Snowgate Head: what to know before moving day
Horn Lane, where the settlement's map point sits, runs off Penistone Road, and Gate Foot Lane, Fulstone Hall Lane, White Ley Bank, Scaly Gate, Hollin House Lane and Ebson House Lane cover the rest. Many homes carry farm or house names, such as Fulstone Hall Farm, Ivy Dean Farm, Lane End Farm and Upper and Lower Holme House, and those names are the quickest way to point a driver to the right gate.
Horn Hill rises nearby, and Holme House Wood and Sally Wood line the cloughs where Sude Hill Dike and Holme House Dike run. The Kirklees Way footpath passes through. Buses on Penistone Road include the X1 between Holmfirth and Wakefield. For a farm with a long private drive, tell us whether it is surfaced and whether the van can turn at the house.
How the van gets to Snowgate Head
From Bradford, the van takes the M606 and M62 to Huddersfield and the A629 Penistone Road south out of the town. Cross Lane then joins the A635 Holmfirth Road, which becomes Penistone Road past New Mill; Horn Lane turns off it at Snowgate Head.
The drive from Bradford is roughly 40 to 50 minutes. That is an estimate from route data, not a timed run, and traffic changes it.
Also covered around Snowgate Head
Gate Foot.
Services for Snowgate Head
Each service below links to its Holmfirth page, which covers how the job works in and around Holmfirth.
Snowgate Head: questions before you book
Our house has a farm name rather than a number. What should I give the driver?
The farm or house name together with the HD9 postcode. Around Horn Lane, Gate Foot Lane and Fulstone Hall Lane many homes go by names such as Ivy Dean Farm or Lower Holme House, and a name finds the right gate faster than the lane alone.
Nearby areas
Where the local details on this page come from
Checked on 28 September 2026 against:
- Postcode lookup (postcodes.io, ONS data): HD9 7DH is in Holme Valley South ward, Kirklees, parish of Holme Valley
- Nominatim reverse lookup: Horn Lane, Gate Foot, Snowgate Head, HD9 7DH
- OpenStreetMap map view (checked 2026-09-28): Snowgate Head village node, A635 Penistone Road, Horn Lane, Gate Foot Lane, Fulstone Hall Lane, White Ley Bank, Scaly Gate, Hollin House Lane, Ebson House Lane, Fulstone Hall Farm, Ivy Dean Farm, Lane End Farm, Upper and Lower Holme House, Horn Hill, Holme House Wood, Sally Wood, Sude Hill Dike, Holme House Dike, Kirklees Way, bus X1 Holmfirth to Wakefield
- A635 road (Wikipedia): Manchester to Doncaster through Holmfirth and Barnsley
- OSRM route estimate from central Bradford (OpenStreetMap road data, checked 2026-09-28): M606, M62, A629 Penistone Road, Cross Lane, A635 Holmfirth Road and Penistone Road, Horn Lane