Cowlersley: what to know before moving day
Cowlersley Lane is the main road through, with Josephine Road, Jubilee Lane, Mill Court, Mill Rise and Manse Drive close by. Warneford Road, Winget Avenue, Western Road and Southern Road are nearby, and Woodside Green, a primary academy, is about 200 metres away. The name, first recorded in 1226, is said to mean a charcoal burner's wood.
The best-known address is 4 Warneford Road, where Harold Wilson, twice Prime Minister, grew up. The canal and the River Colne are about 250 metres away, and the Horse and Groom pub and the Milnsbridge bowls club are both within about 350 metres.
How the van gets to Cowlersley
The A62 Manchester Road passes the district's north edge, with bus stops named for Cowlersley, and Cowlersley Lane is the main road through it; Morley Lane meets the A62 nearby. Coming from Bradford, the van reaches Huddersfield by the M62 and follows the A62 west from the ring road.
The drive from Bradford is roughly 30 to 45 minutes. That is an estimate from route data, not a timed run, and traffic changes it.
Services for Cowlersley
Each service below links to its Huddersfield page, which covers how the job works in and around Huddersfield.
Cowlersley: questions before you book
Is my address in Cowlersley or Milnsbridge?
Check the postcode: Cowlersley has HD4 postcodes, Milnsbridge mainly HD3. They are neighbours, with Milnsbridge spreading from Cowlersley across the A62 Manchester Road towards Golcar, Longwood and Paddock.
Nearby areas
Where the local details on this page come from
Checked on 28 September 2026 against:
- Postcode lookup (postcodes.io, ONS data): HD4 5UB is in Colne Valley East ward, Kirklees, parish: Kirklees, unparished area; Kirklees, HD4
- Postcode lookup (postcodes.io, ONS data): HD3 4QH is in Colne Valley East ward, Kirklees, parish: Kirklees, unparished area; Milnsbridge postcode HD3 4QH for comparison
- Cowlersley (Wikipedia): district 2 miles west of Huddersfield between Milnsbridge and Linthwaite, south of the A62 and the River Colne; name means a charcoal burner's wood, first recorded 1226; Woodside Green primary; Harold Wilson grew up at 4 Warneford Road
- Milnsbridge (Wikipedia): spreads from Cowlersley, on the other side of the A62 Manchester Road, to Golcar, Longwood and Paddock
- A62 road (Wikipedia): Leeds to Manchester through Huddersfield, Linthwaite, Slaithwaite and Marsden, crossing the Pennines at Standedge
- M62 motorway (Wikipedia): junction 26 at Chain Bar, where the M606 spur into Bradford joins; junctions 24 and 25 near Huddersfield
- OpenStreetMap map data (API extract around the research coordinates): Cowlersley Lane, Josephine Road, Jubilee Lane, Mill Court, Mill Rise, Manse Drive, Warneford Road, Winget Avenue, Western Road, Southern Road, Morley Lane, Manchester Road (A62) Cowlersley bus stops, Woodside Green primary academy, Huddersfield Narrow Canal, River Colne, Horse & Groom, Milnsbridge Crown Green Bowls Club