West Chevin: what to know before moving day
The homes sit on estate roads off Bradford Road: Duncan Avenue, Caxton Road, Westbourne Grove, Kineholme Drive and West Busk Lane, with Fawkes Drive, Maylea Drive and Prestwick Close further along West Busk Lane, while Pegholme Drive and Sunnydale Crescent join Bradford Road further along. Most are mapped at 20 mph. West Busk Playing Fields, a KeyStore and Westgate Primary School are all close, and Pegholme Mill and Wharfebank Business Park sit on the valley side.
Above the houses is Chevin Forest Park, 700 acres of woodland and heath that began with a 1944 gift of land from Major Horton Fawkes of Farnley Hall. West Chevin Road, a 30 mph lane, climbs from here towards the ridge, past the disused West Chevin Delf quarry. The Chevin supplied the foundation stones for the Houses of Parliament.
How the van gets to West Chevin
Bradford Road is the A6038 here, the road that runs to Guiseley, Shipley and Bradford, so from Bradford it brings the van straight into West Chevin. Duncan Avenue, Kineholme Drive and West Busk Lane all join it directly. The A660 also passes close to the estate.
The drive from Bradford is roughly 25 to 35 minutes. That is an estimate from route data, not a timed run, and traffic changes it.
Services for West Chevin
Each service below links to its Otley page, which covers how the job works in and around Otley.
West Chevin: questions before you book
Is West Chevin on the Chevin itself?
The houses are at the foot of it, off Bradford Road. The Chevin ridge and forest park rise behind them, reached by West Chevin Road, so if you live higher up the lane, say so when you book.
Is West Chevin inside Otley or a separate village?
Inside Otley. It is part of the civil parish of Otley, on the town's south-western edge, so it comes under Otley's parish council as well as Leeds City Council.
Nearby areas
Where the local details on this page come from
Checked on 28 September 2026 against:
- Postcode lookup (postcodes.io, ONS data): LS21 3LN is in Otley & Yeadon ward, Leeds, parish of Otley
- The Chevin (Wikipedia): gritstone ridge on the south side of Wharfedale overlooking Otley, Chevin Forest Park
- Otley (Wikipedia): Chevin Forest Park, 263 acres donated in 1944 by Major Horton Fawkes of Farnley Hall and now 700 acres; foundation stones for the Houses of Parliament from a Chevin quarry; the A6038 to Guiseley, Shipley and Bradford
- OpenStreetMap: West Chevin (place=suburb) and, from the API map extract, Duncan Avenue, Caxton Road, Westbourne Grove, Kineholme Drive, West Busk Lane, Fawkes Drive, Maylea Drive, Prestwick Close, Pegholme Drive, Sunnydale Crescent (20 mph), Bradford Road A6038, A660, West Chevin Road (30 mph), West Chevin Delf, Chevin Forest Park, West Busk Playing Fields, KeyStore, Westgate Primary School, Pegholme Mill, Wharfebank Business Park