Meanwood: what to know before moving day
A lot of Meanwood's housing is a conversion of something else, which affects access. Sugarwell Court on Meanwood Road was the Cliff Tannery of 1866 and is now a university hall of residence. Meanwood Hall became the centre of Meanwood Park Hospital, and since the hospital closed in 1997 the hall and its grounds have been turned into housing. Meanwood Towers, an 1860s Gothic house by E. W. Pugin behind Stonegate Road, is now flats. Carr Manor, once the judges' lodgings, is private homes and gave its name to a 1950s estate. In a converted building, check the lift, the stairs and where the van may stop before moving day.
Older Meanwood survives in small pieces: Hustler's Row, a group of 1850 stone cottages named after a quarry owner, and a few houses on Monkbridge Road. Across the valley are 20th century council homes leading up to Scott Hall, and newer private estates known as the Woodleas, the Stonegates and the Bowoods. The Farm Hill estate was rebuilt in 1990 as semi-detached houses and bungalows.
The postcode follows Meanwood Road: Farm Hill is LS7, and the Boothroyd Drive estate on the south side is LS6. The shops by the Waitrose on Green Road, Holy Trinity Church and Meanwood Park are the easiest places to point the van to.
How the van gets to Meanwood
Meanwood Road runs up the valley from the city centre, and Stonegate Road climbs north past Tunnel How Hill towards the Leeds Outer Ring Road (A6120). From Bradford, the Ring Road is the usual way across the north of Leeds, turning south into Meanwood; Stainbeck Lane links it east to Chapel Allerton. Estimated time from Bradford to Stonegate Road: roughly 25 to 40 minutes.
The drive from Bradford is roughly 25 to 40 minutes. That is an estimate from route data, not a timed run, and traffic changes it.
Services for Meanwood
Each service below links to its Leeds page, which covers how the job works in and around Leeds.
Meanwood: questions before you book
Is Meanwood LS6 or LS7?
Both. Meanwood Road is the dividing line in places: the Farm Hill houses have LS7 postcodes and the houses on the south side of Meanwood Road have LS6. Give us the full postcode so the route is right.
We are moving into flats at the old Meanwood Park Hospital site. Anything to know?
The hall and the hospital grounds are now mixed housing, so access differs from block to block. Tell us the building, the floor and where visitors park, and we will plan the loading from there.
Nearby areas
Where the local details on this page come from
Checked on 28 September 2026 against:
- Postcode lookup (postcodes.io, ONS data): LS6 4JG is in Moortown ward, Leeds, unparished area
- Meanwood (Wikipedia): Moortown ward; Meanwood Beck and valley; Sugarwell Court on Meanwood Road, the 1866 Cliff Tannery, now a hall of residence; Meanwood Hall and Meanwood Park Hospital, closed 1997, converted to housing; Meanwood Towers by E. W. Pugin 1866-67, flats, behind Stonegate Road; Carr Manor and its 1950s estate; Hustler's Row 1850 cottages; Monkbridge Road; council housing towards Scott Hall; the Woodleas, Stonegates and Bowoods; Farm Hill rebuilt 1990; Boothroyd Drive; LS7 and LS6 either side of Meanwood Road; Waitrose on Green Road; Holy Trinity Church; Meanwood Park; Tunnel How Hill north of Stonegate Road
- Leeds Outer Ring Road (Wikipedia): A6120 round the north of Leeds
- OpenStreetMap data (Nominatim reverse lookups around the point): Stonegate Road, Stainbeck Lane, Green Road, Parkside Road, Bowood Avenue, Carr Manor Road, Tongue Lane