two streets have a film history: Billy Liar (1963) was shot partly on Midland Road and Hinchliffe Avenue, with No. 37 Hinchliffe Avenue as the Fisher family's house.
How the van gets to Charlestown (Baildon)
The A6038 Otley Road is the way in, leaving the A650 at the junction in Shipley known as The Branch and running north-east through Charlestown towards Otley. Fyfe Lane leaves it for Acorn Park and the housing, and Midland Road links it with Hinchliffe Avenue and Baildon Road. The A3 bus between Bradford, Leeds Bradford Airport and Otley uses the same road.
The drive from Bradford is roughly 15 to 25 minutes. That is an estimate from route data, not a timed run, and traffic changes it.
Services for Charlestown (Baildon)
Each service below links to its Baildon page, which covers how the job works in and around Baildon.
Charlestown (Baildon): questions before you book
Can the van get from Charlestown straight over the river to Thackley?
Not by road. The crossing at Buck Mill is a foot and bridle bridge, so a van going between Charlestown and Thackley goes round through Shipley.
Can you deliver to a unit on Acorn Park or Butterfield?
Yes. Business deliveries use the same van and the same fixed price agreed before setting off. Tell us the unit, what is going in and whether there is a loading door or a ground-floor entrance.
Nearby areas
Where the local details on this page come from
Checked on 28 September 2026 against:
- Postcode lookup (postcodes.io, ONS data): BD17 6DL is in Baildon ward, Bradford, parish of Baildon
- Baildon (Wikipedia): Charlestown in south-east Baildon on the valley bottom between Otley Road and the River Aire, highest concentration of industry, Acorn Park and Butterfield industrial estates, Denso Marston, St James' Church moved from Great Warley in 1905 and again in 2007/2008, Hoyle Court Primary in Charlestown, Billy Liar locations Midland Road and 37 Hinchliffe Avenue
- Listed buildings in Baildon (Wikipedia, from the National Heritage List for England): St James' Church, timber framed and weatherboarded; milestone on the north side of Otley Road inscribed with distances to Otley and Bradford
- A650 road (Wikipedia): the A6038 leaves the A650 in Shipley at the junction known as The Branch
- Thackley (Wikipedia): Buck Mill Bridge is a foot and bridle bridge to the Charlestown area of Baildon
- OpenStreetMap map data (API extract): A6038 Otley Road, Fyfe Lane to Acorn Park, Fyfe Grove, Fyfe Crescent, Dewhirst Road, Park Mount Avenue, Midland Road to Hinchliffe Avenue and Baildon Road, Acorn Park Industrial Estate, Sapper Jordan Rossi Park, Screwfix, Denso Marston Nature Reserve, Charlestown Cemetery, A3 bus route