Gawthorpe (Kirkburton): what to know before moving day
In the 19th century Gawthorpe was counted as a small village or hamlet in Lepton township, part of the parish of Kirkheaton, and coal was mined here around the middle of that century. Gawthorpe Green, just along the lane, had a dyeworks and a scribbling mill. The lanes that serve it today are Gawthorpe Lane, Gawthorpe Green Lane, Lane Side Lane and Lucy Lane, among fields and small woods such as Gawthorpe Lower Wood.
Close by are Lascelles Hall, a late 18th-century house with a listed stable block and barn, and Lane Side House, a listed former weaver's house, while the terraces at Cowmes and the shops at Waterloo are a little way west. For a lane address like these, send a map pin or describe the gate when you book, so the van turns in at the right place.
How the van gets to Gawthorpe (Kirkburton)
The A642 Wakefield Road between Waterloo and Lepton is the main road nearby. Chimney Lane leaves it and meets Gawthorpe Lane, which links across to Lane Side Lane, Lucy Lane and Gawthorpe Green Lane, and Lascelles Hall Road leaves the A642 a little further west. Kirkheaton is the village to the north.
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.
Also covered around Gawthorpe (Kirkburton)
Gawthorpe Green.
Services for Gawthorpe (Kirkburton)
Each service below links to its Mirfield page, which covers how the job works in and around Mirfield.
Gawthorpe (Kirkburton): questions before you book
Is this the Gawthorpe near Ossett?
No. That Gawthorpe is an area of Ossett in the Wakefield district. This one is the hamlet in Kirkburton parish between Kirkheaton and Lepton, with HD5 postcodes, so check the postcode on your paperwork before booking.
Where the local details on this page come from
Checked on 28 September 2026 against:
- Postcode lookup (postcodes.io, ONS data): HD5 0NZ is in Almondbury ward, Kirklees, parish of Kirkburton
- Gawthorpe, Kirklees (Wikipedia): hamlet in Kirkburton civil parish, also Gawthorp, about 4 miles east of Huddersfield, A642 about 0.3 miles south, listed in the 19th century in Lepton township and Kirkheaton parish, coal mined mid 19th century, Gawthorpe Green dyeworks and scribbling mill
- Gawthorpe (Wikipedia disambiguation): Gawthorpe, Kirklees near Huddersfield and Gawthorpe, Wakefield, an area of Ossett
- Listed buildings in Kirkburton (Wikipedia, from the National Heritage List): Lascelles Hall and its stable block and barn (late 18th century), Lane Side House (former weaver's house), terraces on Lascelles Hall Road at Cowmes
- OpenStreetMap map view (checked 2026-09-28): Gawthorpe and Gawthorpe Green hamlets, Gawthorpe Lane with Chimney Lane, Lane Side Lane, Lucy Lane and Gawthorpe Green Lane, Chimney Lane and Lascelles Hall Road from Wakefield Road (A642), Gawthorpe Lower Wood, Cowmes