Long Preston: what to know before moving day
Main Street is the A65 itself. Off it are the village greens: Maypole Green, with the Maypole Inn and cottages such as Howe Cottage, and Back Green, where 3 and 4 Back Green were once a single 17th century house. Listed homes include 36 Main Street, Townhead House, Glen Royd of 1728 and Nook and Bronte Cottages of 1707. A drinking fountain of 1869 and St Mary's Church, whose churchyard holds the remains of a small Roman fort, are useful landmarks.
Long Preston station, on the Leeds to Morecambe line, is unstaffed with shelters and a small car park. The village school is Long Preston Endowed School. Older paperwork might mention an A65 bypass: it was approved in 1994 and then scrapped after 1997, so there is still no bypass. The parish sits in the Mid Craven ward of North Yorkshire Council.
How the van gets to Long Preston
Bradford to Skipton is the A650 and A629; then the A65 carries on north-west through Gargrave and Hellifield and becomes Long Preston's Main Street. The A682 joins from the south at the village, and the B6478 heads west to Wigglesworth over Cow Bridge on the Ribble. Long Preston is estimated at roughly 50 to 60 minutes from Bradford.
The drive from Bradford is roughly 50 to 60 minutes. That is an estimate from route data, not a timed run, and traffic changes it.
Also covered around Long Preston
Town Head.
Services for Long Preston
Each service below links to its Skipton page, which covers how the job works in and around Skipton.
Long Preston: questions before you book
Main Street is the A65. Where can the van stop?
Tell us whether the house backs onto one of the greens or has a yard or drive. A stop off the main road is planned from your photos, and the carry to the door is part of the fixed price.
Can you move an upright piano into a Long Preston cottage?
Yes, an upright piano can go into a Long Preston cottage, with notice. Send its size and photos of the door and any steps, since the older homes are stone cottages, and the job is priced before the day.
Nearby areas
Where the local details on this page come from
Checked on 28 September 2026 against:
- Postcode lookup (postcodes.io, ONS data): BD23 4NE is in Mid Craven ward, North Yorkshire, parish of Long Preston
- Long Preston (Wikipedia): village on the A65, 12 miles from Skipton and 4 from Settle, 742 residents in 2011, Long refers to the length of the village, Roman fort in St Mary's churchyard, bypass approved 1994 and scrapped after 1997, Long Preston station on the Leeds to Morecambe line, Long Preston Endowed School
- Long Preston railway station (Wikipedia): unstaffed, waiting shelters, small car park
- Listed buildings in Long Preston (Wikipedia): 36 Main Street, 3 and 4 Back Green, Howe Cottage and 6 Maypole Green, Maypole Inn, Townhead House, Townhead Farmhouse, Glen Royd, Nook and Bronte Cottages, drinking fountain 1869, Cow Bridge carrying the B6478 over the Ribble, boundary stone on the A682
- OpenStreetMap data via Nominatim: Main Street (A65 trunk road), Long Preston, BD23 4PG
- postcodes.io reverse lookup at the OS Open Names point for Town Head (listed under 'Also covered'): nearest postcode BD23 4PX, Mid Craven ward, parish of Long Preston, North Yorkshire