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Crofton: what to know before moving day

Two of Crofton's estates stand on the sites of big houses. Crofton New Hall, built in the 1750s for the Wilson family, was demolished in 1980 and a housing estate went up there soon after. Crofton Castle on Towers Lane, a Gothic-style house of 1853, burned in 2004, and the estate built in its place was laid out so that a road now covers the castle's exact footprint. Towers Close and The Towers keep the name.

The older village is around All Saints', a 15th-century cruciform church, with stocks of 1759 by the churchyard gate and a row of five listed cottages at 51 to 59 High Street that began as a timber-framed house. Crofton Academy and the infant school are on High Street, the junior school is on Slack Lane, and the Royal Oak is between them, so allow for the school run on a weekday morning. Harrison Road is named after John Harrison, the longitude clockmaker, born at nearby Foulby.

How the van gets to Crofton

The A638 is Crofton's main road: it links the village with Wakefield to the north-west and with Nostell and Ackworth to the east, and the Cock and Crown stands on it at the crossroads with Pontefract Road, the B6378. A turning off the A638 leads into the village, where High Street and Slack Lane are the main streets. The Redbeck Motel, opened in 1969, is also on the A638 here.

The drive from Bradford is roughly 40 to 50 minutes. That is an estimate from route data, not a timed run, and traffic changes it.

Services for Crofton

Each service below links to its Normanton page, which covers how the job works in and around Normanton.

House Removals Flat & Apartment Removals Student Removals Furniture & Large Item Transport Sofa & Bed Delivery Appliance Delivery Same-Day Courier Business Deliveries Marketplace & eBay Collection Packing Service Long Distance & Nationwide

Crofton: questions before you book

Where did Crofton's two railway stations go?

Both closed. Hare Park and Crofton station closed in the 1960s, and a smaller Crofton station beside Doncaster Road on today's Pontefract line closed in 1931; its derelict remains can still be seen from the A638. Trains now run from Wakefield and from Streethouse on the Pontefract line.

Where does Crofton end and New Crofton begin?

New Crofton is the area around Santingley Lane to the east, on the site of the Nostell Colliery houses, in the same parish as Crofton. Give the street name so the booking lands in the right one.