Tinshill: what to know before moving day
Most of the housing is council-built, from the time the estate went up, with a growing share now privately owned, plus brick blocks of council flats of the same age. The streets come in groups: Tinshill Avenue, Close, Garth, Mount, Crescent, Grove and View, the Bedford streets, the Haven streets, the Grove Farm streets and the Black Wood and Carr Bridge streets on the western side.
The landmark is the Tinshill BT Tower, also called the Cookridge Tower, on one of the highest points in Leeds. Springwell Academy and the Welcome In community centre are near the middle, and the Tinshill and Cookridge Social Club on Woodnook Drive is where the 19A bus route starts. When a block of flats is involved, tell us the floor and whether there is a lift.
How the van gets to Tinshill
Tinshill Lane is the main road through the estate. It meets Otley Old Road on the east side and Tinshill Road to the north-west. From Bradford the van comes through Horsforth, on the A65 or the A6120 outer ring road, roughly 20 to 35 minutes.
The drive from Bradford is roughly 20 to 35 minutes. That is an estimate from route data, not a timed run, and traffic changes it.
Services for Tinshill
Each service below links to its Yeadon page, which covers how the job works in and around Yeadon.
Tinshill: questions before you book
Why does Horsforth station serve Tinshill?
Because it is nearer than the name suggests. The Harrogate line station sits on the Cookridge side of Moseley Beck and serves Tinshill as well as Horsforth and Cookridge.
Nearby areas
Where the local details on this page come from
Checked on 28 September 2026 against:
- Postcode lookup (postcodes.io, ONS data): LS16 6DF is in Weetwood ward, Leeds, unparished
- Tinshill (Wikipedia): pronunciation, 4 miles north of the city centre, Weetwood ward, between Horsforth and Cookridge, planned in the 1940s as the Cookridge Tower Estate, predates Ireland Wood, Moor Grange and Holt Park, mainly social housing with growing private ownership, brick council flats, Tinshill BT Tower (Cookridge Tower) one of the highest points in Leeds, Horsforth station serves Tinshill, Tinshill and Cookridge Social Club on Woodnook Drive is the terminus of the 19a
- Horsforth railway station (Wikipedia): serves Horsforth, Cookridge and Tinshill
- Leeds Outer Ring Road (Wikipedia): A6120 round the north of Leeds
- OpenStreetMap node record and the streets mapped around it (checked 2026-09-28): Tinshill Lane (joining Otley Old Road and Tinshill Road), Tinshill Avenue, Close, Garth, Mount, Crescent, Grove and View, Bedford, Haven, Grove Farm, Black Wood and Carr Bridge streets, Woodnook Drive, Springwell Academy Leeds North, Welcome In Community Centre