South Stainley: what to know before moving day
The village sits on Stainley Beck, which runs to the River Ure, on mostly magnesian limestone. St Wilfrid's Church, from 1845, is on Church Lane, and the Inn at South Stainley is on the A61. The parish has 15 listed buildings, among them Manor Farmhouse, with a 16th-century timber-framed core, Stainley Hall Farmhouse and its gate piers, and two cast-iron mileposts on the A61 showing the distances to Leeds and Harrogate.
Cayton, a mile to the west, is the site of a deserted medieval village and a grange of Fountains Abbey; Cayton Hall and the farmhouses at High Cayton are listed. The parish had 172 people in 2011.
How the van gets to South Stainley
The A61 is Ripon Road here, with a 60 mph limit, and it carries Harrogate to Ripon traffic past the village. Church Lane is the turn for the church. A house on the A61 itself needs a safe stopping place off the main road, so say whether there is a drive or yard.
The drive from Bradford is roughly 45 to 60 minutes. That is an estimate from route data, not a timed run, and traffic changes it.
Services for South Stainley
Each service below links to its Knaresborough page, which covers how the job works in and around Knaresborough.
South Stainley: questions before you book
Why was South Stainley once called Kirk Stainley?
Because it had the church, St Wilfrid's, which set it apart from North Stainley, a separate village. South Stainley is on the A61 south of Ripon with an HG3 postcode, so use the full postcode and the van will not end up at the other one.
Nearby areas
Where the local details on this page come from
Checked on 28 September 2026 against:
- Postcode lookup (postcodes.io, ONS data): HG3 3NE is in Masham & Fountains ward, North Yorkshire, parish of South Stainley with Cayton
- South Stainley (Wikipedia): small village on the A61, about 5 miles south of Ripon; pub and St Wilfrid's Church (Grade II); Kirk prefix for the church as opposed to North Stainley; Stainley Beck, a tributary of the Ure, magnesian limestone; 172 people in 2011; main settlement of South Stainley with Cayton; Cayton 1 mile west, deserted medieval village and Fountains Abbey grange
- Listed buildings in South Stainley with Cayton (Wikipedia, from the National Heritage List): 15 buildings; St Wilfrid's 1845; Manor Farmhouse with timber-framed core; Stainley Hall Farmhouse and gate piers; two A61 mileposts with distances to Leeds and Harrogate; Cayton Hall and High Cayton farmhouses
- OpenStreetMap: Ripon Road, A61, 60 mph, South Stainley; The Inn at South Stainley; Church Lane (way 1319274298) with St Wilfrid's