Plompton: what to know before moving day
Near the map point are the Knaresborough Celtic FC ground and clubhouse, Chadwick Park and the Knaresborough Garden Centre, with Forest Moor Road running west and Thistle Hill running north into Calcutt. The A658 bypass passes a few hundred metres to the south.
The parish of Plompton is a hamlet and estate. Plompton Hall, designed by John Carr and built about 1760, is Grade II*, and Carr also designed its stables, Plompton High Grange, and the dam and boathouse at Plumpton Rocks, a man-made lake and pleasure gardens laid out by Daniel Lascelles. Wingate Farmhouse is 18th-century gritstone, and the map marks Plompton Bar, the site of an old toll bar, on the way south.
How the van gets to Plompton
Thistle Hill, the B6163, links the A658 bypass with Calcutt and Low Bridge, at 60 mph near the bypass, then 40 and 30 mph nearer town. That is the last leg of the route data from Bradford, after the A658 through Pool. The parish of Plompton itself is described as close to the A661.
The drive from Bradford is roughly 45 to 55 minutes. That is an estimate from route data, not a timed run, and traffic changes it.
Also covered around Plompton
Thistle Hill, Plumpton Rocks.
Services for Plompton
Each service below links to its Knaresborough page, which covers how the job works in and around Knaresborough.
Plompton: questions before you book
Is it spelt Plompton or Plumpton?
Both have been used. The parish and hall are Plompton, formerly also spelt Plumpton, and the gardens are still called Plumpton Rocks. In the Domesday Book it was Plontone. For the van, the postcode settles it: HG5 8LS is the Knaresborough side.
Nearby areas
Where the local details on this page come from
Checked on 28 September 2026 against:
- Postcode lookup (postcodes.io, ONS data): HG5 8LS is in Knaresborough West ward, parish of Knaresborough
- Plompton (Wikipedia): hamlet and parish, formerly also spelt Plumpton, close to the A661, Plompton Hall by John Carr about 1760, Grade II*, Domesday Plontone, Plumpton Rocks laid out by Daniel Lascelles
- Listed buildings in Plompton (Wikipedia, from the National Heritage List): boathouse and dam at Plompton Rocks, stables, Plompton High Grange by John Carr, Wingate Farmhouse
- OpenStreetMap: Thistle Hill (B6163, 60/40/30 mph), A658, Forest Moor Road, Chadwick Park, Knaresborough Celtic FC, Knaresborough Garden Centre, Plompton Bar (site of old toll bar)
- OSRM route estimate from Bradford (OpenStreetMap road data, checked 2026-09-28): A658 and Thistle Hill (B6163)