Woodkirk: what to know before moving day
Woodkirk sits on a boundary, which is worth knowing before you book. It is just inside the City of Leeds, yet Woodkirk Post Office is in Kirklees, and addresses around St Mary's Church on Dewsbury Road carry Dewsbury WF12 postcodes while the streets to the north, such as Woodkirk Avenue, Woodkirk Grove, Syke Road and Hesketh Lane, are WF3. Give us the full postcode so the van heads to the right side of the line.
The parish church of St Mary is Grade II listed, and the Leeds Country Way footpath passes through the churchyard. The village once had a railway station, closed to passengers around 1939, and the line shut completely in 1964; the old station site and Soothill Tunnel are disused. Woodkirk Academy, the big secondary school named after the village, is actually on Rein Road in Tingley, which makes it an easy landmark when you are giving directions.
How the van gets to Woodkirk
From Bradford the van can take the M606 to junction 26 of the M62, then east along the motorway to Tingley roundabout, where the M62 meets the A653 and A650. From there the A653 Dewsbury Road runs south into Woodkirk, and Rein Road and Hesketh Lane lead off it. St Mary's Church is roughly 20 to 35 minutes from Bradford that way, as an estimate.
The drive from Bradford is roughly 20 to 35 minutes. That is an estimate from route data, not a timed run, and traffic changes it.
Services for Woodkirk
Each service below links to its Morley page, which covers how the job works in and around Morley.
Woodkirk: questions before you book
When did Woodkirk come under Morley Town Council?
In 2019. Woodkirk is in the Morley South ward and has been within the civil parish of Morley, under Morley Town Council, since 2019. Tingley and East Ardsley, close by, are not.
Why does a Woodkirk address say Dewsbury?
The Post Office puts the older part of Woodkirk under a Dewsbury address, with WF12 postcodes, even though it is in the City of Leeds. The council is still Leeds City Council.
Where the local details on this page come from
Checked on 28 September 2026 against:
- Postcode lookup (postcodes.io, ONS data): WF3 1BW is in Morley South ward, Leeds, parish of Morley
- Woodkirk (Wikipedia): ancient village between Leeds and Dewsbury; Grade II parish church; centre of West Ardsley parish; Morley South ward; civil parish of Morley and Morley Town Council since 2019; just within the City of Leeds while Woodkirk Post Office is in Kirklees; Leeds Country Way through the churchyard; station closed about 1939, line closed 1964, station site and Soothill Tunnel disused
- West Ardsley (Wikipedia): Woodkirk comes under a Dewsbury address; Tingley roundabout at the M62, A653 and A650
- M606 motorway (Wikipedia): spur from M62 junction 26 into Bradford
- OpenStreetMap data (Photon reverse lookups and search): Church of St Mary on Dewsbury Road, WF12 7JL; Woodkirk Academy on Rein Road, WF3 1JQ, Tingley; Woodkirk Avenue, Woodkirk Grove, Syke Road, Hesketh Lane, Rein Road (WF3); Dewsbury Road
- OpenStreetMap map view (checked 2026-09-28): Dewsbury Road, Syke Road, Hesketh Lane, Woodkirk Avenue, Woodkirk Grove, Woodkirk Beck