The HGV, which was directed to Deep Lane and Halifax Lane in Luddenden by satellite navigation, got wedged twice on its way down and then when the electronic system told it to turn around it got stuck twice more on the way back up.

The journey along the mile-long lane took about three hours and two walls had to be dismantled to get it out, causing at least £1,500 damage to one.

Luckily, Peter Layfield and his wife Lynn Marshall, of North Ive Barn, Ive House Lane, which is just off Halifax Lane, will be able to claim the money from the driver's insurance.

But now the couple, who have lived at the address for more than 20 years, want Calderdale Council to replace the de-restriction sign at the junction of Deep Lane and Butts Green Lane with a HGV restriction.

Not only is the road too narrow for large vehicles but the current indicator contradicts a sign at the bottom of the lane which designates it unsuitable for HGVs."

Mr Layfield, 68, who is also chairman of Luddenden Conservation Society, said: "All we are asking for is a sign at the top saying 'No HGVs'.

"It is common sense. Firstly, because the signs contradict each other, lorries are not allowed one way but are the other, and, secondly, because it is just not safe."

But the council have told residents no changes will be made as the signs are legal. The incident with the lorry, which is thought to have been delivering new equipment to a nearby playground, is not unusual.

Many other trucks have been stuck in recent years and smaller vehicles have caused damage but driven off leaving residents to foot the bill. If the wall is holding up the road the council will fund repairs but if, as in most cases, the wall is holding up a field the landowner must pay.

Jason Boom has been using the village's newsletter to ask people to log concerns about lorries using country lanes on two websites which determine the routes satellite navigation systems plot.

"More and more delivery drivers are unaware where they are going and just blindly following these devices."

A council spokesman said: "There is a prohibition zone for heavy goods vehicles around the Warley area so, in practice, no HGVs should even reach the top of Deep Lane, let alone be coming down it. There are also a number of signs in the area advising drivers that the route leading through Luddenden village to the bottom of Deep Lane is unsuitable for heavy goods vehicles."

megan.featherstone@halifaxcourier.co.uk