Commute from Steeton station or move into halls: the Silsden choice

For a student at Leeds or Bradford, Steeton and Silsden station is a mile south of the town, and some decide to live at home in the first year and travel in. The move then comes later, when a second-year house is found in Headingley, Hyde Park or near the Bradford city campus. That is a single van load from a Silsden bedroom: clothes, books, a desk and chair, and perhaps a bed frame taken apart at home and rebuilt in the new room.

For those going further, to Lancaster, Newcastle, Manchester or beyond, the trip is one straight run in one van with no transfer. Halls hand out arrival windows, so book the date and time they give you. Coming home in June is the same load in reverse, and anything you do not want back in a Silsden bedroom for the summer can be dropped at your own self-storage unit on the way and collected again in September.

Getting a Silsden bedroom ready to go to university

Book once the halls have confirmed the arrival date and time window
If you commuted from Steeton and Silsden station in first year, a second-year move is one bedroom's worth, so say when the house tenancy starts
Pack into boxes and sturdy bags you can carry, because loose items slow the loading
A bed frame from your Silsden bedroom can be taken apart there and rebuilt at the other end
Say if the room has a desk or bed frame to take apart, because dismantling and rebuilding are included
Keep first-night essentials in a bag with you rather than buried in the load

Where a Silsden student move starts, stops and ends

The family home in Silsdenwhere the load leaves in September and returns in June
Steeton and Silsden stationa mile south, the reason some students commute instead of moving
Headingley and Hyde Park, Leedsshared student houses for later years
Bradford city campusa short run down the valley

Silsden to university and home: three typical journeys

Silsden → Leeds shared housedown the Aire Valley road, or via Ilkley and Otley
Silsden → Lancaster hallsup past Skipton on the A65 and over towards the M6
Newcastle → Silsdenthe summer run home, down the A1(M) and west into Airedale

Pricing a Silsden student's move to or from university

The distance to the university town, the size of the load and the stairs at the halls or house decide the price. The figure is fixed before the van sets off. See how we quote for the full breakdown.