Cookridge: what to know before moving day
The suburb grew in stages. Building of Cookridge village started in 1927 on a triangle of land between Cookridge Lane, Moseley Wood Lane and Green Lane, largely under the architect Cecil Crowther, whose daughter gave her name to Mavis Lane and Mavis Avenue. Most of the rest came after the Second World War: Ireland Wood from 1948, Tinshill, Silkmill and Woodnook from 1952, Moseley Wood from 1957 and Spring Wood from 1980. So a Cookridge move can be a between-the-wars semi or a post-war estate house on one of the many Moseley Wood or Kirkwood closes, and the full street name matters.
This is one of the highest parts of Leeds, reaching 198 metres by the 1929 water tower on the eastern edge, with the Tinshill BT Tower nearby. The ground falls to about 120 metres at Moseley Beck behind Horsforth station. Local records note cooler, windier and wetter weather than lower parts of the city, and heavy snow drifting in the 2018 Beast from the East, so in winter it is worth checking the forecast the day before.
Older landmarks help with directions. Cookridge Hall, dating from about 1764 and Grade II listed, is now a health club with a golf course; the village post office is on Cookridge Lane; Holy Trinity, a brick church of 1961, stands on Green Lane; and the Methodist church is at the corner of Tinshill Road and Otley Old Road. Much of the former Cookridge Hospital site off Hospital Lane has been housing since 2010.
How the van gets to Cookridge
Three roads carry most traffic through Cookridge: Cookridge Lane, Otley Old Road and Tinshill Road, which meet each other in the suburb. At its northern end Cookridge Lane joins Moor Road for Bramhope, and Otley Old Road continues west past Leeds Bradford Airport to the A658 Harrogate Road, which runs back towards Bradford through a tunnel under the runway. Holt Lane links Cookridge Lane with Holt Park.
The drive from Bradford is roughly 20 to 35 minutes. That is an estimate from route data, not a timed run, and traffic changes it.
Services for Cookridge
Each service below links to its Yeadon page, which covers how the job works in and around Yeadon.
Cookridge: questions before you book
Is Cookridge still its own council ward?
No. There was a Cookridge ward until 2004, but the area is now in the Adel & Wharfedale ward of Leeds City Council, and in the Leeds North West parliamentary seat. Council tax and bins go through Leeds.
Which is the nearest railway station to Cookridge?
Horsforth, on the Leeds to Harrogate line, down by Moseley Beck at the lowest edge of the suburb. The line runs north from there into the Bramhope Tunnel.
Where the local details on this page come from
Checked on 28 September 2026 against:
- Postcode lookup (postcodes.io, ONS data): LS16 7LQ is in Adel & Wharfedale ward, Leeds, unparished, Leeds North West constituency
- Cookridge (Wikipedia): north of the Outer Ring Road, former Cookridge ward before 2004, 1927 village between Cookridge Lane, Moseley Wood Lane and Green Lane, Cecil Crowther and Mavis Lane/Avenue, post-war estates and dates, 198 m by the 1929 water tower, Tinshill BT Tower, Moseley Beck behind Horsforth station, weather and 2018 snow, Cookridge Hall c.1764 Grade II, Holy Trinity 1961 on Green Lane, Methodist church at Tinshill Road and Otley Old Road, hospital site housing from 2010
- Bramhope Tunnel (Wikipedia): on the Harrogate line north of Horsforth station
- A658 road (Wikipedia): Bradford to Harrogate road, runs in a tunnel under the Leeds Bradford Airport runway
- OpenStreetMap: Cookridge Lane and its junctions with Otley Old Road, Tinshill Road, Holt Lane, Moor Road, Mavis Lane and Green Lane; Cookridge Village Post Office; Moseley Wood and Kirkwood streets
- OpenStreetMap: Otley Old Road through Cookridge, and westwards to Dean Lane, Carlton Lane and the A658 Harrogate Road by Leeds Bradford Airport