Man with a Van Gate Foot

Moving in Gate Foot: what to know first

Gate Foot is one short lane of semis, a small terrace and a couple of detached houses, with Marsh House, Marshlands and Syke Bottom close by. Gate Foot Lane links Horn Lane at Snowgate Head with the foot of Marsh Lane and carries on as Wall Nook Lane towards Haddingley, so the van can come in from either end. With its single-lane stretches, say which end your house is nearer and where the van can pull in.

Marsh Lane, the short link up to the A635, is a 60 mph lane, and Penistone Road at the top is 50 mph and unlit east of the junction, so neither is a place to load. The van stands in the lane outside the house or in your drive. Hirst Lane and Deershaw Lane are tracks and The Gully is a footpath, so a house reached only by one of those means a carry from the made lane; tell us the distance.

Gate Foot: the local picture

This is old boundary country. Where Marsh Lane leaves Penistone Road, two listed stone posts of the mid 19th century stand on either side, each cut with a line and the names of Fulstone and Shepley, the two old townships that met here. About 400 metres west, a cast-iron milepost opposite the Toss o'Coin names the Greenfield and Shepley Lane Head road. The homes are scattered and mostly go by house or farm names, so give the name as well as the lane.

Several of the lanes round Gate Foot are not for vans. Hirst Lane is a compacted track, Deershaw Lane is a track, and The Gully is a gravel public footpath only about a metre wide. Gate Foot Lane narrows to a single lane in places. The Kirklees Way and the Holme Valley Circular Walk both pass close by, and Wall Nook Lane carries on east to Haddingley.

How the van gets to Gate Foot

Marsh Lane, signed at 60 mph, is the turning off the A635 at Marsh Lane Top, where there are bus stops on both sides. Gate Foot Lane leaves it after about 200 metres. From Bradford the van comes south from Huddersfield on the A629 to Shepley Lane Head, then takes Cross Lane and the A635 west, roughly 40 to 50 minutes in all.

The drive from Bradford is roughly 40 to 50 minutes. That is an estimate, not a timed run, and traffic changes it.

Man and van services near Gate Foot

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

Every service we offer near Gate Foot

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

Common Gate Foot routes

• Gate Foot → HolmfirthGate Foot Lane to the A635 Penistone Road, then west through New Mill on Holmfirth Road and New Mill Road, about 3.3 miles
• Gate Foot → Huddersfieldthe A635 west to New Mill, then the A616 Huddersfield Road and Woodhead Road down to Lockwood, about 7.5 miles
• Gate Foot → BradfordMarsh Lane up to the A635, Cross Lane at Shepley Lane Head, the A629 through Huddersfield, then the A644, M62 and M606, roughly 40 to 50 minutes

Frequently asked questions: man with a van in Gate Foot

Where the local details on this page come from

Checked on 1 October 2026 against:

• Postcode lookup (postcodes.io, ONS data): HD8 8AZ is in Holme Valley South ward and Holme Valley parish, Kirklees; HD8 8YB is the next nearest postcode
• OS Open Names, July 2026, record osgb4000000074573015: Gate Foot (hamlet, Kirklees)
• OpenStreetMap map data extract around the research point (checked 2026-09-30): Gate Foot hamlet node, Gate Foot Lane (one lane in part), Wall Nook Lane, Marsh Lane (60 mph, signed), Hirst Lane (compacted track), Deershaw Lane (track), The Gully (gravel track, public footpath, width 1 m), A635 Penistone Road, bus stop Penistone Road at Marsh Lane Top (X1, D2, D3 routes), Kirklees Way, Holme Valley Circular Walk
• Listed buildings in Holme Valley, outer areas (Wikipedia, from the National Heritage List): ward boundary post at the junction of Penistone Road (A635) and Marsh Lane, boundary between Shepley and Fulstone; milepost opposite the Toss o'Coin, 'GREENFIELD & SHEPLEY LANE HEAD ROAD' and 'FULSTONE'
• Listed buildings in Kirkburton (Wikipedia, from the National Heritage List): ward boundary post opposite Marsh Lane Top, northwest side of Penistone Road, marking Fulstone and Shepley
• Route estimate from OpenStreetMap road data (checked 2026-09-30): M606, M62, A629 Penistone Road, Abbey Road and Lane Head Road (A629), Cross Lane, A635 Holmfirth Road and Penistone Road, Marsh Lane, Gate Foot Lane, Wall Nook Lane
• OpenStreetMap map data around Gate Foot: Gate Foot Lane (asphalt, from Horn Lane to Marsh Lane and Wall Nook Lane; semi-detached, terraced and detached houses), Marsh Lane (unclassified, 60 mph, south of the A635), A635 Penistone Road (50 mph, unlit east of Marsh Lane), Hirst Lane (compacted track), Deershaw Lane (track, public footpath), The Gully (gravel track, public footpath, 1 m wide), Syke Bottom, Marsh House, Marshlands, bus routes X1, D2 and D3
• Elevation (EU-DEM 25 m via OpenTopoData): Gate Foot point about 304 m, Holmfirth centre about 148 m
• Nominatim reverse lookup at Snowgate Head: Horn Lane, Gate Foot, Snowgate Head, HD9 7DH (the two names grouped)
• Driving route (OpenStreetMap road data), Gate Foot to Holmfirth: Wall Nook Lane, Gate Foot Lane, Penistone Road and Holmfirth Road (A635), New Mill Road (A635), Station Road, 3.3 miles
• Driving route (OpenStreetMap road data), Gate Foot to Huddersfield: Gate Foot Lane, Penistone Road (A635), Huddersfield Road, New Mill Road and Woodhead Road (A616), Lockwood Road (A616), 7.5 miles
• Driving route (OpenStreetMap road data), Gate Foot to Bradford: Wall Nook Lane, Gate Foot Lane, Marsh Lane, Penistone Road and Holmfirth Road (A635), Cross Lane, Lane Head Road and Penistone Road (A629), Wakefield Road (A644), M62, M606, 19.8 miles