Moving in Kettlesing: what to know first
High Street and Tang Road both carry the national 60 mph limit, even past the houses, and the A59 at the foot of the village is a two-lane trunk road at 60 mph. That shapes the day: the van needs a drive, a yard or a safe verge to stand on, not the carriageway. Stone walls and hedges line most of the lanes and fields around the village, so measure any gateway as well as the front door if a wide piece such as a corner sofa is coming.
Kettlesing: the local picture
This is farm country with a long past. The township, recorded in Domesday as Felgesclif, supplied flax to Fountains Abbey, and monks' paths along Tang Beck still survive. Ivy House Farmhouse, dated 1707 on a lintel with a triangular soffit, is a house and outbuildings later made into one, in gritstone with purple slate and stone slate roofs. Summer House Farm, Knabs House Farm and Knabbs Ash Farm, with its converted barn, are the neighbours, and John Farrah, the Harrogate grocer behind Farrah's toffee, owned two farms in the parish.
Some of the farm buildings now have other uses: Springfield Farm Business Park, Willowcroft Barn and the Millstones restaurant are all nearby. The village school takes about 70 pupils. At Kettlesing Head, to the south-west near the A59, The Black Bull is the pub; Staupes lies to the north-west off Staupes Road. A barn conversion often has a long open-plan room but a tight turn at the stairs, so measure both.
How the van gets to Kettlesing
From the A59 Skipton Road the van turns north onto High Street, a paved lane with a 60 mph limit through the farms, with Crag Lane, Tang Road, Sleights Lane and Constable Ridge Road as the other lanes. Harrogate is the way from Bradford, by the A658; the estimate is roughly 40 to 55 minutes.
The drive from Bradford is roughly 40 to 55 minutes. That is an estimate, not a timed run, and traffic changes it.
Man and van services near Kettlesing
Each service below links to its Harrogate page, which covers how the job works in and around Harrogate.
House Removals
One- and two-bed homes moved with a driver and a Transit LWB van; bigger homes go in two loads.
Learn moreFlat & Apartment Removals
Lifts, stairs, loading bays and building paperwork planned before the van arrives.
Learn moreFurniture & Large Item Transport
Wardrobes, tables and bulky items moved from A to B without a full removals package.
Learn moreAppliance Delivery
Washing machines, fridges and cookers moved, secured and placed in your kitchen.
Learn moreMarketplace & eBay Collection
Bought it on Marketplace, eBay or Gumtree? We collect from the seller and bring it to you.
Learn moreStudent Removals
Halls, shared houses and home again, priced for a room's worth of belongings.
Learn moreEvery service we offer near Kettlesing
All 11 services run to Kettlesing, each with its own page.
Common Kettlesing routes
- Kettlesing → Harrogatedown High Street to the A59 Skipton Road and east into town, about 7 miles
- Kettlesing → Skiptonthe A59 west over Kex Gill and round Bolton Bridge, about 16 miles
- Kettlesing → OtleyConstable Ridge Road and Penny Pot Lane to the B6451, then south by Lower Norwood Road and Farnley, about 9 miles
Frequently asked questions: man with a van in Kettlesing
Kettlesing, Kettlesing Bottom or Kettlesing Head: which do I put?
Whichever is on your address, plus the postcode. There are three names in the one parish: Kettlesing on High Street, Kettlesing Bottom by the school and hall, and Kettlesing Head near the A59 by The Black Bull.
Our farm has sheds and outbuildings too. Can their contents come to the new home?
Yes, if it is going with you to the new address. List the sheds, barns or stores and roughly what is in them, so the load and the time are right; the price is fixed before setting off.
Does a bus run past Kettlesing?
Yes, the 59 between Harrogate and Skipton runs along the A59 at the bottom of High Street. It is handy for anyone following the van to the other end of a move along that road.
Nearby areas
Where the local details on this page come from
Checked on 1 October 2026 against:
- Postcode lookup (postcodes.io, ONS data): HG3 2LS is in Washburn & Birstwith ward, parish of Felliscliffe; HG3 2LR, 2LB and 2LD nearby in the same parish
- Felliscliffe (Wikipedia): Kettlesing is the principal settlement; Domesday Felgesclif; the township served Fountains Abbey with flax, with monastery paths along Tang Beck still in existence; John Farrah owned two farms at Felliscliffe before he died in 1907
- Listed buildings in Felliscliffe (Wikipedia, from the National Heritage List): Ivy House Farmhouse, 1707, house and outbuildings later combined, gritstone, purple slate and stone slate roofs, dated lintel with triangular soffit
- John Farrah (Wikipedia): Harrogate grocer and confectioner, 1849-1907, who developed the Farrah's toffee shop business
- OpenStreetMap map data extract (checked 2026-09-30): Kettlesing hamlet node on High Street (tertiary, 60 mph, paved), Kettlesing Bottom and Kettlesing Head hamlet nodes, Staupes and Staupes Road, Crag Lane, Tang Road, Sleights Lane, Constable Ridge Road, A59 Skipton Road, Summer House Farm, Knabs House Farm, Knabbs Ash Farm and Barn, Springfield Farm Business Park, Willowcroft Barn, Millstones restaurant, The Black Bull (Kettlesing Head), Kettlesing Felliscliffe Community Primary School (capacity 70)
- Route estimate from OpenStreetMap road data, Bradford city centre to Kettlesing (checked 2026-09-30): Barry Street (A6181), Drewton Road (A6181), Hamm Strasse (A6181), Canal Road (A6181), King's Road, Kings Road, Swain House Road, Norman Lane, Bank, Harrogate Road (A658), Apperley Lane (A658), Micklefield Lane (B6152), Harrogate Road (B6152), Victoria Avenue (A658), Harrogate Road (A658), Leeds Road (A660), Old Pool Bank, Pool Bank New Road (A658), Main Street (A658), Harrogate Road (A658), Leathley Lane (B6161), Leathley Bridge, Farnley Park, Brame Lane (B6451), Lower Norwood Road (B6451), Brame Lane (B6451), Penny Pot Lane, Constable Ridge Road, Skipton Road (A59), High Street
- OpenStreetMap map data around Kettlesing: High Street (tertiary, 60 mph, two lanes), Tang Road (60 mph), Crag Lane, Skipton Road (A59, trunk, 60 mph), 114 wall sections and 91 hedges mapped, bus route 59 Harrogate - Skipton
- Driving route on OpenStreetMap road data, Kettlesing to Harrogate: High Street, Skipton Road (A59), Ripon Road (A61), 7.1 miles
- Driving route on OpenStreetMap road data, Kettlesing to Skipton: Skipton Road, Hopper Lane, Kex Gill Road and Bolton Bridge Bypass (A59), 16.3 miles
- Driving route on OpenStreetMap road data, Kettlesing to Otley: High Street, Constable Ridge Road, Penny Pot Lane, Brame Lane, Lower Norwood Road and Farnley Lane (B6451), 9.3 miles