Man with a Van Houses Hill

Moving in Houses Hill: what to know first

Houses Hill is a scatter of cottages, farmhouses and newer houses along three lanes rather than a village street, and many homes go by a name as well as a number. Long Tongue Scrog Lane has the most addresses, but west of the houses it turns into an unsurfaced public bridleway that motor vehicles may not use. The van comes in from the Healey Green Lane end and stops where the made road runs out, so if your door is along the bridleway stretch, say how far it is from the tarmac.

Healey Green Lane is a country lane that climbs from the hamlet up to Liley Lane, the B6118, and that is the way the van arrives. The short Sands Lane here links Healey Green Lane with Addle Croft Lane, the way out towards Huddersfield, and is not the Sands Lane by the railway in Mirfield. Whitley Willows is a private road with one-way sections, so for an address there tell us which entrance to use.

Houses Hill: the local picture

Long Tongue Scrog Lane has the most homes, then Healey Green Lane, with one on Sands Lane, and many houses carry names such as High Cross, Shrog Bottom, Field Cottage, Lodge Cottage and Royd Farm. Royd Farmhouse, about 200 metres west, is a late medieval timber-framed house cased in stone in the 17th century, with a massive lintel over the door and a listed barn alongside.

Hall Wood and Rods Beck lie just to the south and Hutchin Wood a little to the north, and Gregory Farmhouse, a late 18th-century farmhouse with external steps up one gable, is listed about half a kilometre east. For a named house, put the name on the booking as well as the postcode.

How the van gets to Houses Hill

Healey Green Lane is the usual way in: it leaves Liley Lane, the B6118 between Upper Hopton and Grange Moor, and drops to the houses after about 800 metres. From Bradford the van takes the M606 and M62, the A644 through Mirfield and Hopton Lane up to Liley Lane, roughly 25 to 40 minutes in all as an estimate. A short Sands Lane joins Healey Green Lane to Addle Croft Lane on the Huddersfield side.

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 Houses Hill

Each service below links to its Mirfield page, which covers how the job works in and around Mirfield.

Every service we offer near Houses Hill

All 11 services run to Houses Hill, each with its own page.

Common Houses Hill routes

• Houses Hill → MirfieldHealey Green Lane to the B6118 Liley Lane, then Hopton Hall Lane and Hopton Lane down to Mirfield station, about 2.5 miles
• Houses Hill → HuddersfieldAddle Croft Lane, Lucy Lane and Chimney Lane to the A642, then the A629 Wakefield Road into town, about 5 miles
• Houses Hill → BradfordLiley Lane and Hopton Lane down to Mirfield, the A644 to the M62, then the M606, roughly 25 to 40 minutes

Frequently asked questions: man with a van in Houses Hill

Where the local details on this page come from

Checked on 1 October 2026 against:

• Postcode lookup (postcodes.io, ONS data): HD5 0PB is in Kirkburton ward, Kirklees, parish of Kirkburton
• Postcode lookup (postcodes.io, ONS data): HD8 0NG, about 150 metres south, is also Kirkburton ward and parish
• Listed buildings in Kirkburton (Wikipedia, from the National Heritage List): Royd Farmhouse and Barn (late medieval timber-framed house encased in stone in the 17th century, doorway with a massive lintel); Gregory Farmhouse (late 18th century, external steps in the right gable)
• OpenStreetMap data around the hamlet (read through the Overpass API, 2026-10-01): Long Tongue Scrog Lane (residential at the east end, then public bridleway, unpaved, motor vehicles no), Healey Green Lane and Addle Croft Lane (unclassified), Whitley Willows (private, one-way), Dam Head Lane (gravel track), addresses by street, Hall Wood, Hutchin Wood, Rods Beck
• Spot heights (Open Topo Data, EU-DEM 25m) at the low and high ends of Healey Green Lane: a climb from the hamlet up to Liley Lane
• Driving route (OpenStreetMap road data): Healey Green Lane, B6118 Liley Lane, Hopton Hall Lane, Hopton Lane, Station Road to Mirfield; 2.6 miles
• Driving route (OpenStreetMap road data): Addle Croft Lane, Lucy Lane, Chimney Lane, A642, A629 Wakefield Road to Huddersfield; 4.8 miles
• OpenStreetMap way record (checked 2026-10-01): Sands Lane at Houses Hill, unclassified, a short link between Healey Green Lane and Addle Croft Lane
• OpenStreetMap map view (checked 2026-10-01): the Houses Hill hamlet point, Long Tongue Scrog Lane, Healey Green Lane, about 33 mapped houses with addresses by street, house names (High Cross, Shrog Bottom, Field Cottage, Lodge Cottage, Royd Farm), Hall Wood, Rods Beck, Hutchin Wood
• Driving route (OpenStreetMap road data), by way of Mirfield to avoid the 3-tonne bridge on Wood Lane at Battyeford: Healey Green Lane, B6118 Liley Lane, Hopton Hall Lane, Hopton Lane, Station Road, A644 Huddersfield Road, A62, A644 Wakefield Road, M62, M606 to Bradford; 14.1 miles
• OpenStreetMap way record (checked 2026-10-01): Wood Lane bridge at Battyeford, just before the A644, maxweight 3 (tonnes)