Weardley: what to know before moving day
Weardley is tiny: in the 1870s it had 38 houses and 171 people, and it had its own parish from 1866 until 1937, when it was merged into Harewood. Its former chapel is now a home. Homes sit along Weardley Lane and High Weardley Lane, with Stank Beck and small woods such as Carr Wood, Kennel Wood and Nursery Wood around them.
Two early 19th-century lodges at a west entrance to the grounds of Harewood House, High Lodge and Low Lodge, are Grade II listed, and so are the 18th-century milestones with carved pointing hands on High Weardley Lane at its junctions with Eccup Lane and Weardley Lane. Lady Bridge, a private road nearby, is mapped as access only.
How the van gets to Weardley
Weardley Lane leaves the A659 (Otley Road on one side of the junction, Arthington Lane on the other) and climbs to High Weardley Lane and Eccup Lane. From Bradford the van comes by Otley or Pool and then east along the A659, or over from the Leeds side by Eccup.
The drive from Bradford is roughly 30 to 45 minutes. That is an estimate from route data, not a timed run, and traffic changes it.
Services for Weardley
Each service below links to its Otley page, which covers how the job works in and around Otley.
Weardley: questions before you book
Weardley is on the Harewood Estate. Which parish is it in?
Harewood's. Weardley is a village on the Harewood Estate and has been in Harewood parish since 1937. Council services come from Leeds City Council.
How does Weardley connect with Eccup?
High Weardley Lane meets Eccup Lane, which leads to Eccup, a village in Alwoodley parish at the north-west edge of Eccup Reservoir. It is the back way in from north Leeds.
Where the local details on this page come from
Checked on 28 September 2026 against:
- Postcode lookup (postcodes.io, ONS data): LS17 9LS is in Harewood ward, Leeds, parish of Harewood
- Weardley (Wikipedia): village on the Harewood Estate at the northern edge of Leeds, Harewood ward; 38 houses and 171 people in 1870 to 1872; civil parish 1866 to 1937, merged with Harewood; former chapel in residential use
- Listed buildings in Harewood (Wikipedia, from the National Heritage List): High Lodge and Low Lodge at a west entrance to Harewood House grounds; 18th-century milestones on High Weardley Lane at Eccup Lane and Weardley Lane; milestone on Otley Road (A659)
- Eccup (Wikipedia): village in the parish of Alwoodley at the north-west edge of Eccup Reservoir
- OpenStreetMap: Weardley (place=hamlet) and, from the API map extract, Weardley Lane, High Weardley Lane, Eccup Lane, Otley Road and Arthington Lane A659, Lady Bridge (motor vehicles: destination), Stank Beck, Carr Wood, Kennel Wood, Nursery Wood