Man with a Van Fulstone

Moving in Fulstone: what to know first

Fulstone has no estate streets. The homes are farmhouses, barns and cottages on Far Well Lane, Fulstone Road, Fulstone Hall Lane and White Ley Bank, several of them listed, and many stand behind a gate or across a yard. If there is room in the yard the van loads there; if not, it waits on the lane. Tell us which it will be, and how far it is from the gate to your door.

Every way in is a climb, because the hamlet is on a hilltop between New Mill and Stocksmoor. Far Well Lane crosses a small bridge, White Ley Bank has no street lights, and farm tracks and field gates open off all of the lanes, so a postcode alone can leave a driver at the wrong gate. Give the house name and a landmark nearby, such as the old telephone box.

Fulstone: the local picture

The name is old: Domesday recorded it as Fugelestun, Fugol's farm. For centuries Fulstone was a township of Kirkburton parish, became a civil parish in 1866 and went into New Mill Urban District in 1895, then into Holmfirth in 1938. What survives is farm building. Moor View Farmhouse is 17th or early 18th century with a barn of the 18th century beside it, West Royd Farmhouse is late 18th century, and 12 White Ley Bank was once a pair of houses. All four are listed, with mullioned windows and stone slate roofs.

Fulstone once had a Methodist church, and it is now a private house. The red telephone box is kept as a book swap called The Telephone Exchange, and Croft Bottom Farm and Wood End Wood are close by. White Ley Bank is only about 2.5 metres wide with no lane markings, so a long van needs a clear run and a place to stop that is agreed in advance.

How the van gets to Fulstone

Far Well Lane and Fulstone Road connect the hamlet with Stocksmoor to the north. The likely route from Bradford follows the M606 and M62, the A629 Penistone Road south of Huddersfield, then Thunder Bridge Lane, Birks Lane and Station Road through Stocksmoor before climbing Fulstone Road, roughly 35 to 50 minutes in all. Fulstone Hall Lane runs south towards the A635.

The drive from Bradford is roughly 35 to 50 minutes. That is an estimate, not a timed run, and traffic changes it.

Man and van services near Fulstone

Each service below links to its Holmfirth page, which covers how the job works in and around Holmfirth.

Every service we offer near Fulstone

All 11 services run to Fulstone, each with its own page.

Common Fulstone routes

• Fulstone → HolmfirthFulstone Hall Lane and Sude Hill to the A635, then through New Mill, about 2.9 miles
• Fulstone → HuddersfieldFulstone Hall Lane and Sude Hill to New Mill, then the A616 down the valley, about 7 miles
• Fulstone → BradfordFar Well Lane and Fulstone Road to Stocksmoor, Birks Lane and Thunder Bridge Lane to the A629, then the A644, the M62 and the M606, roughly 35 to 50 minutes

Frequently asked questions: man with a van in Fulstone

Where the local details on this page come from

Checked on 1 October 2026 against:

• Postcode lookup (postcodes.io, ONS data): HD9 7DL is in Holme Valley South ward and Holme Valley parish, Kirklees
• Fulstone (Wikipedia): village in Holme Valley civil parish about 5 miles from Huddersfield; Domesday Fugelestun, 'Fugol's farm'; township of Kirkburton parish, civil parish from 1866, urban district 1894 to 1895, New Mill Urban District 1895 to 1938, then Holmfirth Urban District; former Methodist church now a private dwelling
• OpenStreetMap map data extract around the research point (checked 2026-09-30): Fulstone village node, Far Well Lane, Fulstone Hall Lane, White Ley Bank (width 2.5 m, no lane markings), telephone box used as a public bookcase named The Telephone Exchange, Croft Bottom Farm, Wood End Wood
• Listed buildings in Holme Valley, outer areas (Wikipedia, from the National Heritage List): Moor View Farmhouse (17th or early 18th century), barn northwest of Moor View Farmhouse (18th century), West Royd Farmhouse (late 18th century), 12 White Ley Bank, Fulstone (pair of houses combined)
• Route estimate from OpenStreetMap road data (checked 2026-09-30): M606, M62, A629 Penistone Road, Thunder Bridge Lane, Birks Lane, Station Road (Stocksmoor), Fulstone Road, Far Well Lane
• OpenStreetMap map data around Fulstone: Far Well Lane, Fulstone Road and Fulstone Hall Lane (unclassified), White Ley Bank (width 2.5 m), Acre Lane (footway, dirt); OpenStreetMap map data around Fulstone (checked again 2026-10-01): Far Well Lane (bridge), Fulstone Road, Fulstone Hall Lane and White Ley Bank (unclassified, White Ley Bank 2.5 m wide and unlit), farm tracks, field gates and stiles, The Telephone Exchange public bookcase
• Elevation (EU-DEM 25 m via OpenTopoData): Fulstone point about 221 m
• Route estimate from OpenStreetMap road data: Fulstone Hall Lane, Sude Hill, A635 through New Mill, 4.7 km to Holmfirth
• Route estimate from OpenStreetMap road data: Fulstone Hall Lane, Sude Hill, A616 to Huddersfield, 11.5 km
• Driving route from Bradford city centre (OpenStreetMap road data, checked 2026-10-01): Hall Ings, Leeds Road, A650 Shipley Airedale Road, A650 Wakefield Road, A6177 Rooley Lane, M606, M62, A644 Wakefield Road, A62 Cooper Bridge Road, A62 Leeds Road, B6118 Colne Bridge Road, Dalton Bank Road, Nettleton Road, Sutton Avenue, Crossley Lane, Waterloo Road, A629 Penistone Road, Thunder Bridge Lane, Birks Lane, Station Road, Fulstone Road, Far Well Lane, about 29.1 km