Old Snydale: what to know before moving day
The Cross Keys pub on New Road is the easiest landmark, and its postal address reads Old Snydale, Pontefract. Snydale Care Home is on the same road, Grange Farm is close by, and Cooksland Lane, a track, runs north from the village. Grange Cottage, a short way south, is a Grade II* listed manor house, probably of the 15th century, with a timber-framed core later cased in stone and brick.
This was coal country. OpenStreetMap still traces the old railway branches of the Don Pedro and Featherstone collieries and the Snydale Branch line through the fields around the village, and Sewerbridge Beck runs past. Snydale was one of the parishes that formed Featherstone urban district in 1894, and in 1938 it merged with Ackton. For a farmhouse or cottage down a track, send the postcode and a photo of the entrance, because a long wheelbase van needs room to turn.
How the van gets to Old Snydale
New Road, the B6133, becomes Church Lane as it heads north-west to the Normanton Bypass, the A655, at Winterton's Hill; the A655 then runs on to M62 junction 31. Mill Lane leaves New Road near the village and runs south-west towards Streethouse.
The drive from Bradford is roughly 30 to 45 minutes. That is an estimate from route data, not a timed run, and traffic changes it.
Services for Old Snydale
Each service below links to its Normanton page, which covers how the job works in and around Normanton.
Old Snydale: questions before you book
Why does Old Snydale have a Pontefract address when it is next to Normanton?
Addresses here carry Pontefract as the town, as the Cross Keys does, and Old Snydale is in Featherstone parish and ward rather than Normanton and Altofts. Send the full WF7 postcode and the house name so the van heads for the right side of the bypass.
Nearby areas
Where the local details on this page come from
Checked on 28 September 2026 against:
- Postcode lookup (postcodes.io, ONS data): WF7 6HB is in Featherstone ward, parish of Featherstone, Wakefield district
- Featherstone (Wikipedia): Featherstone urban district formed in 1894 from Featherstone, Purston Jaglin, Ackton and Snydale
- Ackton (Wikipedia): Ackton parish merged with Snydale on 1 April 1938
- Listed buildings in Featherstone (Wikipedia, from the National Heritage List): Grange Cottage, probably 15th century, Grade II*, former manor house with a timber-framed core encased in stone and brick
- OpenStreetMap map view (checked 2026-09-28): New Road and Church Lane (B6133), Cooksland Lane, Mill Lane, Normanton Bypass (A655), Winterton's Hill, the Cross Keys (addressed New Road, Old Snydale, Pontefract, WF7 6HB), Snydale Care Home, Grange Farm, Sewerbridge Beck, the Don Pedro Colliery, Featherstone Colliery and Snydale Branch railways (abandoned), housing estates north of the bypass