West Bowling: what to know before moving day
Several older buildings here are listed: a mid 18th-century farmhouse and barn at 149 to 153 Birch Lane, the Conservative Club of about 1850, a former Sunday school of 1823 with an inscribed datestone, and a house that was once the Prince of Wales pub. Before Odsal Stadium was built, Bradford's rugby league club played at Bowling Old Lane Cricket Club's ground in Birch Lane.
The residential streets include Parsonage Road, Hopbine Avenue, Woodroyd Road, Tichborne Road, the Henley streets and Elwyn Road, and Parkside Road runs along one edge of Bowling Park. Bowling Park itself has a western entrance from West Bowling up a tree-lined embankment. A short walk away, the Bowling Dyeworks Almshouses of 1857 were moved to their present site and extended in 1881.
How the van gets to West Bowling
The A641 Manchester Road runs along the western side from the city centre towards Bankfoot. Newton Street, Ripley Road, Bowling Old Lane and Birch Lane are the main local roads, and the railway passes nearby through the Bowling Tunnel. Give the driver the road your front door is reached from.
The drive from Bradford is roughly 5 to 20 minutes. That is an estimate from route data, not a timed run, and traffic changes it.
Also covered around West Bowling
Parkside.
Services for West Bowling
Each service below links to its Bradford page, which covers the job in detail.
West Bowling: questions before you book
Which council deals with West Bowling, the parish or Bradford?
Bradford Council. Trident is a civil parish inside the City of Bradford, and West Bowling sits in both Trident and the Little Horton ward, but council tax, bins and parking are all Bradford Council's.
Is Bowling Old Lane in West Bowling?
Yes. Bowling Old Lane is mapped through West Bowling, and the cricket club of the same name has its clubhouse here. If you live on it, tell the driver which end you are nearer.
Nearby areas
Where the local details on this page come from
Checked on 28 September 2026 against:
- Postcode lookup (postcodes.io, ONS data): BD5 8BW is in Little Horton ward, Bradford, parish of Trident
- East Bowling (Wikipedia): Great and Little Bolling as East and West Bowling, the township divided along the Bowling Beck and railway
- Listed buildings in Bradford (Trident Parish), from the National Heritage List: Trident parish includes West Bowling; 149-153 Birch Lane and barn (mid 18th century), Conservative Club (c.1850), former Sunday school (1823), former Prince of Wales public house, Bowling Dyeworks Almshouses (1857, moved and expanded 1881)
- Odsal Stadium (Wikipedia): Bradford Northern played at Bowling Old Lane Cricket Club's ground in Birch Lane before Odsal
- Bowling Park (Wikipedia): western entrance from West Bowling with a tree-lined embankment approach
- OpenStreetMap map view (checked 2026-09-28): A641 Manchester Road, Newton Street, Ripley Road, Bowling Old Lane, Birch Lane, Parsonage Road, Hopbine Avenue, Woodroyd Road, Tichborne Road, Henley Road, Elwyn Road, Parkside Road, Parkside Park, Bowling Old Lane Cricket Club, Bowling Tunnel
- postcodes.io reverse lookup at the OS Open Names point for Parkside (listed under 'Also covered'): nearest postcode BD5 8QB, Little Horton ward, Bradford