Moorside (Bradford): what to know before moving day
Moorside Mills was built on Moorside Road in 1875 by John Moore for worsted spinning, and in 1919 two floors and a clock tower were added as a war memorial. Bradford Council bought it in 1970 and it opened as Bradford Industrial Museum in 1974, with textile and printing machinery and a row of workers' houses. Its address is Moorside Avenue, and it is the landmark every driver can find.
The oldest homes are stone. A row of three late 18th-century sandstone cottages at 223 to 227 Moorside Road is listed, and so is Haigh Fold, a farmhouse extended into two-storey cottages, a few hundred metres to the north. Around them sit later streets: Musgrave Drive, Musgrave Mount, Musgrave Road and Musgrave Grove, Loxley Close, Peveril Mount, Museum Court and Moorside Meadows.
St Clare's church stands on Moorside Road to the south-east, not far from St Clare's Catholic Primary School on Fagley Road, and Fagley Primary School on Falsgrave Avenue is a similar distance away.
How the van gets to Moorside (Bradford)
Moorside Road runs between the A658 Harrogate Road and Fagley Road, with Moorside Avenue, Musgrave Road, Carrier Lane and Haigh Fold all leaving it. From the city centre, the van can follow Harrogate Road out and turn into Moorside Road; the 645 bus takes a similar line from Market Street and Hall Ings. The journey is roughly 10 to 25 minutes from Bradford, depending on traffic.
The drive from Bradford is roughly 10 to 25 minutes. That is an estimate from route data, not a timed run, and traffic changes it.
Also covered around Moorside (Bradford)
Haigh Fold.
Services for Moorside (Bradford)
Each service below links to its Bradford page, which covers the job in detail.
Moorside (Bradford): questions before you book
Is this the same Moorside as the one in Cleckheaton?
No. This Moorside is in BD2, in Bradford's Eccleshill ward, by the Industrial Museum. Cleckheaton has a district called Moorside too, alongside Moorend and Moorbottom, so always give the full postcode.
Can the van reach the listed cottages at Haigh Fold?
Yes, by road. Haigh Fold leaves Moorside Road a few hundred metres north of the museum, so the van comes along Moorside Road and turns in. The cottages began as a farmhouse extended into two-storey cottages, so say how far your door is from where the van can stop.
Where the local details on this page come from
Checked on 28 September 2026 against:
- Postcode lookup (postcodes.io, ONS data): BD2 3HU is in Eccleshill ward, Bradford, unparished area
- Eccleshill, Bradford (Wikipedia): Moorside as a residential area in Eccleshill ward and BD2, signposted from the ring road and Harrogate Road (A658), the 645 bus from Market Street or Hall Ings, Moorside Mills (1875, John Moore), the 1919 floors and clock tower, bought by the council in 1970, the museum
- Bradford Industrial Museum (Wikipedia): in Moorside Mills, opened 1974, textile and printing machinery
- Listed buildings in Bradford (Eccleshill Ward) (Wikipedia, from the National Heritage List): 223, 225 and 227 Moorside Road (late 18th century), Haigh Fold farmhouse converted to cottages
- Cleckheaton (Wikipedia): the town includes Moorend, Moorbottom and Moorside
- OpenStreetMap map view (checked 2026-09-28): Moorside Road and the roads joining it (Harrogate Road A658, Fagley Road, Moorside Avenue, Musgrave Road, Carrier Lane, Haigh Fold), Musgrave Drive, Mount and Grove, Loxley Close, Peveril Mount, Museum Court, Moorside Meadows, Bradford Industrial Museum on Moorside Avenue, St Clare's church, St Clare's Catholic Primary School