Middleton (Cowling): what to know before moving day
Middleton is small: it is described as a single row of stone-built cottages. Before the mills drew Cowling down to the main road, it was one of the old hamlets the village grew from, along with Ickornshaw and Gill. That history explains why Holy Trinity Church, finished in 1845 to a design by R. D. Chantrell, and Cowling Community Primary School stand out here between Ickornshaw and Middleton rather than in the village centre. The Old Vicarage next to the church began in 1884 as a Sunday school and schoolmaster's house.
Middleton Recreation Ground is beside the cottages, Town End Farm is close by with its listed 17th-century farmhouse, and Winter House Farm Campsite lies a little further out. The road called Middleton is a short residential spur, so a long van may need to stop on Gill Lane; tell us if the cottage has no parking outside.
How the van gets to Middleton (Cowling)
Gill Lane leaves the A6068 Keighley Road on the west side of Cowling, at the same junction as Old Lane, and runs north-west past the turn for Ickornshaw to the Middleton spur. Further on it meets Lane House Road and Starmire. From Bradford the A6068 is reached at the Kildwick roundabout on the A629.
The drive from Bradford is roughly 35 to 45 minutes. That is an estimate from route data, not a timed run, and traffic changes it.
Services for Middleton (Cowling)
Each service below links to its Silsden page, which covers how the job works in and around Silsden.
Middleton (Cowling): questions before you book
Is Middleton in Earby or in Cowling?
Cowling. Earby is a separate town in Lancashire. This Middleton is a hamlet in the parish of Cowling in North Yorkshire, with a BD22 postcode, and was part of Craven District from 1974 to 2023.
Where the local details on this page come from
Checked on 28 September 2026 against:
- Postcode lookup (postcodes.io, ONS data): BD22 0DQ is in Aire Valley ward, North Yorkshire, parish of Cowling
- Middleton, Cowling (Wikipedia): hamlet in the civil parish of Cowling, one row of stone-built cottages, West Riding until 1974, Craven District 1974-2023, now North Yorkshire Council
- Cowling (Wikipedia): village grew from the hamlets of Ickornshaw, Middleton, Gill and Cowling Hill; Holy Trinity and the primary school between Ickornshaw and Middleton
- Listed buildings in Cowling (Wikipedia, from the National Heritage List for England): Holy Trinity Church 1844-45 by R. D. Chantrell; The Old Vicarage 1884, originally a Sunday school and schoolmaster's house; Town End Farmhouse, mid to late 17th century
- Earby (Wikipedia): a separate town in Lancashire
- OpenStreetMap: Gill Lane from the A6068 Keighley Road and Old Lane junction to Ickornshaw, the Middleton spur, Lane House Road and Starmire; Middleton Recreation Ground, Cowling Community Primary School, Holy Trinity, Town End Farm, Winter House Farm Campsite