Kelbrook: what to know before moving day
The A56, Colne Road, is the main street for traffic, with the Craven Heifer, named after a famously large cow born in 1807, a petrol station with a shop and a Spar. Kelbrook School stands in the centre and St Mary's Church is the tallest building. Off the main road OpenStreetMap shows Main Street, Dotcliffe Road, Vicarage Road, Church Lane, Cob Lane, Waterloo Road and Stone Trough Lane, where the Old Stone Trough pub stands.
Elisabeth Beresford wrote much of The Wandering Wombles in a cottage on Dotcliffe Road in 1970. The listed homes are stone, several with mullioned windows: 12 High Fold of 1764, the row at 1 to 7 Yellow Hall, Stoops Farmhouse, and south of the village Middle Hague of 1618 and Lancashire Gill of 1677. For a stone cottage, measure the front door and stairs before booking a large piece.
How the van gets to Kelbrook
From Bradford the van heads to Skipton on the A629, west on the A59 and south on the A56 through Earby into Kelbrook. The B6383, Barnoldswick Road, leaves the A56 here for Salterforth and Barnoldswick, and Colne is the next town south on the A56.
The drive from Bradford is roughly 45 to 60 minutes. That is an estimate from route data, not a timed run, and traffic changes it.
Services for Kelbrook
Each service below links to its Colne page, which covers how the job works in and around Colne.
Kelbrook: questions before you book
Can the van stop on the A56 in Kelbrook?
The A56 is the main road between Colne and Earby, so for a house on it we plan the stop carefully, often in the nearest side street. Tell us whether you are on Colne Road or one of the streets behind it.
Is Kelbrook in the same parish as Sough?
Yes. Kelbrook and Sough is one civil parish, created in 1992 and first holding a parish council election in 2023. Sough is the neighbouring place just to the north, towards Earby.
Nearby areas
Where the local details on this page come from
Checked on 28 September 2026 against:
- Postcode lookup (postcodes.io, ONS data): BB18 6TU is in the parish of Kelbrook and Sough, Earby & Coates ward, Pendle
- Kelbrook (Wikipedia): village on the A56 between Colne and Earby, West Riding until 1974, West Craven, Kelbrook School, St Mary's the tallest building, Wombles book written on Dotcliffe Road in 1970, 'Kelbricks', the Craven Heifer and the 1807 cow, petrol station with shop
- Kelbrook and Sough (Wikipedia): civil parish of Kelbrook and Sough, created in 1992, first parish council election in 2023
- Listed buildings in Kelbrook and Sough (Wikipedia, from the National Heritage List): 12 High Fold (1764), 1-7 Yellow Hall, Stoops Farmhouse, Middle Hague Farmhouse (1618), Lancashire Gill (1677)
- OpenStreetMap map data: Colne Road (A56), Barnoldswick Road (B6383), Main Street, Dotcliffe Road, Vicarage Road, Church Lane, Cob Lane, Waterloo Road, Stone Trough Lane, Old Stone Trough, Spar, fuel station, Kelbrook Primary School, St Mary