Moortown: what to know before moving day
Moortown Corner, where Street Lane meets Harrogate Road, is the local reference point and shopping area. The Corner House there was built between 1938 and 1940 as a cinema, ballroom and restaurant and now holds shops. South of it on Harrogate Road is St Gemma's Hospice, and the parish church of St John the Evangelist stands on the corner of Harrogate Road and the Ring Road. Street Lane has the Beth Hamidrash Hagadol Synagogue, one of three in the area; Moortown and Alwoodley are the main centres of the Leeds Jewish community.
Council-built homes sit round the King Lane junction. Queenshill, south of the Ring Road and east of King Lane, is mainly low-rise flats opened in 1962, with a row of shops and a fire station. Leafield, west of King Lane, was built in the grounds of Leafield House. Off Shadwell Lane, Darkwood is a small estate of low-rise flats from 1990 in woodland. Around them are private roads such as Broomhill Avenue, Moorland Drive and Stainburn Crescent. With low-rise flats, tell us the floor and whether the entrance is shared.
How the van gets to Moortown
From Bradford, the A6120 Leeds Outer Ring Road leads straight to Moortown; this stretch is called the Moortown Ring Road. Harrogate Road and Scott Hall Road, both part of the A61 route, lead south into Leeds, and Street Lane runs east from Moortown Corner towards Roundhay. Harrogate Bus Company's route 36 also passes Moortown Corner, which is an estimated roughly 25 to 35 minutes from Bradford.
The drive from Bradford is roughly 25 to 35 minutes. That is an estimate from route data, not a timed run, and traffic changes it.
Services for Moortown
Each service below links to its Leeds page, which covers how the job works in and around Leeds.
Moortown: questions before you book
Is my address in Moortown or Alwoodley ward?
The Ring Road is the ward boundary. South of it is Moortown ward; properties north of it, including the Moor Allerton estates and Moortown Golf Club, are in Alwoodley ward. Both are Leeds City Council.
Where does Moor Allerton start?
The name is usually used for the area north of the Ring Road along King Lane, though local institutions use both names. North of the Ring Road is Alwoodley ward rather than Moortown ward, so give your 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): LS17 6HA is in Moortown ward, Leeds, unparished area
- Moortown, Leeds (Wikipedia): junction of the A61 Harrogate Road and the A6120 (Moortown Ring Road), water tower; Ring Road is the ward boundary with Alwoodley; Moortown Corner at Street Lane and Harrogate Road; Corner House built 1938-40 as cinema, ballroom and restaurant, now shops; route 36 Harrogate Bus Company; Queenshill low-rise flats 1962 with shops and fire station; Leafield in the grounds of Leafield House; Darkwood 1990 flats off Shadwell Lane; synagogues on Street Lane, Harrogate Road, Shadwell Lane; Jewish community centre with Alwoodley; St John the Evangelist; St Gemma's Hospice south of Moortown Corner; Moortown Golf Club in Alwoodley ward; synonymous with Moor Allerton
- A61 road (Wikipedia): becomes Scott Hall Road into Leeds after crossing the A6120
- OpenStreetMap data (Nominatim reverse lookups around the point): Street Lane, Harrogate Road, Scott Hall Road, King Lane, Broomhill Avenue, Moorland Drive, Stainburn Crescent, Queenshill Garth; LS17 and LS8 postcodes