Lock Lane: what to know before moving day
Castleford Bridge, which carries Lock Lane over the Calder, was designed by Bernard Hartley and built by Jesse Hartley between 1805 and 1808, and is a Grade II listed sandstone bridge of three arches. Queens Mill on Aire Street is now a community centre, and Weir View, Water View and Duck Island are on the map by the river. Lock Lane Gardens and the Lock Lane Centre are next to the sports ground.
The house streets off Lock Lane are William Street, Hunt Street, James Street, Green Street and Mill Lane, with Wesley Street, Bradley Street and Sagar Street closer to the shops on Carlton Street and Bank Street. OpenStreetMap tags a good number of the buildings here as terraces. The library, the market hall and Castleford Forum Museum are all within half a kilometre, so if you live above a shop near Carlton Street, say so when you book and a legal place to stop is found first.
How the van gets to Lock Lane
From the M62, junction 32 and the A656 lead north through Glasshoughton and the town centre to Lock Lane. Near the bridge the A656 is named Lock Lane, Castleford Bridge and Barnsdale Road on the map, and Aire Street, part of the A6032, meets it by the river.
The drive from Bradford is roughly 35 to 50 minutes. That is an estimate from route data, not a timed run, and traffic changes it.
Services for Lock Lane
Each service below links to its Castleford page, which covers how the job works in and around Castleford.
Lock Lane: questions before you book
Which river does the bridge at Lock Lane cross?
The Calder. The listed-building record describes Castleford Bridge as carrying Lock Lane, the A656, over the River Calder. The Aire and the Aire and Calder Navigation are only a short distance away, which is why the Millennium Bridge and the weir are on the same stretch of map.
Nearby areas
Where the local details on this page come from
Checked on 28 September 2026 against:
- Postcode lookup (postcodes.io, ONS data): WF10 2JZ is in the Castleford Central & Glasshoughton ward of Wakefield, parish: Wakefield, unparished area
- Castleford (Wikipedia): Lock Lane among the suburbs; Castleford Lock Lane rugby league club; M62 junction 32 via the A656
- Listed buildings in Castleford (Wikipedia, from the National Heritage List): Castleford Bridge, 1805-08, carries Lock Lane (A656) over the River Calder, designed by Bernard Hartley and built by Jesse Hartley
- OpenStreetMap map view (checked 2026-09-28): A656 Lock Lane, Castleford Bridge and Barnsdale Road, A6032 Aire Street, Queens Mill, Millennium Bridge, Weir View, Water View, Duck Island, Lock Lane Gardens, Lock Lane Centre and sports centre, William Street, Hunt Street, James Street, Green Street, Mill Lane, Wesley Street, Bradley Street, Sagar Street, Carlton Street, Bank Street, library, market hall, Forum Museum, building tags