Man with a Van Stapleton

Moving in Stapleton: what to know first

Stapleton has no village street. Bank Wood Road, New Road, Scrombeck Farm, the Dovecote Park business site and a ring of woods make up the place, and the homes are scattered among them, including the converted courtyard of Old Stable Court. New Road is a two-lane road at the national 60 limit, so the van pulls fully off it rather than loading from the carriageway.

Old Stable Court is a listed magnesian limestone building of about 1762, so expect old doorways and turns in the stairs; measure the widest pieces against them before moving day.

Stapleton: the local picture

Much of the parish was Stapleton Park. Edward Lascelles bought the manor in 1762 and had John Carr design a new house, with a park laid out by Richard Woods; Capability Brown was brought in in 1782. The house was partly taken down in 1921 and later demolished, and the estate was sold in 1958 and mostly farmed. The coach house and stables survive as Old Stable Court, a magnesian limestone courtyard of about 1762 with a clock cupola, listed Grade II*.

Since 1921 Stapleton has also been home to the Brotherhood Church's colony, a Christian anarchist and pacifist community on a seven-and-a-half-acre smallholding that grows much of its own food. Around them are Bank Wood Road, the Dovecote Park business site, the Mid Yorkshire Golf Club, Darrington Quarry and a string of woods: Wake Wood, Mill Wood, Rows Wood and Fishpond Wood.

How the van gets to Stapleton

Bank Wood Road is the road the van uses. The van's route from Bradford is likely to be the M62 east to the A162, then Valley Road and Bank Wood Road, taking roughly 40 to 50 minutes by our reckoning. New Road, a 60 mph lane, is the one nearer the village.

The drive from Bradford is roughly 40 to 50 minutes. That is an estimate, not a timed run, and traffic changes it.

Man and van services near Stapleton

Each service below links to its Castleford page, which covers how the job works in and around Castleford.

Every service we offer near Stapleton

All 11 services run to Stapleton, each with its own page.

Common Stapleton routes

• Stapleton → PontefractBank Wood Road and Valley Road to Carleton Road; around ten minutes
• Stapleton → CastlefordBank Wood Road to the A1, the A162 and a short stretch of M62 to the A639 and A656
• Stapleton → Leedsthe A1 and A162 to the M62 westbound, then the M1 and M621

Frequently asked questions: man with a van in Stapleton

Where the local details on this page come from

Checked on 1 October 2026 against:

• Postcode lookup (postcodes.io, ONS data): WF8 3DB is in Osgoldcross ward, parish of Stapleton, North Yorkshire
• postcodes.io reverse lookup at the OS Open Names point for Stapleton: WF8 3DB, WF8 3DD, WF8 3DE, WF8 3DF (Stapleton parish, Osgoldcross ward); WF8 3FL (Darrington parish)
• OpenStreetMap map data extract around the point (checked 2026-09-30): Bank Wood Road (way 48994453), Dovecote Park (commercial), Stapleton village node, Scrombeck Farm, New Road 60 mph, Wake Wood, Mill Wood, Rows Wood, Fishpond Wood, Mid Yorkshire Golf Club, Stapleton Colony (The Brotherhood Church), Darrington Quarry, Valley Road
• Stapleton, Selby (Wikipedia): village and civil parish, population 59 in 2001, about 3 miles south-east of Pontefract and Knottingley; name from Old English stapoltun, post settlement; Stapleton Park painted by John Atkinson Grimshaw; home of the Brotherhood Church's Stapleton Colony
• Stapleton Park (Wikipedia): Edward Lascelles bought the manor in 1762, John Carr designed the house, Richard Woods the park, Capability Brown commissioned 1782; house partly dismantled 1921 and demolished after 1937; estate sold 1958, mostly farmland; coach house and stables survive, Grade II*, magnesian limestone, four ranges round a courtyard, clock cupola
• Brotherhood Church (Wikipedia): Christian anarchist and pacifist community at Stapleton since 1921 on a seven and a half acre smallholding; vegetarian, grows much of its own food
• Listed buildings in Stapleton (Wikipedia, from the National Heritage List): Old Stable Court, Stapleton Park, c. 1762, Grade II*
• Route estimate from OpenStreetMap road data (checked 2026-09-30): Bradford via the M606 and M62 east, the A162, Valley Road and Bank Wood Road
• OpenStreetMap map data around Stapleton: Bank Wood Road tertiary; New Road two lanes at 60 mph; Scrombeck Farm; Dovecote Park commercial; Wake Wood, Mill Wood, Rows Wood, Fishpond Wood; Mid Yorkshire Golf Club
• postcodes.io places search (OS Open Names): Stapleton village near the Tees (54.50, -1.59) and Stapleton hamlet (53.67, -1.23), both North Yorkshire
• Stapleton, Richmondshire (Wikipedia): small village and civil parish on the River Tees, historically in the North Riding
• Route estimate from OpenStreetMap road data (checked 2026-10-01): Stapleton to Pontefract: Bank Wood Road, Valley Road, Estcourt Road, Carleton Road, Mill Hill Road (A639); about 10 minutes
• Route estimate from OpenStreetMap road data (checked 2026-10-01): Stapleton to Castleford: Bank Wood Road, Valley Road, A1, A162, M62, Park Road (A639), Front Street (A656)
• Route estimate from OpenStreetMap road data (checked 2026-10-01): Stapleton to Leeds: Bank Wood Road, Valley Road, A1, A162, M62, M1, M621