Highroad Well: what to know before moving day
OpenStreetMap places Highroad Well between two smaller named areas, Trimmingham to the south and West End to the south-east, with Highroad Well Lane climbing northwards towards Pellon. Much of the housing sits on long runs of named groups: the Albert streets (Albert Road, Albert Drive, Albert View), the West View streets, and the Sandhall and Kelvin avenues and crescents. With so many similar names, the house number and full postcode save the van from turning into the wrong Albert or West View.
Landmarks that help a driver find you include St John the Evangelist church to the south-west, The Horse and Jockey pub just east of the centre of the district, Ling Bob primary school on the northern side, West View Park, and the West End golf course that fills the land to the north-west. The Halifax Academy is also mapped within the area.
How the van gets to Highroad Well
Gibbet Street is the main way in from Halifax town centre, mapped at 20 mph as it approaches, with Warley Road and Hopwood Lane coming up from the King Cross side. To the south the A646 Burnley Road passes below the district, and Roils Head Road and Stock Lane lead out to the west. From Bradford the run into Halifax and across to this side of town takes roughly 25 to 40 minutes.
The drive from Bradford is roughly 25 to 40 minutes. That is an estimate from route data, not a timed run, and traffic changes it.
Services for Highroad Well
Each service below links to its Halifax page, which covers how the job works in and around Halifax.
Highroad Well: questions before you book
Why does the ward say Warley for a Highroad Well address?
Because Highroad Well is in the Calderdale ward named Warley, which covers much of west Halifax. Highroad Well is still its own district of the town with an HX2 postcode, so give the street address and full postcode rather than the ward name.
Where the local details on this page come from
Checked on 28 September 2026 against:
- Postcode lookup (postcodes.io, ONS data): HX2 7QW is in Warley ward, Calderdale, unparished area
- OpenStreetMap map view (checked 2026-09-28): Highroad Well, Trimmingham and West End place names, Highroad Well Lane, Gibbet Street at 20 mph, Warley Road, Hopwood Lane, Burnley Road (A646), Roils Head Road, Stock Lane, Albert Road, Albert Drive, Albert View, West View streets, Sandhall and Kelvin streets, St John the Evangelist, The Horse and Jockey, Ling Bob school, West View Park, West End Golf Club, The Halifax Academy
- King Cross (Wikipedia): the A646 branches off at King Cross towards Burnley via Hebden Bridge; Warley Road junction with Burnley Road