Main Bus Services in the Dales area

There are many bus and coach services in the Yorkshire Dales which operate year-round. The main ones are listed below grouped by area. Note that many services operate in more than one area, but are only listed once. 

The three letter codes indicate the main operator of the service.

Most services have links to timetable details (some of these links are to external sites, and some are to PDF files), if no timetable link is shown, use the Traveline Journey Planner to find out times for the day you wish to travel.

There are also a number of buses which operate on a seasonal basis, with summer and winter timetables - follow the links for details.

Harrogate/Nidderdale Area
24	Harrogate - Pateley Bridge	Daily	HDT	Details
825	Harrogate - Pateley Bridge - Upper Nidderdale	Sun	ASC	Details
36	Leeds - Harrogate - Ripon	Daily	HDT	Details
X52/X53	Ilkley/Guiseley - Otley - Harrogate	Mon-Sat	HCT	Details
X59	Harrogate - Bolton Bridge - Skipton	Mon-Sat	HDT	Details
737	Bradford - Leeds Bradford International Airport - Harrogate	Daily	CEN	Details
	Harrogate Area Services		HDT	Details
	Nidderdale Area Services		Various	Details
Skipton/Airedale/Wharfedale Area
66/66A	Skipton - Keighley	Daily	KDT	Details
72/72R	Skipton - Grassington - Hebden/Buckden	Mon-Sat	POD	Details
872	Burnley - Skipton - Grassington	Sun	TBP	Details
74	Ilkley - Grassington - Buckden	Mon-Sat	POD	Details
874	Ilkley - Grassington - Buckden	Sun	ARY	Details
210/211	Skipton - Malham	Mon-Fri	PEN/LRB	Details
210	Skipton - Malham	Sat	HUT	Details
214	Skipton - Embsay	Mon-Sat	PEN	Details
28/29/30	Burnley - Colne - Barnoldswick - Skipton	Daily	TBP	Details
215	Burnley - Colne - Barnoldswick - Skipton	Daily	PEN	Details
280/X80	Preston - Clitheroe - Skipton	Daily	LUL	Details
580	Skipton - Settle - Giggleswick (connects with 581)	Mon-Sat	PEN	Details
883/884	Ilkley - Bolton Abbey/Draughton - Skipton	Sun	JCK/YPL	Details
X84	Leeds - Ilkley - Skipton	Mon-Sat	FLS	Details
	Craven Area Demand Responsive Bus Services	Mon-Sat	LRB	Details
Ripon/Wensleydale/Swaledale Area
30	Richmond - Reeth - Keld	Mon-Sat	DAL	Details
70	Ripon - Thirsk - Northallerton	Mon-Sat	DAL	Details
73	Northallerton - Bedale - Richmond (connects with 156/157)	Daily	DAL	Details
138	Ripon - Masham	Mon - Sat	DAL	Details
144	Bedale - Masham	Mon-Sat	DAL	Details
156/157	Bedale - Leyburn - Hawes - Gayle	Mon-Sat	DAL	Details
856	Northallerton - Bedale - Leyburn - Hawes - Gayle	Sun	DAL	Details
LWB	Garsdale Station - Hardraw - Hawes - Gayle	Mon-Sat	LWB	Details
159	Ripon - Leyburn - Richmond (connects with 156/157)	Mon-Sat	DAL	Details
	Ripon Roweller (Ripon to/from Masham, Melmerby and Fountains Abbey)	Mon-Sat	DAL	Details
	Upper Wensleydale/Upper Swaledale Area Demand Responsive Bus Services	Daily	LWB	Details
Western Dales Area
	North Craven Taxibus	Mon-Sat	LRB	Details
10/10A/11	Clitheroe - Slaidburn - Settle - Horton in Ribblesdale	Mon-Sat	LRB	Details
80	Ingleton - Lancaster	Mon-Sat	STL	Details
564	Brough - Sedbergh - Kendal	Mon-Sat	KLC/WOF	Details
564A	Dent - Sedbergh - Kendal	Sat	APO	Details
564B	Cowgill - Dent - Sedbergh - Kendal	Wed	WOF	Details
581	Kirkby Lonsdale - Ingleton - Settle  (connects with 580)	Mon-Sat	KIR	Details
Other Services
			NEX	Details
			MEG	Details

Three Letter Codes indicate the operator, click here for details

Skipton 653 Bradford - Otley - Harrogate Skipton/Airedale/Wharfedale Area 66 Skipton - Keighley 66A Skipton - Keighley - Grassington 72 Skipton - Grassington - Hebden 74 Ilkley - Grassington - Buckden 80 Skipton - Lothersdale 210 Skipton - Malham 210 Skipton - Malham 214 Skipton - Embsay 215 Skipton - Barnoldswick - Colne - Burnley 280 Preston - Skipton 580 Skipton - Settle - Giggleswick 8806West Yorkshire - Grassington - Hawes X84 Leeds - Ilkley - Skipton    Ripon/Wensleydale/Swaledale Area 30 Richmond - Reeth - Keld 36 Leyburn - Reeth 73 Northallerton - Bedale - Richmond (connects with 156/157) 113 Hawes - Garsdale 144 Bedale - Masham 156/157 Northallerton - Bedale - Leyburn - Hawes 158 Leyburn/Middleham - Woodale 159 Ripon - Leyburn - Richmond (connects with 156/157) 160 Leyburn - Jervaulx Abbey - Bedale Ripon Roweller (Ripon to/from Masham, Melmerby, Fountains Abbey and Newby Hall)   Richmond area services   Ripon/Northallerton area services North Craven Taxibus B10 Clitheroe - Slaidburn - Settle 80/80A/81 Ingleton - Lancaster 564 Brough - Sedbergh - Kendal 564A Dent - Sedbergh - Kendal 564B Cowgill - Dent - Sedbergh - Kendal 567 Ingleton - Kirkby Lonsdale - Kendal 581 Ingleton - Settle - Horton in Ribblesdale   625 Appleby - Dufton - Penrith 784 884 Cravenlink Ilkley - Addingham - Bolton Abbey / Draughton - Embsay - Skipton

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provided by the Yorkshire Dales Public Transport Users Group

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