Durkar: what to know before moving day
The name comes from the Norse for 'dirt marsh', and the River Calder is on the map just beside the village. Its residential streets include Durkar Lane, Durkar Low Lane, Newsholme Lane and Kenton Drive, with estate closes such as Fox Lane, Otters Holt, Badger Close, Squirrels Drey and Kingfisher Close, and The Crimbles, Green Acres and Broad Acres. The New Inn is the village pub, and the Red Kite and a Spar are also on the map.
Because Durkar sits on the motorway junction, a lot of what is around it is commercial: the Calder Park business area, National Highways' North East Control Centre, car showrooms along Denby Dale Road and Hampsons Plantworld garden centre. Pugneys Country Park, 250 acres of lakes on the A636 towards Wakefield, is the big green landmark, with Sandal Castle above it. The nearest schools named for Durkar are Kettlethorpe High School and St James CE Junior.
How the van gets to Durkar
Durkar is right on the motorway. From Bradford, the M62 east to its interchange with the M1 at junction 42, then the M1 south, brings the van to junction 39, and the Durkar Interchange puts it straight onto Denby Dale Road (A636) at the village. Coming from Wakefield city centre instead, the A636 runs out past Pugneys to the same junction.
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 Durkar
Each service below links to its Wakefield page, which covers how the job works in and around Wakefield.
Durkar: questions before you book
Why is a Durkar address under Crigglestone Parish Council?
Because Durkar lies inside Crigglestone civil parish: it is under Crigglestone Parish Council, in the Wakefield Rural ward, with Wakefield Council above that. It has its own name and a WF4 postcode, and borders Crigglestone to the south-west and Kettlethorpe to the east.
Where the local details on this page come from
Checked on 28 September 2026 against:
- Postcode lookup (postcodes.io, ONS data): WF4 3BH is in Wakefield Rural ward, parish of Crigglestone, Wakefield
- Durkar (Wikipedia): name from the Norse for dirt marsh, Crigglestone Parish Council, borders Crigglestone and Kettlethorpe, on the A636 next to M1 junction 39, Kettlethorpe High School and St James CE Junior, Kenton Drive, the New Inn, Pugneys and Sandal Castle
- Pugneys Country Park (Wikipedia): 250-acre park on the A636 between Wakefield and M1 junction 39, two lakes, overlooked by Sandal Castle
- OpenStreetMap data (API extract around Durkar): Denby Dale Road A636, Durkar Interchange, Durkar Lane, Durkar Low Lane, Newsholme Lane, Kenton Drive, the estate closes, River Calder, Calder Park, National Highways North East Control Centre, car showrooms, Hampsons Plantworld, The New Inn, The Red Kite, Spar
- M1 motorway (Wikipedia): junction 42 is the interchange with the M62; the motorway passes Wakefield