Coniston Cold: what to know before moving day
The village church, St Peter's, was designed by George Webster and built between 1841 and 1846, and Webster also designed the lodge to Coniston Hall, which survives although the hall itself was demolished. The Old Post Office is a listed house of the late 17th or early 18th century. Moorber Lane is the residential road off the A65, postcode BD23 4ED, and farms such as Lowlands, Hill Top and Raven Flatt lie around the village.
To the north, Bell Busk is reached along Mark House Lane, which crosses the Aire on Bell Busk Bridge and Otterburn Beck on Red Bridge. Both are listed stone bridges of the 18th and early 19th centuries. Coniston Cold was once part of Gargrave's ancient parish and is now in the Mid Craven ward of North Yorkshire Council.
How the van gets to Coniston Cold
The A65 is the only main road. The van reaches Skipton from Bradford on the A650 and A629, takes the A65 through Gargrave and carries on to Coniston Cold. For Bell Busk, the van uses Mark House Lane. Coniston Cold is estimated at roughly 40 to 55 minutes from Bradford along the A65.
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 Coniston Cold
Each service below links to its Skipton page, which covers how the job works in and around Skipton.
Coniston Cold: questions before you book
How does the van get to a house in Bell Busk?
Along Mark House Lane off the A65, over Bell Busk Bridge on the Aire and Red Bridge on Otterburn Beck. Bell Busk is a hamlet inside Coniston Cold parish, so give the house name and say which side of the bridges it is on.
Nearby areas
Where the local details on this page come from
Checked on 28 September 2026 against:
- Postcode lookup (postcodes.io, ONS data): BD23 4EF is in Mid Craven ward, North Yorkshire, parish of Coniston Cold
- Coniston Cold (Wikipedia): village and parish 7 miles north-west of Skipton along the A65, St Peter's Church built 1846, 203 residents in 2011
- Listed buildings in Coniston Cold (Wikipedia): parish contains the hamlet of Bell Busk, St Peter's Church (1841-46) and Coniston Hall Lodge by George Webster, hall demolished, Old Post Office, Lowlands, Hill Top and Raven Flatt farmhouses, Bell Busk Bridge and Red Bridge carrying Mark House Lane
- Bell Busk (Wikipedia): hamlet where the River Aire meets Otterburn Beck, north of Coniston Cold, Mark House Lane
- OpenStreetMap data via Nominatim: Moorber Lane, Coniston Cold, BD23 4ED
- Gargrave (Wikipedia): ancient parish that included Coniston Cold; the A65 through Gargrave