Savile Park: what to know before moving day
Until 1866 the green was Skircoat Moor, also called Halifax Moor. That March the Savile family sold the land to be kept as a recreation ground, on condition that it stayed unenclosed for all time, which is why it is still open grass with no park railings, and why OpenStreetMap still labels the grass Skircoat Moor. Large Victorian houses face it from the edges. St Jude's Church, listed Grade II and designed by William Swinden Barber, marks the north-east corner, and the Crossley Heath School, a grammar school, stands on the western side.
North of the moor the map fills with residential streets such as Savile Parade, Rufford Road and Moorfield Street, all mapped at 20 mph, with the Thorp Fountain monument near the top of the green. South of it are Manor Heath park and the Long Wood and Scarr Wood nature reserve. If you are leaving one of the bigger houses facing the moor, list the large pieces room by room and send photos: a house of that size can need more than one trip in a single van, and it is better to know that when the price is agreed.
How the van gets to Savile Park
Skircoat Moor Road, part of the A646, runs along the eastern edge of the moor, and Savile Park Road and Free School Lane cross the streets to the north and west. Coming from Bradford the A647 drops through Queensbury and Boothtown into Halifax, and the moor is on the far side of the town centre. Allow roughly 25 to 40 minutes from Bradford for that run; traffic through the centre decides which end of the range it is.
The drive from Bradford is roughly 25 to 40 minutes. That is an estimate from route data, not a timed run, and traffic changes it.
Services for Savile Park
Each service below links to its Halifax page, which covers how the job works in and around Halifax.
Savile Park: questions before you book
Why does the map call the green Skircoat Moor?
Skircoat Moor was the old name of the open ground, which became Savile Park after the 1866 sale, and the houses to the north took the park's name. OpenStreetMap still uses Skircoat Moor for the grass itself, so give us the street and full postcode rather than the area name.
Why does Savile Park have two postcode districts?
The area straddles the line between HX1 and HX3. That matters little for the move itself, but a full postcode for each address lets the fixed price be worked out properly.
Where the local details on this page come from
Checked on 28 September 2026 against:
- Postcode lookup (postcodes.io, ONS data): HX3 0HT is in Wainhouse ward, Calderdale, unparished area
- Savile Park, Halifax (Wikipedia): open space 1 mile south-west of the centre, Victorian mansions round the edge, residential area to the north named after it, Crossley Heath School on the west edge, St Jude's (Grade II, William Swinden Barber) at the north-east corner, formerly Skircoat Moor or Halifax Moor, sold by the Savile family in March 1866 to remain unenclosed
- Halifax (Wikipedia): Crossley Heath School in Savile Park is a selective grammar school
- A647 road (Wikipedia): Bradford to Halifax via Great Horton, Queensbury and Boothtown
- OpenStreetMap map view (checked 2026-09-28): Skircoat Moor, Skircoat Moor Road (A646), Savile Park Road, Free School Lane, Savile Parade, Rufford Road and Moorfield Street at 20 mph, Thorp Fountain, Manor Heath, Long Wood and Scarr Wood Local Nature Reserve