Moving in Stirton: what to know first
Stirton is one lane of old farmhouses and cottages plus The Croft, right against the Skipton bypass and the Gargrave Road roundabout. Stirton Lane and Bog Lane are single-lane roads with a 7.5-tonne weight limit, Bog Lane at 30 mph and Stirton Lane at 60, and Culvert Lane is a dirt track.
The homes are a few dozen, most of them stone, and the parking areas are private or for customers. With no public car park, agree where the van stands before the day, and say whether it can pull into your yard.
Stirton: the local picture
For a place this small, Stirton is dense with old stone. Stirton House, a farmhouse dated 1668, stands gable end to the street with its porch on the side, and the barn to its north carries a datestone of 1673 over a wide wagon arch. Ivy Cottage, also 1673, has a round-arched doorway, and Stirton Croft, White House Farmhouse and a converted 17th-century tithe barn are listed too. A set of old stocks survives by the lane. Doorways of that age are narrow and often stepped, so measure them before a large wardrobe or corner sofa is booked.
Newer homes sit on The Croft, a short residential close off Stirton Lane. Tarn House Leisure Park and Country Inn, a caravan site, uses a Stirton address, and White Hills Driving Range is on the lane towards town. Craven College and Aireville Park are about a kilometre away on the Gargrave Road side.
How the van gets to Stirton
Stirton Lane through the hamlet is a single-lane road with a 7.5-tonne weight limit, and Bog Lane is the same. White Hills Lane comes out from the Raikes side of Skipton, passing a mid 18th-century milestone, and Sour Lane joins nearby. From Bradford the van climbs the Aire Valley on the A650 and A629 to Skipton, roughly 35 to 45 minutes by estimate, and then takes the bypass towards the Gargrave Road roundabout.
The drive from Bradford is roughly 35 to 45 minutes. That is an estimate, not a timed run, and traffic changes it.
Man and van services near Stirton
Each service below links to its Skipton page, which covers how the job works in and around Skipton.
House Removals
One- and two-bed homes moved with a driver and a Transit LWB van; bigger homes go in two loads.
Learn moreFlat & Apartment Removals
Lifts, stairs, loading bays and building paperwork planned before the van arrives.
Learn moreFurniture & Large Item Transport
Wardrobes, tables and bulky items moved from A to B without a full removals package.
Learn moreAppliance Delivery
Washing machines, fridges and cookers moved, secured and placed in your kitchen.
Learn moreMarketplace & eBay Collection
Bought it on Marketplace, eBay or Gumtree? We collect from the seller and bring it to you.
Learn moreStudent Removals
Halls, shared houses and home again, priced for a room's worth of belongings.
Learn moreEvery service we offer near Stirton
All 11 services run to Stirton, each with its own page.
Common Stirton routes
- Stirton → SkiptonWhite Hills Lane into the Raikes side of town, or the bypass
- Stirton → Gargravethe Gargrave Road roundabout, then the A65 north-west
- Stirton → Bradfordroughly 35 to 45 minutes, round the bypass and down the A629 through Keighley
Frequently asked questions: man with a van in Stirton
Who looks after Stirton now that Craven District Council has gone?
North Yorkshire Council, since April 2023. Locally, Stirton with Thorlby has a parish meeting rather than a parish council, so there is no village council office to contact about access or parking.
Can the van get right up to an old farmhouse on Stirton Lane?
Usually, but the lane is one vehicle wide, so the van may have to stop at a field gate or on The Croft. Tell us where a vehicle can pull in without blocking the lane and roughly how far that is from your door.
Stirton addresses say Skipton. Is the hamlet part of the town?
No, it is its own place in Stirton with Thorlby parish, though seven acres of the parish were moved into Skipton in 1938. Addresses read Skipton BD23, so add the house name and Stirton Lane.
Where the local details on this page come from
Checked on 1 October 2026 against:
- Postcode lookup (postcodes.io, ONS data): BD23 3LN is in Mid Craven ward, parish of Stirton with Thorlby, North Yorkshire, outside the national park
- Stirton with Thorlby (Wikipedia): parish of Stirton and Thorlby, population 204 at the 2011 census, township of Skipton parish until 1866, Craven District 1974-2023 then North Yorkshire Council; re-read 2026-10-01: on 1 April 1938 7 acres transferred to Skipton
- Listed buildings in Stirton with Thorlby (Wikipedia, from the National Heritage List): Stirton House 1668 with its gable to the street, barn north of it 1673 with wagon entrance, Ivy Cottage 1673, Stirton Croft, White House Farmhouse c.1790, Tithe Barn (17th century, converted), the stocks, milestone on White Hills Lane
- OpenStreetMap map data extract (checked 2026-09-30): Stirton Lane (single lane, maxweight 7.5), The Croft, Bog Lane (single lane, maxweight 7.5), Sour Lane, White Hills Lane, Skipton Bypass A59/A65, Gargrave Road Roundabout, Tarn House Leisure Park and Country Inn, White Hills Driving Range, Tithe Barn, Craven College, Aireville Park; Stirton with Thorlby parish boundary tagged parish_type=parish_meeting
- OpenStreetMap map data (API extract): Stirton Lane (one lane, 60 mph, maxweight 7.5 t), Bog Lane (one lane, 30 mph, maxweight 7.5 t), Culvert Lane (dirt track), The Croft, Skipton Bypass A59/A65, Gargrave Road Roundabout, White Hills Lane, private and customer parking, about 29 residential buildings
- A629 road (Wikipedia): starts at the A65/A59 roundabout north-east of Skipton and runs south down the Aire valley bypassing Skipton, Farnhill and Kildwick; bypasses Eastburn and Steeton; at Keighley Aire Valley traffic takes the A650; the Snaygill to A65/A59 roundabout section opened in 1981
- A65 road (Wikipedia): runs from Leeds via Guiseley and Ilkley to Skipton, then north-west towards Settle and Kendal