Thornton Lodge: what to know before moving day
Housing is on Thornton Lodge Road, Springdale Avenue, Springdale Street, Hall Avenue, Bulay Road, Moor Bottom Road and Crosland Road, with a few small shops. Industrial units sit down towards Longroyd Bridge, where the River Colne and the Huddersfield Narrow Canal run beside the main road. The original Thornton Lodge was a manor house of the Thornton family, who held land here from at least 1686; it is now a ruined shell.
Railways run close by. OpenStreetMap shows Springwood Junction, where the Penistone Line meets the Huddersfield Line, and Paddock Viaduct close by. Jamia Masjid Noor, Islamia Girls' High School and St Thomas church are local landmarks, and a Wickes store stands about 130 metres from the middle of the district.
How the van gets to Thornton Lodge
St Thomas Road, the B6432, links Manchester Road (A62) at Longroyd Bridge with Lockwood Road on the A616, and Longroyd Lane runs from the main road into the housing. The van reaches the A62 from Huddersfield ring road after coming from Bradford along the M62.
The drive from Bradford is roughly 30 to 40 minutes. That is an estimate from route data, not a timed run, and traffic changes it.
Services for Thornton Lodge
Each service below links to its Huddersfield page, which covers how the job works in and around Huddersfield.
Thornton Lodge: questions before you book
Can you pick up from the Wickes near Thornton Lodge?
Yes. OpenStreetMap places a Wickes store close to St Thomas Road, and a furniture or materials collection from there can be combined with a drop in Thornton Lodge or anywhere else. Send the order details and pick-up time.
How do I tell Thornton Lodge from Longroyd Bridge?
Longroyd Bridge is the valley-floor area by the A62 and the river, with the industrial units; Thornton Lodge is the housing on the slope above it. The postcode is the reliable guide.
Where the local details on this page come from
Checked on 28 September 2026 against:
- Postcode lookup (postcodes.io, ONS data): HD1 3LF is in Crosland Moor ward, Kirklees, parish: Kirklees, unparished area; Kirklees, HD1
- Thornton Lodge (Wikipedia): suburb about 1 mile south-west of the town centre on the southern slope of the Colne Valley overlooking the A62; borders Crosland Moor, Lockwood and Longroyd Bridge; housing and small shops with industrial units towards Longroyd Bridge; manor of the Thornton family since at least 1686, now a ruined shell; nearest rail at Lockwood
- A616 road (Wikipedia): Woodhead Road into Huddersfield, the crossroads with Armitage Road (B6110 for Meltham) and the turn for Berry Brow, Lockwood Road, St Thomas Road (B6432), Folly Hall, and the end at Chapel Hill on the A62 ring road
- A62 road (Wikipedia): Leeds to Manchester through Huddersfield, Linthwaite, Slaithwaite and Marsden, crossing the Pennines at Standedge
- M62 motorway (Wikipedia): junction 26 at Chain Bar, where the M606 spur into Bradford joins; junction 24; junction 25 with the A644
- OpenStreetMap map data (API extract around the research coordinates): Saint Thomas Road (B6432), Manchester Road (A62), Longroyd Lane, Longroyd Bridge, Thornton Lodge Road, Springdale Avenue, Springdale Street, Hall Avenue, Bulay Road, Moor Bottom Road, Crosland Road, Blackmoorfoot Road, River Colne, Huddersfield Narrow Canal, Springwood Junction, Penistone Line, Huddersfield Line, Paddock Viaduct, Jamia Masjid Noor, Islamia Girl's High School, St Thomas, Wickes about 130 m