Chickenley: what to know before moving day
The name appears as Chekynlay and Chikynlay in 1356. The estate went up after the Second World War and has its own doctors and shops: OpenStreetMap shows Chickenley Medical Centre, a parade with a fish bar on Walnut Lane, and Duncan Stores on Princess Lane. Its streets include Walnut Avenue, Walnut Crescent, Hazel Crescent, Cedar Road and Maple Road, with Princess Road, Princess Crescent and Princess Avenue alongside.
St Thomas More Catholic Church is on Chickenley Lane; there is no Church of England church in Chickenley. Orchard Primary Academy is on Princess Road, Hazel Crescent Park and the Wakefield Road recreation ground are the open spaces, and the Dewsbury-Ossett Greenway cycle path runs past. Chickenley Heath is marked as a separate neighbourhood.
How the van gets to Chickenley
OSRM takes the M606 and then the M62 east as far as the A653, then Owl Lane (B6128), Co-operative Street and Chickenley Lane, roughly 30 to 40 minutes from Bradford. The A638, here Wakefield Road and Chancery Road, is the main road between Dewsbury and Ossett.
The drive from Bradford is roughly 30 to 40 minutes. That is an estimate from route data, not a timed run, and traffic changes it.
Services for Chickenley
Each service below links to its Ossett page, which covers how the job works in and around Ossett.
Chickenley: questions before you book
Does Chickenley count as Dewsbury or Ossett?
Dewsbury. postcodes.io puts WF12 8PJ in Dewsbury East ward, with no parish council, under Kirklees. Ossett, on the other side, is in the Wakefield district, although the two are neighbours by road.
Where the local details on this page come from
Checked on 28 September 2026 against:
- Postcode lookup (postcodes.io, ONS data): WF12 8PJ is in Dewsbury East ward, Kirklees, unparished
- Chickenley (Wikipedia): suburban village, part of Dewsbury, half-way between Ossett and Dewsbury, Chekynlay/Chikynlay 1356, post-war council estate the largest in Dewsbury with doctors and shops, St Thomas More Catholic Church on Chickenley Lane, no Church of England church, Dewsbury East ward
- OpenStreetMap map data: Chickenley Medical Centre, Walnut Lane parade, Duncan Stores (Princess Lane), Walnut, Hazel, Cedar, Maple and Princess streets, Orchard Primary Academy, Hazel Crescent Park, Wakefield Road recreation ground, Dewsbury-Ossett Greenway, Chickenley Heath, A638 Wakefield Road and Chancery Road, Wakefield district boundary
- OSRM route estimate from Bradford city centre (OpenStreetMap road data, checked 2026-09-28): M606, M62, A653, Owl Lane (B6128), Co-operative Street, Chickenley Lane