West Marton: what to know before moving day
The village is two roads meeting: the A59, carrying traffic between Skipton and Clitheroe, and Gledstone Road, which runs south towards Gledstone Hall. The village has a hall and a shop that doubles as the post office. Several of the houses on Gledstone Road are listed, including numbers 15 and 16 and number 22, a late 17th century corner house that was once also a shop. Stone walls, slate roofs and front doors close to the lane are the norm, so measure old doorways before booking anything wide.
South of the village is Gledstone Hall, a Grade II* house designed by Edwin Lutyens and built in the 1920s on the site of an earlier hall by John Carr of York. Its North Lodge and South Lodge, also by Lutyens, are separate homes on the estate roads. The parish is small, with 213 residents at the 2011 census, and it is run by the unitary North Yorkshire Council since Craven District was abolished in 2023.
How the van gets to West Marton
From Bradford the van goes up the A650 through Shipley, Bingley and Keighley, then on the A629 to the roundabout north-east of Skipton. The A59 then runs west along the Skipton bypass, past Broughton and through East Marton, and West Marton is the next village. Turn off onto Gledstone Road for most addresses. A West Marton job is roughly 40 to 50 minutes from Bradford on that route, as an estimate.
The drive from Bradford is roughly 40 to 50 minutes. That is an estimate from route data, not a timed run, and traffic changes it.
Services for West Marton
Each service below links to its Skipton page, which covers how the job works in and around Skipton.
West Marton: questions before you book
West Marton is only 8 miles from Colne: is it in Lancashire?
No. West Marton was in the West Riding until 1974, then in Craven District, and since 2023 it has been administered by North Yorkshire Council. The postcode is BD23, like Skipton, and the parish is Martons Both.
Can the van reach the lodges at Gledstone Hall?
Tell us which lodge or estate building you are in and send a photo of the drive or gate. North Lodge and South Lodge are separate houses, so the approach is planned for the one you name before the price is fixed.
Where the local details on this page come from
Checked on 28 September 2026 against:
- Postcode lookup (postcodes.io, ONS data): BD23 3UE is in Skipton West & West Craven ward, North Yorkshire, parish of Martons Both
- West Marton (Wikipedia): on the A59 about 6.5 miles west of Skipton and 8 miles north of Colne, West Riding until 1974, Craven 1974-2023, village hall and shop with post office, Gledstone Hall by Lutyens (1923) replacing a John Carr building, Martons Both parish with 213 residents in 2011
- Listed buildings in Martons Both (Wikipedia, from the National Heritage List): 15 and 16 and 22 Gledestone Road, Gledstone Hall (1922-26), North Lodge and South Lodge by Lutyens
- OpenStreetMap data via Nominatim reverse lookups around the village: Gledstone Road and the A59
- A59 road (Wikipedia): enters North Yorkshire and goes through West and East Marton, passes Broughton and meets the Skipton bypass at its western end
- A629 road (Wikipedia): starts at the A65/A59 roundabout north-east of Skipton and runs south through the Aire Valley to Keighley
- A650 road (Wikipedia): runs from Keighley through Bingley, Saltaire and Shipley to Bradford