Grimbald Crag: what to know before moving day
Homes are on Grimbald Crag Close and a cluster of Abbey streets: Abbey Mill View, Abbey Mill Gardens, Abbots Way and Abbey Court, with Rievaulx Close linking through towards Aspin. By the river are Knaresborough Lido and the Lido Leisure Park caravan site, the Mill Tavern and Birkham Wood, a Site of Special Scientific Interest. St James Retail Park is off Wetherby Road on the outskirts.
Two listed monuments are close. St Robert's Cave holds the cave and chapel foundations of Robert of Knaresborough, the 12th-century hermit. Grimbald Bridge, a gritstone bridge of two round arches from the late 18th or early 19th century, carries Wetherby Road over the Nidd.
How the van gets to Grimbald Crag
Grimbald Crag Way is the B6164 from the Harrogate southern bypass into Knaresborough, 30 mph at this end. The route data from Bradford takes the A658 through Pool and round the bypass, then this road and Wetherby Road. Abbey Road runs along the river from here towards Low Bridge.
The drive from Bradford is roughly 45 to 55 minutes. That is an estimate from route data, not a timed run, and traffic changes it.
Services for Grimbald Crag
Each service below links to its Knaresborough page, which covers how the job works in and around Knaresborough.
Grimbald Crag: questions before you book
Is St Robert's Cave near Grimbald Crag?
Yes, the cave is by the river at this end of town, a short way from Grimbald Bridge. It is a listed monument rather than an address, so for the van use your street name and postcode.
Nearby areas
Where the local details on this page come from
Checked on 28 September 2026 against:
- Postcode lookup (postcodes.io, ONS data): HG5 8LR is in Knaresborough West ward, parish of Knaresborough
- Knaresborough (Wikipedia): St Robert's Cave, St Robert the 12th-century hermit, St James retail park off Wetherby Road on the outskirts
- Listed buildings in Knaresborough (Wikipedia, from the National Heritage List): St Robert's Cave with chapel foundations, Grimbald Bridge carrying Wetherby Road over the Nidd
- OpenStreetMap: Grimbald Crag Way (B6164, 30 mph), Grimbald Crag Close, Wetherby Road, Abbey Mill View, Abbey Mill Gardens, Abbots Way, Abbey Court, Rievaulx Close, Abbey Road, Knaresborough Lido, Lido Leisure Park, Mill Tavern, Birkham Wood SSSI, Grimbald Crag cliff
- OSRM route estimate from Bradford (OpenStreetMap road data, checked 2026-09-28): A658, Grimbald Crag Way (B6164), Wetherby Road