Out of WF7 for the first term, home again in June

The train is fine for a weekend bag: Featherstone station has hourly trains to Leeds via Wakefield on weekdays and Saturdays. A desk chair, a duvet, a lamp, a kettle and a bike are another matter. One student's room takes a modest corner of the van, so it is often worth asking a friend going to the same city to share the run and the price.

For Leeds, the van leaves town by Havertop Lane and the A655, joins the M62 at junction 31 and runs into the city on the M1 and M621, about 16 miles in all. Bradford is the van's own base, so a run to halls there starts and ends close to home. The June return works the other way: the hall or landlord sets the leaving date, and the van is booked to it.

Packing a Featherstone bedroom for halls

Check the move-in slot your hall gives you before choosing a time
Use bags and medium boxes that one person can carry up a hall stairwell
Put your name and room number on everything if a friend's room comes on the same run
Bring bike lights and the lock key; the bike travels strapped in
Keep your laptop, documents and charger with you

Featherstone homes and the cities students go to

St Wilfrid's Catholic High School and Sixth Form Collegethe sixth form college on Cutsyke Road, north of the town
The Featherstone Academythe secondary school on Pontefract Road
Leedsabout 16 miles away by the M62 and M1
Bradfordthe van's home city, with its own university
North Featherstone and Purstonfamily homes where the van loads by the door

Student runs to and from Featherstone

Featherstone → LeedsHavertop Lane, the A655, the M62 west, then the M1 and M621
Featherstone → Sheffield or Yorkthe M62 to the M1 at junction 29 or the A1(M) at junction 32A
Bradford → Featherstonean M606 and M62 drive of 24 miles to start the day, 35 to 50 minutes

What a Featherstone student run costs

The amount of stuff and how far the university city is set the figure, agreed in full before the van comes over. Two students going the same way can go as one run, with a drop each. See how we quote for the full breakdown.