Ireland Wood: what to know before moving day
Most of the houses are late-1940s concrete prefabricated homes, generally semi-detached with two or three bedrooms, and many have been refurbished, with council homes repainted and insulated from late 2013. Most are off-yellow, though some owners have painted theirs white. The one high-rise block is Beevers Court on Iveson Approach. The streets fall into families: the Iveson roads in the south, the Laith roads in the middle and the Raynel roads to the north.
There are three parades of shops, the main one on Iveson Approach next to Beevers Court, one on Otley Old Road with the post office and one on Raynel Approach. St Paul's, an octagonal church, is at the junction of Otley Old Road and Raynel Drive, and Holy Name Catholic Church is also on Otley Old Road. The schools are Iveson Primary, Ireland Wood Primary and Holy Name. For a flat in Beevers Court, give the floor number when you book.
How the van gets to Ireland Wood
Otley Old Road is the main road through, and the Iveson and Raynel streets branch off it. To the south it meets Spen Lane, which leads down towards the Leeds outer ring road, the A6120; to the west it meets Tinshill Lane. From Bradford, round the ring road through Horsforth, the run is roughly 20 to 35 minutes.
The drive from Bradford is roughly 20 to 35 minutes. That is an estimate from route data, not a timed run, and traffic changes it.
Also covered around Ireland Wood
Low Farm.
Services for Ireland Wood
Each service below links to its Yeadon page, which covers how the job works in and around Yeadon.
Ireland Wood: questions before you book
Why are the houses in Ireland Wood cheaper than in Tinshill?
Mostly construction. Ireland Wood's council houses are prefabricated concrete, while nearby estates such as Tinshill and Moor Grange were built in brick, which tends to fetch more.
Where the local details on this page come from
Checked on 28 September 2026 against:
- Postcode lookup (postcodes.io, ONS data): LS16 6NF is in Weetwood ward, Leeds, unparished
- Ireland Wood (Wikipedia): named after the Woodland Trust wood, 4 miles north-west of the city centre, planned by R. A. H. Livett, Ministry Housing medal 1945-9, built in the 1950s, Otley Old Road main thoroughfare, late-1940s concrete prefabricated housing refurbished, Beevers Court on Iveson Approach, off-yellow houses some painted white, repaint and insulation from late 2013, 2-3 bedroom semis, brick council housing in Tinshill and Moor Grange fetches higher prices, three parades (Iveson Approach, Otley Old Road with the post office, Raynel Approach), octagonal St Paul's at Otley Old Road and Raynel Drive, Holy Name, three schools, Weetwood ward, close to the ring road
- Moor Grange (Wikipedia): estate circled by the A6120 ring road, Spen Lane and Butcher Hill
- OpenStreetMap node record and the streets mapped around it (checked 2026-09-28): Otley Old Road (joining Spen Lane, Tinshill Lane, Iveson Approach, Raynel Approach), Iveson, Laith and Raynel streets, St Paul, Holy Name of Jesus Catholic Church, Iveson and Ireland Wood primary schools, Holy Name Catholic Voluntary Academy, Ireland Wood Post Office, Low Farm