Earlsheaton: what to know before moving day
High Road and Town Street are the centre, with Park Road, Headland Lane, The Orchards, Chatsworth Terrace, Middle Road and Cross Street around them. The post office, Earlsheaton Infant School and pubs including The Spangled Bull and The Park are all close by, and Manor Croft Academy is a little further out. St Peter's Parish Centre is an 1845 school building later made into a church, and Providence Mill, a textile mill of 1820, is also listed.
The hill is the feature. Dewsbury's history singles out the approach from Earlsheaton through the Wakefield Road cutting, dug in 1830, where the view of the town opens up. On a hillside street, mention any steps up to the door. The Dewsbury-Ossett Greenway and the old Earlsheaton Tunnel are close by.
How the van gets to Earlsheaton
Wakefield Road, the A638, climbs out of Dewsbury through the cutting and crosses at Earlsheaton before heading on towards Ossett and Wakefield. Ossett Lane and Syke Lane are the local roads in the village. From Bradford the van reaches Dewsbury first, by the A638 through Cleckheaton and Heckmondwike or by the motorways.
The drive from Bradford is roughly 30 to 40 minutes. That is an estimate from route data, not a timed run, and traffic changes it.
Services for Earlsheaton
Each service below links to its Dewsbury page, which covers how the job works in and around Dewsbury.
Earlsheaton: questions before you book
Is Earlsheaton in Dewsbury or Ossett?
Dewsbury. It is in the Dewsbury East ward of Kirklees, postcode district WF12, even though Wakefield Road carries on towards Ossett.
Nearby areas
Where the local details on this page come from
Checked on 28 September 2026 against:
- Postcode lookup (postcodes.io, ONS data): WF12 8JR is in Dewsbury East ward, Kirklees, unparished area
- Dewsbury (Wikipedia): Earlsheaton as the bulk of Soothill Nether's population, the town rising to 360 ft at Earlsheaton, the Wakefield Road cutting of 1830
- A638 road (Wikipedia): the crossroads at Earlsheaton and the descent into Dewsbury
- Listed buildings in Dewsbury (Wikipedia, from the National Heritage List): Providence Mill 1820, St Peter's Parish Centre 1845
- OpenStreetMap map data (API extract): High Road, Town Street, Park Road, Headland Lane, The Orchards, Chatsworth Terrace, Middle Road, Cross Street, Ossett Lane, Syke Lane, Wakefield Road (A638), Earlsheaton Post Office, Earlsheaton Infant School, Manor Croft Academy, The Spangled Bull, The Park, Dewsbury-Ossett Greenway, Earlsheaton Tunnel