West Vale: what to know before moving day
Inside the triangle are short streets such as Lambert Street, Maude Street, Elizabeth Street, Princess Street and Victoria Street, with a car park off Lambert Street. The Co-op, a Tesco Express inside Andy Thornton's antiques showroom, the Stainland Road Medical Centre, cafés and pubs including the Queen and the Traveller's Rest are all close together.
Clay House, built for the Clay family around 1650 and now managed by Calderdale Council, stands in Clay House Park and is the start of the Calderdale Way. The viaduct of the old Stainland railway branch crosses the village and was paved in 2015 as part of a walkway through Copley towards Sowerby Bridge. Black Brook runs through West Vale, mostly out of sight behind fences and walls.
How the van gets to West Vale
All three sides of the triangle are B roads: the B6113 Rochdale Road, the B6114 Saddleworth Road and the B6112 Stainland Road. Rochdale Road continues as Brow Bridge, and the A629 Calderdale Way and the A6025 Halifax Road are about half a kilometre away. After Elland Bridge was damaged in the 2015 Boxing Day floods, extra traffic came through here. From Bradford the estimate is roughly 25 to 40 minutes.
The drive from Bradford is roughly 25 to 40 minutes. That is an estimate from route data, not a timed run, and traffic changes it.
Also covered around West Vale
Lindwell, Little Bradley.
Services for West Vale
Each service below links to its Elland page, which covers how the job works in and around Elland.
West Vale: questions before you book
Why is it called West Vale if it is the east end of Greetland?
The name comes from its position at the western end of Elland, which ran the area before Greetland became a separate authority in 1894. It is the eastern end of Greetland, so check the postcode, HX4, rather than the village name.
Nearby areas
Where the local details on this page come from
Checked on 28 September 2026 against:
- Postcode lookup (postcodes.io, ONS data): HX4 8AG is in Greetland ward, Calderdale, parish: Calderdale, unparished area
- West Vale (Wikipedia): east of Greetland around Rochdale Road, Saddleworth Road and Stainland Road forming a triangle, part of Greetland, name from the western end of Elland, Clay House Park, Co-op, Tesco Express in Andy Thornton's antique centre, the Queen and the Travellers Rest, Stainland Road Medical Centre, Stainland branch viaduct paved 2015, Black Brook, Elland Bridge damage in the 2015 floods
- Greetland (Wikipedia): Clay House built around 1650 for the Clay family, managed by Calderdale Council, start of the Calderdale Way; West Vale developed in the late 19th century; Greetland urban district from 1894
- OpenStreetMap map data (API extract around the research coordinates): Rochdale Road B6113, Saddleworth Road B6114, Stainland Road B6112, Brow Bridge B6113, Lambert Street and car park, Maude Street, Elizabeth Street, Princess Street, Victoria Street, Andy Thornton, Tesco Express, The Queen, Traveller's Rest, Clay House Park, Stainland Branch, Black Brook, Calderdale Way A629 and Halifax Road A6025 about 530 m, Lindwell and Little Bradley hamlets