Moving in Gawthorpe Green: what to know first
Gawthorpe Green is a cluster of houses where three country lanes meet, Gawthorpe Green Lane, Gawthorpe Lane and Lane Side Lane, with no estate streets. The van loads from the lane beside the house or, better, from a drive or yard, so tell us which you have. If neither, say which side of the house the door is on so the driver can pick the stretch of lane that keeps the junction clear.
Because ward and postcode boundaries cross the hamlet, neighbours can have HD5 or HD8 postcodes, and a sat-nav given the postcode alone may stop at the wrong end of a lane. Give the house name or number and the lane, or a map pin. Long Tongue Scrog Lane and the paths around are bridleways and footpaths, not ways in, so a house near them is loaded from the nearest lane.
Gawthorpe Green: the local picture
There are only a handful of buildings here, most with Gawthorpe Green Lane addresses and a couple on Gawthorpe Lane. Ox Field Beck runs in from the west to the lane junction, Gawthorpe Lower Wood lies just to the south, and the hamlet of Gawthorpe is about half a kilometre south-west. The Kirklees mill list places Gawthorpe Green Dyeworks, under Kirkheaton, a couple of hundred metres east of the junction.
Gawthorpe Green Lane carries on south to Lucy Lane, Botany Lane and Addle Croft Lane, which reaches Sands Lane at a bus stop, while Long Tongue Scrog Lane, a bridleway for much of its length, heads north-east towards Houses Hill. These are rural lanes, so send a map pin and say where the van can pull in off the lane while it loads.
How the van gets to Gawthorpe Green
The likely route brings the van from Bradford into Kirkheaton by Hollin Hall Lane and Heaton Moor Road, through the village on Town Road and Shop Lane, then south along Lane Side Lane to the junction, roughly 25 to 40 minutes as an estimate. From the A642 side, Gawthorpe Lane comes up from the south.
The drive from Bradford is roughly 25 to 40 minutes. That is an estimate, not a timed run, and traffic changes it.
Man and van services near Gawthorpe Green
Each service below links to its Mirfield page, which covers how the job works in and around Mirfield.
House Removals
One- and two-bed homes moved with a driver and a Transit LWB van; bigger homes go in two loads.
Learn moreFlat & Apartment Removals
Lifts, stairs, loading bays and building paperwork planned before the van arrives.
Learn moreFurniture & Large Item Transport
Wardrobes, tables and bulky items moved from A to B without a full removals package.
Learn moreAppliance Delivery
Washing machines, fridges and cookers moved, secured and placed in your kitchen.
Learn moreMarketplace & eBay Collection
Bought it on Marketplace, eBay or Gumtree? We collect from the seller and bring it to you.
Learn moreStudent Removals
Halls, shared houses and home again, priced for a room's worth of belongings.
Learn moreEvery service we offer near Gawthorpe Green
All 11 services run to Gawthorpe Green, each with its own page.
Common Gawthorpe Green routes
- Gawthorpe Green → MirfieldLane Side Lane and Stafford Hill Lane into Kirkheaton, then Heaton Moor Road and Hopton Lane down into Mirfield, about 3.4 miles
- Gawthorpe Green → HuddersfieldLane Side Lane to St Mary's Lane, then Crossley Lane, Long Lane and Broad Lane to the A629 Wakefield Road, about 4.3 miles
- Gawthorpe Green → BradfordKirkheaton's Shop Lane and Town Road to Heaton Moor Road, on by Hollin Hall Lane, Northgate and Wood Lane to the A644 and the M62, then the M606, roughly 25 to 40 minutes
Frequently asked questions: man with a van in Gawthorpe Green
Why do neighbours near Gawthorpe Green have different postcodes and wards?
Several boundaries meet here. postcodes.io puts HD5 0NX, by the junction, in Almondbury ward, and HD5 0NU, a few hundred metres north, in Kirkburton ward, while HD8 0GD to the south-east uses an HD8 code. All three are in Kirkburton parish and Kirklees, so just give the full postcode.
Can the van wait at the lane junction in Gawthorpe Green?
Only for a moment. Three lanes meet at one point, so a van standing on the junction blocks all of them. A drive, a yard or the lane side outside the house is better, and the driver plans the stop before the day.
Is Gawthorpe Green part of Kirkheaton?
Not officially: it is in Kirkburton civil parish, in the countryside south of Kirkheaton. Kirkheaton is the nearest village by road, about a mile by Lane Side Lane and Stafford Hill Lane, and the dyeworks that once stood here was listed under Kirkheaton.
Nearby areas
Where the local details on this page come from
Checked on 1 October 2026 against:
- Postcode lookup (postcodes.io, ONS data): HD5 0NX is in Almondbury ward, Kirklees, parish of Kirkburton
- Postcode lookup (postcodes.io, ONS data): HD5 0NU, north of the junction, is in Kirkburton ward, parish of Kirkburton
- Postcode lookup (postcodes.io, ONS data): HD8 0GD, south-east of the junction, is in Kirkburton ward, parish of Kirkburton
- List of mills in Kirklees (Wikipedia): Gawthorpe Green Dyeworks, Kirkheaton (Kirkburton), with its map coordinates east of the lane junction
- Gawthorpe, Kirklees (Wikipedia): hamlet in Kirkburton parish, with the hamlet of Gawthorpe Green nearby
- OpenStreetMap map view (checked 2026-09-30): the Gawthorpe Green hamlet point, Gawthorpe Green Lane, Gawthorpe Lane, Lane Side Lane, Lucy Lane, Botany Lane, Addle Croft Lane and its Sands Lane bus stop, Long Tongue Scrog Lane (bridleway), Ox Field Beck, Gawthorpe Lower Wood, the Gawthorpe hamlet point, about 16 mapped buildings
- Driving route estimate from Bradford city centre (OpenStreetMap road data, checked 2026-09-30): Hollin Hall Lane, Heaton Moor Road, Town Road, Shop Lane, St Marys Lane, Stafford Hill Lane, Lane Side Lane, Gawthorpe Lane
- OpenStreetMap map data around Gawthorpe Green: Lane Side Lane, Gawthorpe Green Lane and Gawthorpe Lane (unclassified), Long Tongue Scrog Lane (bridleway), public footpaths, about twenty buildings, Gawthorpe Green hamlet, Bracken Hill
- Driving route (OpenStreetMap road data), Gawthorpe Green to Mirfield: Lane Side Lane, Stafford Hill Lane, St Marys Lane, Shop Lane, Town Road, Heaton Moor Road, Hollin Hall Lane, Hopton Lane, 3.4 miles
- Driving route (OpenStreetMap road data), Gawthorpe Green to Huddersfield: Lane Side Lane, St Mary's Lane, School Lane, Crossley Lane, Long Lane, Broad Lane, Wakefield Road (A629), 4.3 miles
- Driving route (OpenStreetMap road data), Gawthorpe Green to Bradford: Lane Side Lane, Stafford Hill Lane, Shop Lane, Town Road, Heaton Moor Road, Hollin Hall Lane, Northgate, Wood Lane, Huddersfield Road (A644), M62, M606