Luddenden Foot: what to know before moving day
The village grew around its mills: Boy Mill, Luddendenfoot Mill, Delph Mill and Denholme Mill, none of them still in their first use. Housing has changed more than once. In the late 20th century many houses along Burnley Road were cleared and a new estate was built at Kershaw, where Kershaw Crescent is today, and in the early 21st century new homes went up on a cleared mill site in the middle of the village. Older rows survive too, such as Belle Vue Terrace, a row of 19th-century cottages, so the housing runs from stone cottages to late 20th-century and recent homes.
Station Road is the crossing point. It bridges the Rochdale Canal on a listed arch of about 1798 and then the Calder on a cast iron span of 1882, and Calderdale Council runs a small car park on it. The station itself closed in 1962; Branwell Bronte worked there in 1841. The former Mechanics Institute of 1914, now the community centre, and the war memorial stand close by.
How the van gets to Luddenden Foot
Burnley Road (the A646) runs straight through, and the Halifax to Burnley and Rochdale buses use it. From Bradford the van comes through Halifax and west along it. Luddenden Lane climbs north from the village to Luddenden, while Station Road and Jerry Fields Road cross to the south bank.
The drive from Bradford is roughly 30 to 45 minutes. That is an estimate from route data, not a timed run, and traffic changes it.
Services for Luddenden Foot
Each service below links to its Sowerby Bridge page, which covers how the job works in and around Sowerby Bridge.
Luddenden Foot: questions before you book
Luddenden or Luddenden Foot: which one is on the valley floor?
No. Luddenden is the older village up the brook to the north, reached by Luddenden Lane; Luddenden Foot is down on the valley floor where the brook meets the Calder. Both are in the Luddendenfoot ward and share HX2 postcodes, so check which one your address is in.
Is there a railway station?
Not any more. Luddendenfoot station served the village from 1840 until 1962. The nearest stations now are Sowerby Bridge and Mytholmroyd, so a move here is done by road along the A646.
Nearby areas
Where the local details on this page come from
Checked on 28 September 2026 against:
- Postcode lookup (postcodes.io, ONS data): HX2 6AG, Luddendenfoot ward, Calderdale, unparished area
- Luddendenfoot (Wikipedia): village between Sowerby Bridge and Mytholmroyd below Luddenden, confluence of Luddenden Brook and the Calder, Boy Mill, Luddendenfoot Mill, Delph Mill and Denholme Mill, station 1840-1962, Burnley Road clearances and the Kershaw estate, 21st-century housing on a mill site, Branwell Bronte at the station in 1841
- Luddendenfoot railway station (Wikipedia): the former station on the Calder Valley line
- Listed buildings in Luddendenfoot (National Heritage List): canal bridge on Station Road c. 1798 widened c. 1882, bridge over the Calder 1882 with a cast iron arch, aqueduct over Luddenden Brook, war memorial 1921
- OpenStreetMap map data (API extract): Burnley Road A646, Station Road and its car park (Calderdale Council), Luddenden Lane, Jerry Fields Road, Kershaw Crescent, Belle Vue Terrace (19th-century cottages), Luddenden Foot Community Centre (former Mechanics Institute, 1914)
- Calder Valley line (Wikipedia): station list, Sowerby Bridge and Mytholmroyd open, Luddendenfoot closed
- OpenStreetMap bus route relation 591, Halifax to Burnley, along Burnley Road through Luddenden Foot