Notton: what to know before moving day
The name comes from the Old English for a settlement of wethers, castrated rams. In the Middle Ages the manor belonged to the de Notton family, whose best-known member, William de Notton, became Lord Chief Justice of Ireland and died about 1365. Notton was part of the ancient parish of Royston and of Barnsley Rural District until 1938, then Wakefield Rural District until 1974.
The village hall is on George Lane, by The Green, and the post office is on Applehaigh Lane. Homes are on those lanes and on Ingswell Drive, Ingswell Avenue, High Ash Close, Manor Close, Beck View and Willow Beck, with The Ings and Applehaigh Wood close by. The parish has four listed buildings: three houses and a bridge over a railway. Before the day, check whether the van can pull off the lane outside your house.
How the van gets to Notton
George Lane joins the A61 Barnsley Road west of the village and leads straight to The Green. From the east, Notton Lane and Smawell Lane come up from the B6132 Chevet Lane and Bleakley Lane. Coming from Bradford by the M62 and the M1, leave at junction 39 at Durkar and cross by the Crigglestone and Hall Green lanes to the A61; George Lane is the turning off it, south of Newmillerdam.
The drive from Bradford is roughly 40 to 55 minutes. That is an estimate from route data, not a timed run, and traffic changes it.
Services for Notton
Each service below links to its Wakefield page, which covers how the job works in and around Wakefield.
Notton: questions before you book
Was there ever a Notton station?
There was a Notton and Royston station on the Barnsley Coal Railway, opened in 1882 and closed to passengers in 1930. It was named as serving Royston, and today a move here is a road job by the A61 and George Lane.
Where the local details on this page come from
Checked on 28 September 2026 against:
- Postcode lookup (postcodes.io, ONS data): WF4 2NE is in Crofton, Ryhill and Walton ward, Wakefield district, parish of Notton
- Notton (Wikipedia): village and civil parish, a mile north-west of Royston, 6.5 miles south of Wakefield, 982 people in 2011; name from 'wether settlement'; the de Notton family and William de Notton, Lord Chief Justice of Ireland (died about 1365); ancient parish of Royston, Barnsley Rural District until 1938, Wakefield Rural District until 1974; village hall on George Lane, post office on Applehaigh Lane
- Listed buildings in Notton (Wikipedia, from the National Heritage List): four listed buildings, three houses and a bridge over a railway
- Notton and Royston railway station (Wikipedia): on the Barnsley Coal Railway, opened 1882, closed to passengers 1930
- Woolley, West Yorkshire (Wikipedia): neighbouring parish; the A61 about a mile east of Woolley
- M62 motorway (Wikipedia): the M606 joins at junction 26 (Chain Bar); the M1 interchange is Lofthouse, junction 29; junction 30 serves Wakefield
- OpenStreetMap map view (checked 2026-09-28): George Lane (joining Barnsley Road, A61), Applehaigh Lane, The Green, Notton Lane and Smawell Lane to Chevet Lane and Bleakley Lane (B6132), Ingswell Drive, Ingswell Avenue, High Ash Close, Manor Close, Beck View, Willow Beck, village hall, post office, The Ings, Applehaigh Wood