Chidswell: what to know before moving day
Chidswell Lane is the heart of it, with Chidswell Gardens, Willerton Close and Fieldhead Gardens close by and Manor Park towards the main road. Chidswell Farm, Windsor Farm and Grange Farm lie around the edge, and Sykes Lane continues as a bridleway. If your address is a farm or a house down a track, say whether a long van can get to the door and turn.
One listed structure stands near Leeds Road: the cast iron toll gates of about 1850, on the old turnpike between Dewsbury and Leeds. The nearest school is Shaw Cross Infant and Nursery School, and the Shaw Cross stadium on Owl Lane is about half a kilometre away.
How the van gets to Chidswell
Leeds Road, the A653, passes just west of Chidswell, and Chidswell Lane leaves it for the hamlet. The B6128 Owl Lane is a short way south. From Bradford, the estimate is roughly 25 to 40 minutes, coming through Dewsbury or in from the Batley side.
The drive from Bradford is roughly 25 to 40 minutes. That is an estimate from route data, not a timed run, and traffic changes it.
Services for Chidswell
Each service below links to its Dewsbury page, which covers how the job works in and around Dewsbury.
Chidswell: questions before you book
Is Chidswell a separate village from Shaw Cross?
It began as a separate hamlet, alongside Chickenley, but today it sits next to Shaw Cross in the same ward, Dewsbury East, and the same postcode district, WF12. Use the full postcode, as the two areas are only a few hundred metres apart.
Where the local details on this page come from
Checked on 28 September 2026 against:
- Postcode lookup (postcodes.io, ONS data): WF12 7SF is in Dewsbury East ward, Kirklees, unparished area
- Dewsbury (Wikipedia): Soothill Nether, where Chickenley and Chidswell were hamlets
- Listed buildings in Dewsbury (Wikipedia, from the National Heritage List): toll gates of about 1850 on the turnpike road from Dewsbury to Leeds
- OpenStreetMap map data (API extract): Chidswell Lane, Chidswell Gardens, Willerton Close, Fieldhead Gardens, Manor Park, Sykes Lane bridleway, Leeds Road (A653), Owl Lane (B6128), Chidswell Farm, Windsor Farm, Grange Farm, Shaw Cross Infant and Nursery School, the stadium