Cross Stone: what to know before moving day
At the top is the hamlet itself, around Cross Stone Church, a Commissioners' church of 1833 to 1835 that was known as St Paul's and is now redundant, with its graveyard beside it and Todmorden Golf Club next door. Close by, 11 Cross Stone Road was built as a Sunday school in 1805 and is now a private house, Carr House Farmhouse carries the date 1618, and Bean Hole Head Farmhouse of 1638 is listed Grade II*. Above the hamlet, the Blackheath Barrow ring cairn was excavated in 1898.
Nearer the town the homes are on estate roads such as Keats Avenue, Tennyson Avenue, Shakespeare Avenue, Pennine Grove and Burnt House Close, near Castle Hill Primary School. Between the two, OpenStreetMap marks Old Cross Stone Road and Mill Wood Lane as narrow, and Carr House Lane is only a track, so it matters which way the van approaches.
How the van gets to Cross Stone
Cross Stone Road is the road through, and the T3 and T4 Todmorden town buses to Carr House use it; Hey Head Lane and Broadgate branch off near the church. From Bradford the van follows the A646 up the Calder valley, taking roughly 45 to 60 minutes to reach Todmorden's eastern edge.
The drive from Bradford is roughly 45 to 60 minutes. That is an estimate from route data, not a timed run, and traffic changes it.
Also covered around Cross Stone
Priestwell.
Services for Cross Stone
Each service below links to its Todmorden page, which covers how the job works in and around Todmorden.
Cross Stone: questions before you book
Which way up to Cross Stone suits a long van?
Cross Stone Road, the road the T3 and T4 town buses use. OpenStreetMap marks Old Cross Stone Road and Mill Wood Lane as narrow and Carr House Lane as a track, so tell us whether you are up by the church or on the estate roads near Castle Hill Primary School.
Nearby areas
Where the local details on this page come from
Checked on 28 September 2026 against:
- Postcode lookup (postcodes.io, ONS data): OL14 5RJ, Hebden Bridge & Todmorden East ward, parish of Todmorden, Calderdale
- Todmorden (Wikipedia): the parish includes Cross Stone; Blackheath Barrow, a ring cairn above Cross Stone, excavated in 1898
- Listed buildings in Todmorden, inner area (National Heritage List): St Paul's Church, Cross Stone (1833-35, Commissioners' church, redundant), 11 Cross Stone Road (Sunday school 1805, now a house), Carr House Farmhouse 1618
- Listed buildings in Todmorden, outer areas (National Heritage List): Bean Hole Head Farmhouse and barn, 1638, Grade II*
- OpenStreetMap map data (API extract): Cross Stone hamlet node, Cross Stone Church and graveyard, Todmorden Golf Club, Cross Stone Road, Hey Head Lane, Broadgate, Carr House Lane (track), Old Cross Stone Road and Mill Wood Lane (width narrow), Keats, Tennyson and Shakespeare Avenues, Pennine Grove, Burnt House Close, Castle Hill Primary School, Priestwell neighbourhood node, Halifax Road A646
- OpenStreetMap bus route relations T3 and T4 (Todmorden to Carr House circulars) on Cross Stone Road