Flockton Green: what to know before moving day
The George and Dragon at Flockton Green, dating from 1485, is one of the oldest pubs in England and now trades as The Arc. Flockton post office is on Barnsley Road. Flockton and Flockton Green together had about 2,107 residents in 2020, and the village grew on coal, though the Flockton collieries have all closed.
Housing ranges from Parkside, an area of council housing, to stone-built private developments, and OpenStreetMap shows closes such as Manor Drive, Manordale Close, Rosedale Close, Chessington Drive and The Paddocks. New Hall Prison is in New Hall Wood, about 1 km to the east. Flockton is a commuter village for the M1 and its main road carries a lot of traffic, so a loading spot off Barnsley Road is worth arranging.
How the van gets to Flockton Green
OSRM routes the van off the M62 onto the A644, up through Upper Hopton to the B6118, then along Liley Lane to Flockton Green, roughly 35 to 45 minutes from Bradford. At the green, Barnsley Road (A637) meets the A642 Wakefield Road, and Hardcastle Lane, Pinfold Lane and Clough Road are the lanes around it.
The drive from Bradford is roughly 35 to 45 minutes. That is an estimate from route data, not a timed run, and traffic changes it.
Services for Flockton Green
Each service below links to its Ossett page, which covers how the job works in and around Ossett.
Flockton Green: questions before you book
Why does Flockton Green have a Wakefield postcode when the council is Kirklees?
Flockton Green is the eastern end of Flockton, which was once the separate Over and Nether Flockton and Flockton Green. It is all in Kirkburton civil parish, and postcodes.io puts WF4 4AR, a Wakefield-area postcode, in the Kirkburton ward of Kirklees.
Where the local details on this page come from
Checked on 28 September 2026 against:
- Postcode lookup (postcodes.io, ONS data): WF4 4AR is in Kirkburton ward and Kirkburton parish, Kirklees
- Flockton (Wikipedia): Kirkburton parish, Over and Nether Flockton and Flockton Green, A637 Barnsley Road, junction at Flockton Green, Parkside council housing and stone-built developments, commuter village for the M1 with heavy traffic, George and Dragon (1485) now The Arc, collieries closed, 2,107 people in 2020, New Hall Prison 1 km east
- OpenStreetMap map data: Barnsley Road (A637), Wakefield Road (A642), Flockton Post Office, Manor Drive, Manordale Close, Rosedale Close, Chessington Drive, The Paddocks, Hardcastle Lane, Pinfold Lane, Clough Road, New Hall Prison
- OSRM route estimate from Bradford city centre (OpenStreetMap road data, checked 2026-09-28): M606, M62, A644, Upper Hopton lanes, B6118 Liley Lane