Man with a Van Walshford

Moving in Walshford: what to know first

Walshford is where the A168 crosses the Nidd on Walshford Bridge, a 60 mph road with a separate footway. That is not a road to stop a van on, so loading is from a drive, the inn's grounds with permission, or Moor Lane, the side road with a pavement along one side. The Avenue is a private drive.

The houses are few and varied. Fair View Cottage and Rose Cottage are an early 19th-century brown brick pair with a continuous outshut at the back, Huggins House is a rendered mid-19th-century house two rooms deep, and the 18th-century pinfold, a small walled pound about 5 metres long, still stands. With a cottage like that, check whether the back door is the easier way in for the bigger pieces.

Walshford: the local picture

The name means the ford of the Welshmen and was first written as Walleford in 1214; the ford is long gone, but there has been a bridge here since the 13th century. The A168 was the original A1, the Great North Road, until the motorway bypassed the hamlet, and The Bridge Inn, a converted Georgian farmhouse and former coaching inn, is Grade II listed. Its Byron Room holds woodcarving and plaster brought from Halnaby Hall, where Byron spent his honeymoon.

There are only a few houses, and several are listed: Huggins House, rendered and mid-19th century, and Fair View Cottage and Rose Cottage, an early 19th-century brick pair with pantile roofs. An 18th-century pinfold survives, and Walshford Lodge, Grade II*, guards the drive to Ribston Hall with gate piers topped by sphinxes and lions.

How the van gets to Walshford

The A168 runs through Walshford as a 60 mph road, partly one-way, and crosses the Nidd on Walshford Bridge. From Bradford the van takes the M62 and M1 to the A1(M) near Wetherby, then follows the A168 north; count on roughly 45 to 60 minutes from Bradford, an estimate. Moor Lane is the other road close by.

The drive from Bradford is roughly 45 to 60 minutes. That is an estimate, not a timed run, and traffic changes it.

Man and van services near Walshford

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

Every service we offer near Walshford

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

Common Walshford routes

• Walshford → Wetherbysouth on the A168 and the B1224 Deighton Road into Wetherby, about 3.7 miles
• Walshford → Harrogatenorth on the A168 to the A59, then round Knaresborough on the A658 and in on the A661, about 11.4 miles
• Walshford → Bradfordthe A168 south past Wetherby to the A58, then Harewood, the A61 and the Leeds ring road

Frequently asked questions: man with a van in Walshford

Where the local details on this page come from

Checked on 1 October 2026 against:

• Postcode lookup (postcodes.io, ONS data): LS22 5HS is in Spofforth with Lower Wharfedale & Tockwith ward, parish of Great Ribston with Walshford, North Yorkshire
• postcodes.io reverse lookup at the OS Open Names point for Walshford: LS22 5HS, LS22 5HT, LS22 5HU, all Great Ribston with Walshford parish
• OpenStreetMap map data extract around the point (checked 2026-09-30): A168 60 mph, one-way carriageway (way 23510061); The Bridge Inn pub; The Bridge Hotel & Spa; Walshford House; A1(M) motorway about 120 m; Walshford Bridge carrying the A168 over the River Nidd; The Avenue (private); Moor Lane
• Walshford (Wikipedia, re-read 2026-10-01): nearest station was Allerton (Hopperton) on the Harrogate line, closed 1962; nearest open station Cattal
• Listed buildings in Great Ribston with Walshford (Wikipedia, from the National Heritage List, re-read 2026-10-01): Fair View Cottage and Rose Cottage, early 19th-century brown brick pair with a continuous rear outshut and pantile roof; Huggins House, mid 19th century, rendered, double depth plan; pinfold, 18th century, limestone and brick, walls about 5 m long and 2 m high
• Route estimate from OpenStreetMap road data (checked 2026-09-30): Bradford via the M606, M62 and M1 to the A1(M), B1224 Sandbeck Approach, then the A168 north
• OpenStreetMap map data around Walshford (checked 2026-10-01): Walshford Bridge, A168 (primary, 60 mph, separate footway), Moor Lane (pavement on the left side), The Avenue (private service road and track), The Bridge Inn, about 17 buildings
• Driving route on OpenStreetMap road data, Walshford to Wetherby: A168, Deighton Road (B1224), North Street, 3.7 miles
• Driving route on OpenStreetMap road data, Walshford to Harrogate: A168, New Road and York Road (A59), Arnold Kellett Way (A658), Wetherby Road (A661), Knaresborough Road (A6040), 11.4 miles
• Driving route on OpenStreetMap road data, Walshford to Bradford: A168, Hudson Way and Privas Way (A168), Wetherby Road (A58), Harewood Road (A659), Harrogate Road (A61), Leeds ring road (A6120)