Old Earth: what to know before moving day
The street called Old Earth is a short 20 mph road off Elland Lane, with Oliver Meadows beside it. Round about are Coniston Close, Grasmere Drive, Thirlmere Avenue and Ennerdale Drive, and the Whitwell and Heathfield streets with their recreation grounds. Spire Elland Hospital is about 140 metres from Old Earth, and the primary school about 320 metres.
Elland's industry is next door: Lowfields Business Park and the Waxman ceramics works on Elland Lane, with the Calder and Hebble Navigation and Elland Lock about 700 metres off. Elland station closed in 1962; a new station on the Caldervale line was approved in 2023 but not completed, and funding for it is in the West Yorkshire Combined Authority's plans for 2026.
How the van gets to Old Earth
Elland Lane links Old Earth with Lower Edge Road and with the Elland-Riorges Link, which joins the B6114 Dewsbury Road. The Calderdale Way, the A629 Elland bypass opened in 1978, is about 300 metres away and leads to junction 24 of the M62. From Bradford, by the M606 and M62, the estimate is roughly 25 to 35 minutes.
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 Old Earth
Each service below links to its Elland page, which covers how the job works in and around Elland.
Old Earth: questions before you book
Why do a school, a football ground and a street all use the name Old Earth?
Because Old Earth is a local name inside Elland rather than a separate village: the Elland ward of Calderdale, HX5. Old Earth Primary School, the Huddersfield Amateur FC ground and the street itself all take it, so give the full street name and postcode.
Nearby areas
Where the local details on this page come from
Checked on 28 September 2026 against:
- Postcode lookup (postcodes.io, ONS data): HX5 9ES is in Elland ward, Calderdale, parish: Calderdale, unparished area
- Elland (Wikipedia): Huddersfield Amateur FC based at Old Earth, Waxman ceramics on Elland Lane, Elland station closed 1962 and the new station plans, Elland bypass opened 13 December 1978, town coordinates used for the distance and direction
- A629 road (Wikipedia): Elland bypass leading to the M62 junction
- M606 motorway (Wikipedia): leaves the M62 at junction 26 and runs into Bradford
- OpenStreetMap map data (API extract around the research coordinates): Old Earth (20 mph) off Elland Lane, Oliver Meadows, Coniston Close, Grasmere Drive, Thirlmere Avenue, Ennerdale Drive, Whitwell and Heathfield streets and recreation grounds, Spire Elland Hospital about 140 m, Old Earth Primary School about 320 m, Lowfields Business Park, Waxman, Elland Lock about 700 m, Elland-Riorges Link to Dewsbury Road B6114, Lower Edge Road, Calderdale Way A629 about 280 m