Pannal: what to know before moving day
The old village runs along Main Street, where several gritstone cottages from the 18th and early 19th centuries are listed, including 12, 14, 35 and 53 Main Street and the pair at 23 and 25. St Robert's Church, the parish church, dates back to the 14th century, the Methodist church was built in 1905, and the Memorial Hall started life as the Oddfellows Hall in 1888. The old village school of 1817 on Spring Lane is now the scout hall, and the primary school has been on Pannal Green since 1967. Old cottages often mean a tight turn at the foot of the stairs, so measure before a large sofa is booked.
Crimple Meadows, built in the 1970s, took the village right up towards Burn Bridge, though only a footpath joins the two. Leeds Road has petrol stations, car showrooms and garden centres, and the old Dunlopillo factory site sits behind one of the showrooms beside the railway. Across the A61, Spacey Houses is a separate cluster on the east side of the road, and Pannal Golf Club, open since 1906, is on Follifoot Road.
How the van gets to Pannal
From Bradford the A658 runs out past Leeds Bradford Airport, through Pool and Huby, to the south side of Harrogate; it once ended at the A61 just south of Pannal and now carries on as the Harrogate bypass. The A61 Leeds Road then runs past the village. In Pannal itself, Main Street, Station Road, Church Lane and Spring Lane are the streets the van will use.
The drive from Bradford is roughly 35 to 50 minutes. That is an estimate from route data, not a timed run, and traffic changes it.
Services for Pannal
Each service below links to its Harrogate page, which covers how the job works in and around Harrogate.
Pannal: questions before you book
Pannal or Pannal Ash: which is which?
Pannal is this village, in HG3, south of Harrogate. Pannal Ash is a different place, a residential part of Harrogate itself, in HG2. Check the postcode before booking.
How often do trains run from Pannal station?
Half-hourly in the daytime, south to Leeds and north through Harrogate to Knaresborough and York. The station has been unstaffed since 1969. It is handy if you are travelling separately from the van, and the station car park is a useful landmark when you give directions.
Where the local details on this page come from
Checked on 28 September 2026 against:
- Postcode lookup (postcodes.io, ONS data): HG3 1JZ is in Oatlands & Pannal ward, North Yorkshire, parish of Pannal and Burn Bridge
- Pannal (Wikipedia): immediately south of Harrogate, parish of Pannal and Burn Bridge since 2016, added to Harrogate in 1938, St Robert's, Methodist church 1905, Memorial Hall (Oddfellows Hall 1888), 1817 school on Spring Lane now the scout hall, school on Pannal Green 1967, Leeds Road businesses and the Dunlopillo site, Spacey Houses east of the A61, Pannal Golf Club on Follifoot Road since 1906, A61, Crimple Meadows
- Pannal railway station (Wikipedia): on the Harrogate Line 15 miles north of Leeds, serves Pannal, Spacey Houses and Burn Bridge, unstaffed since 1969
- Listed buildings in Pannal and Burn Bridge (Wikipedia, from the National Heritage List): St Robert's Church 14th century, 12, 14, 23 and 25, 35 and 53 Main Street cottages in gritstone
- A658 road (Wikipedia): from Bradford past Leeds Bradford Airport, Pool and Huby; originally ended south of Pannal at the A61 and was extended as the south Harrogate bypass
- Burn Bridge (Wikipedia): Crimple Meadows built in the 1970s with only a footpath to Burn Bridge
- OpenStreetMap map view (checked 2026-09-28): Leeds Road (A61), Main Street, Station Road, Church Lane, Spring Lane, Pannal Green, Crimple Meadows, Follifoot Road, Pannal station and car park, St Robert's, Pannal Methodist Church, Pannal Memorial Hall, Pannal Golf Club, Spacey Houses