Flushdyke: what to know before moving day
The Bradford, Wakefield and Leeds Railway opened its branch to Flushdyke in 1862 and only reached Ossett itself in 1864. Flushdyke station closed in 1941, and the town has had no station since Horbury and Ossett closed in 1970. Much of the land around is now in business use: the Sandbeds Trading Estate, Milner Way, the Longlands estate and the works along Dale Street.
Houses are on Eldon Street, Smith Way, Mortimer Rise, Greatfield Drive and the roads off Dale Street and Wakefield Road, and Ossett Flushdyke Junior and Infant School and Towngate Primary Academy are both close. Ossett bus station on Prospect Road and the town centre are a short drive west. If the house fronts Wakefield Road rather than a side street, mention it, as the van will be stopping on a B road.
How the van gets to Flushdyke
Junction 40 of the M1 is on the A638, which runs past as Wakefield Road, and the B6129, as Wakefield Road and then Dale Street, turns off it into Flushdyke. From Bradford, take the M606 to junction 26 of the M62, then east to the M1 and south to junction 40.
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 Flushdyke
Each service below links to its Ossett page, which covers how the job works in and around Ossett.
Flushdyke: questions before you book
Where did the Flushdyke branch line go?
It has gone. The branch reached Flushdyke in 1862 and the station closed in 1941; Ossett lost its last station, Horbury and Ossett, in 1970. Everything now comes by road, and junction 40 of the M1 is just east.
Nearby areas
Where the local details on this page come from
Checked on 28 September 2026 against:
- Postcode lookup (postcodes.io, ONS data): WF5 9JT is in Ossett ward, Wakefield, unparished area
- Ossett (Wikipedia): the Bradford, Wakefield and Leeds branch to Flushdyke in 1862, extended to Ossett in 1864; Flushdyke station closed 1941, Horbury and Ossett 1970; Longlands Industrial Estate; Ings Mill on Dale Street; bus station next to Prospect Road
- Horbury (Wikipedia): M1 junction 40 at Ossett on the A638
- M62 motorway (Wikipedia): the M606 joins at junction 26 (Chain Bar); the M1 interchange is Lofthouse, junction 29; junction 30 serves Wakefield
- OpenStreetMap map view (checked 2026-09-28): Wakefield Road and Dale Street (B6129), Wakefield Road (A638), Eldon Street, Smith Way, Mortimer Rise, Greatfield Drive, Milner Way, Sandbeds Trading Estate, Longlands Road, Ossett Flushdyke Junior and Infant School, Towngate Primary Academy, Ossett bus station, Prospect Road