Ogden: what to know before moving day
Homes are few and spread out. Syke Lane, Ogden Lane, Jane Green and Cow Hill Gate Lane are the named roads near the hamlet, with farms and single houses along Ned Hill Road and Ingham Lane. Listed buildings nearby include Slackfield, a farmhouse and barn dated 1780, and the kiln, drying shed and chimney of the former Soil Hill Pottery from about 1900. Where a house is reached by a farm track, send the house name and say where the track leaves the road.
The Causeway Foot Inn stands on the A629 at Causeway Foot, and Ogden Water has a car park and park area beside the reservoir. On a clear day the Ovenden Moor wind farm can be seen from as far as 35 miles away, which gives an idea of how open this ground is. In winter, check the forecast for the tops before fixing the day.
How the van gets to Ogden
The A629 Keighley Road passes the hamlet on its way between Halifax and Keighley, and the stretch at Causeway Foot carries that name. Syke Lane and Ogden Lane both join the A629 directly. From Bradford, the van can reach the A629 at Denholme and head south, or come up from Halifax past Illingworth.
The drive from Bradford is roughly 20 to 35 minutes. That is an estimate from route data, not a timed run, and traffic changes it.
Services for Ogden
Each service below links to its Queensbury page, which covers how the job works in and around Queensbury.
Ogden: questions before you book
Ogden is close to Denholme. Is it in Bradford or Calderdale?
Calderdale. Ogden is in the Illingworth and Mixenden ward with an HX2 postcode. The A629 crosses from the Bradford district into Calderdale after Denholme, so Denholme and Ogden fall under different councils.
Where the local details on this page come from
Checked on 28 September 2026 against:
- Postcode lookup (postcodes.io, ONS data): HX2 9NU is in Illingworth & Mixenden ward, Calderdale, parish: Calderdale, unparished area
- Ogden (Wikipedia): small hamlet 5 miles north of Halifax in Illingworth and Mixenden ward, Ovenden Moor wind farm visible up to 35 miles away, golf course, Ogden reservoir and footpaths
- Listed buildings in Illingworth and Mixenden (Wikipedia, from the National Heritage List): Slackfield and barn 1780, kiln, drying shed and chimney of Soil Hill Pottery c.1900
- OpenStreetMap map data (API extract around the research coordinates): Syke Lane, Ogden Lane, Jane Green, Cow Hill Gate Lane, Ned Hill Road, Ingham Lane, Keighley Road and Causeway Foot (A629), Causeway Foot Inn, Ogden Water car park and park area, Soil Hill
- OpenStreetMap map data (wider API extract, road junctions traced): Syke Lane and Ogden Lane join the A629 Keighley Road
- A629 road (Wikipedia): Keighley to Halifax through Denholme, then into Calderdale through Illingworth and Ovenden