Wortley: what to know before moving day
New Wortley, nearest the city centre and Armley, is mostly 1960s high-rise flats and maisonettes; Clyde Grange and Clyde Court, off Tong Road, are the tallest buildings in Wortley. Upper Wortley lies between Tong Road and Oldfield Lane or Green Hill Lane, with Victorian terraces, 1950s semis and modern low-rise flats, and an Asda. Lower Wortley, between Oldfield Lane and Gelderd Road, is mostly 1950s semi-detached housing, with Booker, Matalan and car dealers along the main roads.
Around the research point, OpenStreetMap shows the Highfield, Malmesbury, Hardrow and Roseneath streets off Oldfield Lane, with Five Lanes Primary School and Wortley Recreation Ground nearby. The recreation ground has bowling greens and views over the city. For a flat in one of the tower blocks, tell us the floor and whether the lift is big enough for your largest piece.
How the van gets to Wortley
From Bradford the A647 runs into Leeds and ends at the Armley Gyratory, on Wortley's northern corner. Tong Road heads west from there through New and Upper Wortley, Oldfield Lane crosses the middle, and Gelderd Road marks the southern edge. Lower Wortley is close to the Leeds Outer Ring Road and the M621.
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.
Also covered around Wortley
New Wortley, Upper Wortley, Lower Wortley.
Services for Wortley
Each service below links to its Leeds page, which covers how the job works in and around Leeds.
Wortley: questions before you book
Which part of Wortley is my street in?
Roughly: north of Tong Road towards Armley and the city is New Wortley, between Tong Road and Oldfield Lane is Upper Wortley, and from Oldfield Lane down to Gelderd Road is Lower Wortley. All three are LS12 and all are in the Farnley & Wortley ward.
Where the local details on this page come from
Checked on 28 September 2026 against:
- Postcode lookup (postcodes.io, ONS data): LS12 4EB is in Farnley & Wortley ward, Leeds, unparished
- Wortley, Leeds (Wikipedia): pronunciation, a mile west of the city centre, Farnley and Wortley ward, New, Upper and Lower Wortley with their boundaries and housing, Clyde Grange and Clyde Court off Tong Road, Asda in Upper Wortley, Booker, Matalan and car dealerships near the ring road and M621, Wortley Recreation Ground and bowling greens, Five Lanes Primary School
- A647 road (Wikipedia): the Leeds to Bradford road begins at the Armley Gyratory
- OpenStreetMap map data (API extract): Oldfield Lane, the Highfield, Malmesbury, Hardrow and Roseneath streets, Five Lanes Primary School, Wortley Recreation Ground