Low Laithe: what to know before moving day
The Ye Olde Oak Inn and Whitaker's Distillery are on the main road, and the bus stops along it carry names such as Wilsill Straight and Pudsey Terrace. Knox Hall, an early 19th-century gritstone house with semicircular bays, is listed, as is Braisty Woods Farmhouse, from the early or mid 17th century, at Braisty Woods, where Fountains Abbey had a grange. Houses of that age can have narrow doorways, so measure the larger pieces before the day.
Brimham Rocks Road and Thomas Gill Road are the lanes off the main road, and Smelthouses, where a late 18th-century stone bridge carries the road over Fell Beck, is just to the north. Postcodes around Low Laithe run into three parishes, Hartwith cum Winsley, Dacre and High and Low Bishopside, and two wards.
How the van gets to Low Laithe
The B6165 is the road through Low Laithe. From Harrogate the van follows the A61 to Ripley and the B6165 west through Burnt Yates and Summerbridge; from Bradford it can come by Otley and the B6451 to Summerbridge, then turn north-west along the B6165. Brimham Rocks Road and Thomas Gill Road leave the main road for the houses above it.
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 Low Laithe
Smelthouses.
Services for Low Laithe
Each service below links to its Harrogate page, which covers how the job works in and around Harrogate.
Low Laithe: questions before you book
Is Knox Hall at Low Laithe anything to do with Knox in Harrogate?
No. Knox Hall is a house on the B6165 at Smelthouses, Low Laithe, with an HG3 4 postcode. Knox is a separate settlement on the northern edge of Harrogate with HG3 2 postcodes. If your address is Knox Hall, give the full postcode.
Nearby areas
Where the local details on this page come from
Checked on 28 September 2026 against:
- Postcode lookup (postcodes.io, ONS data): HG3 4DB is in Washburn & Birstwith ward, parish of Hartwith cum Winsley; nearby postcodes (reverse lookup) fall in Dacre and High and Low Bishopside parishes and Pateley Bridge & Nidderdale ward
- Hartwith cum Winsley (Wikipedia): hamlets of Low Laithe, New York, Brimham, Hartwith and eastern Smelthouses; Fountains Abbey granges including Braisty Woods
- Listed buildings in Hartwith cum Winsley (Wikipedia, from the National Heritage List for England): Knox Hall (early to mid 19th century, semicircular bays), Braisty Woods Farmhouse (early to mid 17th century), Smelthouses Bridge over Fell Beck (late 18th century)
- Nominatim (OpenStreetMap): Knox Hall, B6165, Smelthouses, Hartwith cum Winsley, Low Laithe, HG3 4DQ
- Postcode lookup: HG3 2AF, Knox, Killinghall parish
- OpenStreetMap map view (checked 2026-09-28): B6165, Brimham Rocks Road, Thomas Gill Road, Ye Olde Oak Inn, Whitaker's Distillery, Wilsill Straight and Pudsey Terrace bus stops, Braisty Woods Farm, Knox Hall, Smelthouses