Clayton Heights: what to know before moving day
The old core is on Back Lane and Highgate Road. The main block and portal of Highgate Mills, a three-storey sandstone mill of 16 bays from the early to mid 19th century, is Grade II listed, and 12 to 18 Back Lane is a row of cottages that closes the west side of the mill yard. The former Nag's Head, an early 19th-century pub with a canted bay window, is listed too; the Nags Head and The Boarshead are the pubs to name as landmarks.
Beyond them is an estate of closes with bird names: The Birdwalk, Bunting Drive, Brambling Drive, Bittern Court, Dunnock Avenue, Eider Close, Grebe Close, Fieldfare Drive and Condor Close among them. Stocks Lane Primary School, Asa Briggs Park and the Clayton Heights War Memorial are close by. Wikipedia notes a golf club and a reservoir at Clayton Heights, now designated as a country park; the map shows Horton Bank Country Park beside the Horton Bank pumping station and reservoir.
How the van gets to Clayton Heights
Out of Bradford the A647 is Great Horton Road until it becomes Highgate Road, which runs straight through Clayton Heights. Back Lane, Baldwin Lane, New House Lane and Stocks Lane all leave Highgate Road here, and Back Lane links round to Baldwin Lane. Thornton View Road is the turning for the golf course. Clayton Heights is roughly 10 to 25 minutes from Bradford city centre along the A647.
The drive from Bradford is roughly 10 to 25 minutes. That is an estimate from route data, not a timed run, and traffic changes it.
Services for Clayton Heights
Each service below links to its Queensbury page, which covers how the job works in and around Queensbury.
Clayton Heights: questions before you book
Does Clayton Heights come under Clayton or Queensbury?
Queensbury, for the council. Clayton Heights is named among the villages of the Queensbury ward, with BD13 1 postcodes, while Clayton is a separate village whose main street is Clayton Lane. Give the full postcode so the van goes to the right one.
Nearby areas
Where the local details on this page come from
Checked on 28 September 2026 against:
- Postcode lookup (postcodes.io, ONS data): BD13 1EZ is in Queensbury ward, Bradford, unparished area
- Queensbury (Wikipedia): the ward includes the villages of Clayton Heights and Horton Bank Top
- Clayton (Wikipedia): golf club and reservoir at Clayton Heights, now a country park, with views of Bradford and Thornton; Clayton Lane the main street of Clayton village; golf course on Thornton View Road
- Listed buildings in Queensbury (Wikipedia, from the National Heritage List): Highgate Mills main block and portal, 12-18 Back Lane closing the mill yard, former Nag's Head Public House, all Grade II
- OpenStreetMap map view (checked 2026-09-28): Clayton Heights, Back Lane, Highgate Road (A647) meeting Great Horton Road, Baldwin Lane, New House Lane, Stocks Lane, Thornton View Road, the Nags Head, The Boarshead, the bird-named closes, Stocks Lane Primary School, Asa Briggs Park, war memorial, Horton Bank Country Park and pumping station