Halton West: what to know before moving day
Halton Place, a large house of 1770 built by Thomas Yorke and still in the Yorke family, stands just east of the hamlet. Its old laundry, stables and carriage houses have been converted into three cottages, and the kitchen garden walls carry two stone whippets. In the hamlet the buildings are 17th and 18th century stone: Auld Hall, The Stores, a pair of cottages later made into a house and office, and Rose Cottage. Farmhouses such as High Scale and Cow Hill sit out in the fields.
Houses of that age can have low lintels, narrow stone stairs and doorways set in thick walls, so measure anything large and send photos. The hamlet sits in the Settle & Penyghent ward of North Yorkshire Council, and before 1866 it was a township of the ancient parish of Long Preston.
How the van gets to Halton West
The way in is from Hellifield. The van comes up through Skipton on the A650 and A629 from Bradford and follows the A65 north-west past Gargrave to Hellifield, then takes Hellifield Road south-west. That road crosses the Ribble on Halton Bridge, a mid 18th century stone bridge of five arches, and arrives in the hamlet. Crossing the Ribble into Halton West comes roughly 50 to 60 minutes after leaving Bradford, as an estimate.
The drive from Bradford is roughly 50 to 60 minutes. That is an estimate from route data, not a timed run, and traffic changes it.
Services for Halton West
Each service below links to its Skipton page, which covers how the job works in and around Skipton.
Halton West: questions before you book
Why West, when it is north-west of Skipton?
The name was recorded as plain Halton around 1200. West was added to tell it apart from the other Halton, now Halton East, 12 miles to the east. Always give the full name and the BD23 4 postcode.
Which Halton Place cottage should I name on the booking?
The former laundry, stables and carriage houses of Halton Place are now three separate cottages. Tell us which one you are in and where the van can stand, and the carry is planned before the price is fixed.
Where the local details on this page come from
Checked on 28 September 2026 against:
- Postcode lookup (postcodes.io, ONS data): BD23 4LL is in Settle & Penyghent ward, North Yorkshire, parish of Halton West
- Halton West (Wikipedia): village and parish on the River Ribble, population 70 in 2015, 7 miles south of Settle and 12 miles west of Skipton, recorded about 1200 as Halton, West added to distinguish it from Halton East 12 miles east, township of Long Preston, parish from 1866, Halton Place built 1770 by Thomas Yorke and still in the Yorke family
- Listed buildings in Halton West (Wikipedia): Auld Hall, High Scale Farmhouse, The Stores, Halton Bridge carrying Hellifield Road over the Ribble, Rose Cottage, Halton Place, estate outbuildings converted to three cottages, kitchen garden walls with whippet statues, Cow Hill Farmhouse
- OpenStreetMap data via Nominatim: the hamlet's road in Halton West, BD23 4LL
- A65 road (Wikipedia): Skipton north-west past Gargrave towards Settle