Ossett Spa: what to know before moving day
A local stonemason, inspired by Harrogate and Cheltenham, founded the spa, and in the early 19th century its waters drew people looking for relief from some skin diseases. A plan in the 1870s to turn Ossett into a second Harrogate failed and the spa closed, but the name stuck to this side of town, and OpenStreetMap still marks ruins of the spa near Spa Street.
It is a small area where houses, a pub and a few works sit together. The Fleece is beside Spa Street, Spring Field Mill and a woodworking works are among the homes, and farmland at Light Side Close and Drain Close separates the streets from Horbury. Residential roads include St John's Avenue, Parkfield Drive, Westwood Road, Roundwood Road, Goring Park Avenue and Spa Croft Road, with Haggs Hill to the north and Spring End Road to the east.
How the van gets to Ossett Spa
The M1 runs just east of Ossett Spa, and junction 40, on the A638, is the way off it. From Bradford, the M606 and the M62 east to Lofthouse connect with the M1 south. From junction 40 the van comes into Ossett and down to Spa Street by Manor Road or Teall Street; Spring End Road and Haggs Hill Road link the area with the east side of the town.
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.
Also covered around Ossett Spa
Spring End.
Services for Ossett Spa
Each service below links to its Ossett page, which covers how the job works in and around Ossett.
Ossett Spa: questions before you book
Is there anything left of the spa?
Only the name and some mapped ruins near Spa Street. The spa closed after the plan of the 1870s failed. For a move, Ossett Spa is simply a district of Ossett with WF5 postcodes, so the street name is what matters when you book.
Where the local details on this page come from
Checked on 28 September 2026 against:
- Postcode lookup (postcodes.io, ONS data): WF5 0FL is in Horbury and South Ossett ward, Wakefield, unparished area
- Ossett (Wikipedia): the spa founded by a local stonemason inspired by Harrogate and Cheltenham, used for skin diseases in the early 19th century; the failed 1870s 'second Harrogate' plan; the south-east of the town still known as Ossett Spa; M1 east of Ossett
- Horbury (Wikipedia): M1 junction 40 at Ossett on the A638
- 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): Spa Street, Teall Street, Manor Road, St John's Avenue, Parkfield Drive, Westwood Road, Roundwood Road, Goring Park Avenue, Spa Croft Road, Haggs Hill Road, Spring End Road, Ossett Spa ruins, The Fleece, Spring Field Mill, Light Side Close, Drain Close