Colden: what to know before moving day
Most homes are old stone farmhouses, laithe houses and cottage rows, and many are listed. Colden Great House, a late 16th-century house with cross-wings and a two-storey gabled porch, is Grade II*, and there are listed farmhouses at Ingham Well, Little Learings, High Gate and Hudson Fold. Knowl Top is a row of nine early 19th-century cottages with two storeys facing the road and three at the back. Because the houses are spread out, give us the house name as well as the postcode.
Colden Junior and Infant School was established in 1878, and May's Shop is the local store. Down in the clough, Colden Water is crossed by Strines Bridge, a packhorse bridge, and by a clapper bridge lower down, both Grade II listed, and Jack Bridge is listed as well. The Pennine Way and the Calderdale Way both pass through the hamlet, so expect walkers on the lanes.
How the van gets to Colden
Heptonstall is the way in. West of the village the road becomes Slack Road, and just past Slack a short unnamed link carries on to Smithy Lane, the through road of Colden. Edge Lane and School Land Lane branch off Smithy Lane to the houses on the higher ground. To reach Heptonstall from Hebden Bridge the van takes Heptonstall Road up from the A646.
The drive from Bradford is roughly 40 to 55 minutes. That is an estimate from route data, not a timed run, and traffic changes it.
Services for Colden
Each service below links to its Hebden Bridge page, which covers how the job works in and around Hebden Bridge.
Colden: questions before you book
Which council and parish look after Colden?
Calderdale Council is the local authority, and the parish is Heptonstall: the postcode lookup for HX7 7HN gives Heptonstall parish in the Hebden Bridge and Todmorden East ward. Heptonstall's census population counts Colden and Slack together with the village.
Nearby areas
Where the local details on this page come from
Checked on 28 September 2026 against:
- Postcode lookup (postcodes.io, ONS data): HX7 7HN is in Hebden Bridge & Todmorden East ward, Calderdale, parish: Heptonstall
- Colden (Wikipedia): hamlet in Heptonstall parish, scattered houses and farms on high ground west of Heptonstall above Colden Water, Colden School established 1878, Strines Bridge (packhorse) and a clapper bridge, both Grade II, Pennine Way and Calderdale Way
- Heptonstall (Wikipedia): parish population includes the hamlets of Colden and Slack
- Listed buildings in Heptonstall (Wikipedia, from the National Heritage List): Colden Great House (Grade II*), Ingham Well, Little Learings, High Gate and Hudson Fold farmhouses, 1-9 Knowl Top
- OpenStreetMap map data (API extract around the research coordinates): Smithy Lane, Edge Lane, Colden Lane, May's Shop, Colden Junior and Infant School, Colden Water, Jack Bridge (Grade II)
- OpenStreetMap map data (wider API extract, road junctions traced): Smithy Lane joins Slack Road and Widdop Road at Slack by an unnamed link; Edge Lane and School Land Lane branch off Smithy Lane