Oakenshaw is a small village on the outer edge of Bradford in West Yorkshire, sitting close to the boundary with Kirklees. Historically part of the West Riding of Yorkshire, it grew up during the 19th-century textile boom and still shows that industrial past in stone terraces and converted mill buildings set against the rolling Pennine foothills.
Today Oakenshaw feels like a quiet commuter community with local shops, pubs and active village groups, attractive to people working in nearby centres such as Leeds, Huddersfield and Bradford thanks to good road links including the M62. The village retains a strong local identity through sports clubs and community events, alongside pockets of countryside that appeal to walkers and families.
Postcode districts covering Oakenshaw
Most populated places nearby
- Leeds 8.7 miles
- Bradford 3 miles
- Oldham 20.5 miles
- Burnley 20.9 miles
- Huddersfield 7 miles
- Wakefield 10.6 miles
- Rochdale 19.9 miles
- Harrogate 18.7 miles
- Halifax 5.6 miles
- Barnsley 17.1 miles
- Castleford 16.2 miles
- Morley 5.8 miles
Neighbouring places
- Wyke Ward 0.7 miles
- Scholes Built-up area 1.5 miles
- Cleckheaton Built-up area 1.5 miles
- Wibsey Ward 1.8 miles
- Gomersal and Birkenshaw Built-up area 2 miles
- Royds Ward 2.1 miles
- Norwood Green Built-up area 2.1 miles
- Trident Parish 2.3 miles
- Little Horton Ward 2.3 miles
- Tong Ward 2.5 miles
- Hipperholme and Lightcliffe Ward 2.5 miles
- Birstall and Birkenshaw Ward 2.5 miles
Example postcodes in Oakenshaw
BD12 7BA, BD12 7BN, BD12 7EF, BD12 7AR, BD12 7HR, BD12 7BX, BD12 7BW, BD12 7EN, BD12 7DJ … See all
Transport links
- Leeds Bradford International Airport 8.8 miles
- Manchester Airport 34.9 miles
- Bradford Interchange 3 miles
- Bradford Forster Square Railway Station 3.5 miles
- Leeds Bradford Airport Bus Station 9.1 miles
Hotels near Oakenshaw Ad
- Cedar Court Bradford Hotel 4 1.6 miles
- Best Western Bradford Guide Post Hotel 3 1.1 miles
- Shibden Mill Inn 4 4.4 miles
- Holiday Inn Express Bradford City Centre 3 3 miles
- Premier Inn Bradford South 3 1.1 miles
- Travelodge Bradford Central 3 3.5 miles
- Tong Park Hotel 3 3.2 miles
- Gomersal Park Hotel & Bazaar Spa 3 2.5 miles
- Midland Hotel Bradford 4 3.4 miles
- Leonardo Hotel Bradford 4 3.2 miles
Local points of interest
- National Media Museum Museum 3.1 miles
- The University of Bradford University 3.2 miles
- Kirklees Priory Historic site 3.6 miles
- Valley Parade Stadium 4 miles
- The Shay Stadium Stadium 5.3 miles
- Galpharm Stadium Stadium 6.5 miles
- Gotts Park Mansion Country house 7 miles
- Elland Road Stadium 7.2 miles
- Esholt Priory Historic site 7.4 miles
- Daffy Wood Forest 8.2 miles
- Spring Wood Forest 8.3 miles
- Clayton Wood Forest 8.4 miles