Oldfield (Keighley): what to know before moving day
For a hamlet this size, Oldfield has a lot of listed buildings. Oldfield House and Cottage is dated 1677 and was extended on both sides around 1820; Manor Farmhouse dates from 1669 and Dixon Hill Farmhouse from about 1675, with an 18th-century barn. The row at 32 to 44 Oldfield Lane is seven millstone grit cottages of two storeys, each one bay wide, with hooded doorways. In a house of that age, check the height of the door as well as its width before booking anything tall.
Oldfield Primary School, the smallest primary in the district and part of the Bronte Academy Trust, stands on Oldfield Lane; a blue plaque on it since 2021 marks Margaret Wintringham, born here in 1879 and the first British-born woman to take a seat in the Commons. The pub is The Grouse Inn, and Oldfield Water Treatment Works is close by. Across the valley, Top Withens can be seen from the hamlet.
How the van gets to Oldfield (Keighley)
The route data from Bradford goes via Haworth: the B6144 to Brow Top Road, the B6142 along Bridgehouse Lane and Rawdon Road, then Lord Lane, Tim Lane, Denby Hill Road and Hob Cote Lane on to Oldfield Lane. Harehills Lane is the other named road close to the school.
The drive from Bradford is roughly 30 to 40 minutes. That is an estimate from route data, not a timed run, and traffic changes it.
Services for Oldfield (Keighley)
Each service below links to its Haworth page, which covers how the job works in and around Haworth.
Oldfield (Keighley): questions before you book
Is Oldfield in the same parish as Stanbury?
No. Oldfield sits on the north side of the River Worth and is part of the civil parish of Keighley, while Stanbury, just across the valley, is in Haworth and Stanbury. Both are in the Worth Valley ward and the council for both is Bradford.
Where the local details on this page come from
Checked on 28 September 2026 against:
- Postcode lookup (postcodes.io, ONS data): BD22 0HZ is in Worth Valley ward, Bradford, parish of Keighley
- Oldfield (Wikipedia): hamlet in the civil parish of Keighley, north of Stanbury near Oakworth, about 4.6 miles west of Keighley, farmland, views to Top Withens, no shops, the district's smallest primary school in the Bronte Academy Trust, population over 100, The Grouse Inn, Margaret Wintringham born 1879, blue plaque on the school in 2021
- Listed buildings in Keighley (Wikipedia, from the National Heritage List for England): Oldfield House and Cottage (1677, extended about 1820), Manor Farmhouse (1669), Dixon Hill Farmhouse (about 1675) and barn, 32-44 Oldfield Lane (seven millstone grit cottages)
- OpenStreetMap: Oldfield Lane (tertiary), Harehills Lane, Oldfield Primary School, Oldfield Water Treatment Works, River Worth
- OSRM route estimate from Bradford (OpenStreetMap road data, checked 2026-09-28): B6144, Bridgehouse Lane and Rawdon Road (B6142), Lord Lane, Tim Lane, Denby Hill Road, Hob Cote Lane, Oldfield Lane