Man with a Van Newlay

Moving in Newlay: what to know first

Everything on the Bramley side hangs off Pollard Lane, which falls steeply from Leeds and Bradford Road down to the river. Where it narrows to one lane, traffic takes turns, so a loaded van may have to wait for cars coming up. The lane ends at the canal and the old bridge with no way through for vehicles, so the van turns and comes back the same way: tell us if your drive or close has room to turn a long van.

The homes on Horsforde View and Myers Drive are on closes off the lane, where the van can stop outside. Down by the canal, the Abbey Inn's car park is for the pub, and the towpath is a footpath and cycle route, so for a boat at Fallwood Marina or a house near the locks the van waits on the nearest road and everything is carried. Say how far that is when you ask for a price.

Newlay: the local picture

Pollard Lane crosses the Leeds and Liverpool Canal on Bridge No. 221, a late 18th-century gritstone arch, and the Abbey Inn beside it is a mid-18th-century gritstone pub; both are Grade II listed, like the flight of three Newlay Locks built between 1770 and 1777. Fallwood Marina is on the canal, and Bramley Fall woods rise behind. A large factory between the river, the railway and the canal burned in 2003 and was replaced by housing.

The river crossing is older than any of it. Newlay Bridge, also called Pollard Bridge, was cast in Bradford and put up in 1819 for John Pollard, charged a halfpenny toll and was pedestrianised in 1984; it is Grade II* listed, with its toll house on the Horsforth bank. The weir nearby, built in 1690, was badly damaged by Storm Christoph in February 2021, and Newlay station, reached from Pollard Lane, closed in 1965.

How the van gets to Newlay

Pollard Lane is the road in on this side. It leaves the B6157 Leeds and Bradford Road at the top, drops down past Horsforde View and Myers Drive, and runs at 20 mph, narrowing to a single lane where traffic takes turns, before it reaches the canal and the bridge. From Bradford the van comes through Rodley or Bramley, because Newlay Bridge takes no motor vehicles and there is no driving across from Horsforth.

The drive from Bradford is roughly 20 to 30 minutes. That is an estimate, not a timed run, and traffic changes it.

Man and van services near Newlay

Each service below links to its Pudsey page, which covers how the job works in and around Pudsey.

Every service we offer near Newlay

All 11 services run to Newlay, each with its own page.

Common Newlay routes

• Newlay → PudseyPollard Lane up to the B6157 Leeds and Bradford Road, Swinnow Lane and Swinnow Road, then Lowtown into Pudsey, about 3 miles
• Newlay → Leeds city centrePollard Lane and the B6157 through Kirkstall, then Kirkstall Hill, Burley Road and the A65 into the centre, about 5.3 miles
• Newlay → BradfordPollard Lane, the B6157, then the A657 through Rodley to the A6120 ring road and the A647, roughly 20 to 30 minutes

Frequently asked questions: man with a van in Newlay

Also covered around Newlay

Moorside.

Where the local details on this page come from

Checked on 1 October 2026 against:

• postcodes.io reverse lookup at the research point (checked 2026-09-30): nearest postcodes LS13 1GD, LS13 1FE, LS13 1GH, LS13 1FG, LS13 1GA, all Bramley & Stanningley ward, Leeds, unparished area
• OpenStreetMap map data extract for the area (checked 2026-09-30): Pollard Lane (20 mph, oneway=alternating) meeting Horsforde View, Myers Drive, New Leeds (private) and Newlay Bridge (footway, motor vehicles no, setts); Horsforde View meeting Baxendale Drive and Billington Close; Abbey Inn; Leeds and Liverpool Canal and Newlay locks; Fallwood Marina; Bramley Fall wood; Newlay Weir; Newlay and Horsforth historic station; River Aire; Newlay Lane on the north bank
• Newlay (Wikipedia): straddles the River Aire; north side Horsforth parish and ward, south side Bramley and Stanningley ward; weir of 1690 damaged by Storm Christoph in February 2021; factory between river, railway and canal ruined by fire in 2003 and replaced by housing; Pollard (Newlay) Bridge cast in Bradford, erected 1819 for John Pollard, halfpenny toll, pedestrianised 1984, Grade II*
• Listed buildings in Leeds (Bramley and Stanningley Ward) (Wikipedia, from the National Heritage List, all Grade II): Abbey Inn (mid 18th century, gritstone), Bridge No. 221 carrying Pollard Lane over the canal (late 18th century, single elliptical arch), Newlay Locks (1770-77, flight of three)
• Listed buildings in Horsforth (Wikipedia): Newlay Bridge, 1819, Grade II*; toll house, probably 1819, Grade II; weir and retaining walls, 1690, Grade II
• Newlay and Horsforth railway station (Wikipedia): accessed from Pollard Lane, closed 22 March 1965
• OpenStreetMap node record (checked 2026-09-30): Newlay, place=neighbourhood (on the Horsforth side, LS18 4LE)
• Moorside: postcodes.io reverse lookup at its research point (ONS data): nearest postcode LS13 2PH, Bramley & Stanningley ward, Leeds
• OpenStreetMap map data around Newlay, read 2026-10-01: Pollard Lane (20 mph, single-lane section with alternating traffic) from Leeds and Bradford Road (B6157), Horsforde View, Myers Drive, Newlay Bridge (footway, setts), Aire Valley Towpath (cycleway and public footpath), Abbey Inn, Fallwood Marina
• Spot heights (Open Topo Data, EU-DEM 25m): the ground falls steeply from the Bramley side down Pollard Lane to the river
• Driving route (OpenStreetMap road data): Pollard Lane, B6157 Leeds and Bradford Road and Swinnow Lane, Swinnow Road, B6154 Lowtown to Pudsey; 3.0 miles
• Driving route (OpenStreetMap road data): Pollard Lane, B6157 Leeds and Bradford Road, Bridge Road and Kirkstall Lane, Kirkstall Hill, Burley Road, A65 Kirkstall Road to Leeds city centre; 5.3 miles
• Driving route (OpenStreetMap road data): Pollard Lane, B6157, A657 Upper Rodley Lane, Town Street and Rodley Lane, A6120 Ring Road, A647 Leeds Road to Bradford