Forest Moor: what to know before moving day
The homes here are a short run of properties on Forest Moor Drive, mapped as a service road off Forest Moor Road, and on Belmont Avenue, with Cass Lane close by and the Knaresborough Garden Centre off the main road. The Holbeck, a small stream, runs through the fields between here and Calcutt.
Forest Moor Road is a 40 mph road for much of its length, dropping to 30 and then 20 mph at the town ends. Harrogate Golf Club and the Harrogate Line lie to the north-west, with the level crossing marked as Belmont Crossing, and the Knaresborough Celtic FC ground is off Thistle Hill to the south.
How the van gets to Forest Moor
From the Harrogate southern bypass, the route data takes Thistle Hill, the B6163, towards Knaresborough, then turns west along Forest Moor Road to Forest Moor Drive. The garden centre on Forest Moor Road is the easiest landmark to give if the driver has not been before.
The drive from Bradford is roughly 40 to 55 minutes. That is an estimate from route data, not a timed run, and traffic changes it.
Services for Forest Moor
Each service below links to its Knaresborough page, which covers how the job works in and around Knaresborough.
Forest Moor: questions before you book
Is this where HMS Forest Moor was?
No. HMS Forest Moor, the former Royal Navy radio receiving station, was in Nidderdale, and the site that took over its work is on Meagill Lane; its residential site became a school. This Forest Moor is the edge of Knaresborough, postcode HG5.
Where the local details on this page come from
Checked on 28 September 2026 against:
- Postcode lookup (postcodes.io, ONS data): HG5 8JS is in Knaresborough West ward, parish of Knaresborough
- HMS Forest Moor (Wikipedia): former Royal Navy land base in Nidderdale, operations now on Meagill Lane, residential site became a school
- OpenStreetMap: Forest Moor Road (40, 30 and 20 mph), Forest Moor Drive (service road), Belmont Avenue, Cass Lane, Holbeck, Knaresborough Garden Centre, Harrogate Golf Club, Harrogate Line, Belmont Crossing, Knaresborough Celtic FC
- OpenStreetMap: Forest Moor Road, tertiary, 40 mph
- OSRM route estimate from Bradford (OpenStreetMap road data, checked 2026-09-28): A658, Thistle Hill (B6163), Forest Moor Road, Forest Moor Drive