Townville: what to know before moving day
A large part of the estate is laid out on closes and crescents named after writers: Dickens Drive, Bronte Rise, Twain Crescent, Orwell Close, Stevenson Avenue, Kingsley Drive, Herriot Mews and Cookson Close. Another group uses trees, with Acacia Drive, Linden Close, Beech Crescent and Birch Grove. OpenStreetMap tags nearly all of the buildings here as houses.
Poplar Avenue has Townville Academy, Airedale Infant Academy and the Townville Recreation sports and social club, with a crown green bowls club beside it. Gypsy Lane and Gallows Hill are older names on the map nearby, and Spittal Hardwick Lane and Fairyhill Lane are the other through routes. With many homes on closes, give the house number and say whether the van can pull onto a drive.
How the van gets to Townville
Sheepwalk Lane is the B6136, the road that links Townville with Glasshoughton to the west, where it is called Holywell Lane, and with Holmfield and Ferrybridge to the east, where it becomes Stranglands Lane. From Bradford that means the M62 to junction 32, then the A656 and the B6136.
The drive from Bradford is roughly 35 to 50 minutes. That is an estimate from route data, not a timed run, and traffic changes it.
Services for Townville
Each service below links to its Castleford page, which covers how the job works in and around Castleford.
Townville: questions before you book
Does Townville have a parish council of its own?
No. Townville is in the unparished area of Wakefield, so there is no town or parish council between residents and Wakefield Council. The lookup for WF10 3QQ places it in the Airedale and Ferry Fryston ward and the Castleford built-up area.
Nearby areas
Where the local details on this page come from
Checked on 28 September 2026 against:
- Postcode lookup (postcodes.io, ONS data): WF10 3QQ is in the Airedale & Ferry Fryston ward of Wakefield, parish: Wakefield, unparished area
- Townville (Wikipedia disambiguation): Townville Cricket Club, a Castleford club in the Bradford Cricket League
- Castleford (Wikipedia): Townville Infant School among the town's primary schools; M62 junction 32 and the A656
- OpenStreetMap map view (checked 2026-09-28): B6136 Sheepwalk Lane, Poplar Avenue (Townville Academy, Airedale Infant Academy, Townville Recreation club, bowls), Dickens Drive, Bronte Rise, Twain Crescent, Orwell Close, Stevenson Avenue, Kingsley Drive, Herriot Mews, Cookson Close, Acacia Drive, Linden Close, Beech Crescent, Birch Grove, Gypsy Lane, Gallows Hill, Spittal Hardwick Lane, Fairyhill Lane, building tags
- Nominatim (OpenStreetMap) address search: Holywell Lane runs through Glasshoughton and Townville (WF10 4QS)
- Nominatim (OpenStreetMap) address search: Stranglands Lane, Holmfield, Ferrybridge (WF11 8)