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. Many 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.

During the Summer extra bus services operate into the Yorkshire Dales, the first of these services started for the 2008 season at Easter weekend. 

Harrogate/Nidderdale Area
24	Harrogate - Pateley Bridge	Daily	HDT	Details
36	Leeds - Harrogate - Ripon	Daily	HDT	Details
X54	York - Knaresborough - Harrogate	Mon-Sat	HDT	Details
X59	Harrogate - Bolton Bridge - Skipton	Mon-Sat	HDT	Details
653	Bradford - Otley - Harrogate	Mon-Sat	FBD	Details
767	Leeds Bradford International Airport - Pool - Harrogate	Daily	HDT	Details
	Harrogate Area Services		HDT	Details
	Nidderdale Area Services		Various	Details
Skipton/Airedale/Wharfedale Area
11	Grassington - Greenhow - Harrogate	Mon/Tue/Wed/Fri	LRB	Details
12	Grassington - Greenhow - Risplith - Ripon	Thu	LRB	Details
66/66A	Skipton - Keighley	Daily	KDT	Details
66A	Skipton - Keighley - Grassington	Sun	KDT	Details
72/72R	Skipton - Grassington - Hebden/Buckden	Mon-Sat	POD	Details
74	Ilkley - Grassington - Buckden	Mon-Sat	POD	Details
210	Skipton - Malham	Mon-Fri	PEN/ROY	Details
210	Skipton - Malham	Sat	HUT	Details
214	Skipton - Embsay	Mon-Sat	PEN	Details
215	Skipton - Barnoldswick - Colne - Burnley	Daily	PEN	Details
280/X80	Preston - Clitheroe - Skipton	Daily	LUL	Details
580	Skipton - Settle - Giggleswick	Mon-Sat	PEN	Details
784/884	Ilkley - Bolton Abbey/Draughton - Skipton	Sun	JCK	Details
X84	Leeds - Ilkley - Skipton	Mon-Sat	FLS	Details
Ripon/Wensleydale/Swaledale Area
30	Richmond - Reeth - Keld	Mon-Sat	HCT	Details
70	Ripon - Thirsk - Northallerton	Mon-Sat	DAL	Details
73	Northallerton - Bedale - Richmond (connects with 156/157)	Daily	DAL	Details
113	Hawes - Garsdale	Mon-Sat	HCT	Details
144	Bedale - Masham	Mon-Sat	HCT/DAL	Details
156/157	Northallerton - Bedale - Leyburn - Hawes	Daily	DAL	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 + Summer Sundays	RRO	Details
Western Dales Area
	North Craven Taxibus	Mon-Sat	BEN	Details
B1	Slaidburn - Settle	Mon-Sat	LRB	Details
B10/B11	Clitheroe - Slaidburn	Mon-Sat	TYR	Details
80	Ingleton - Lancaster	Mon-Sat	STL	Details
564	Brough - Sedbergh - Kendal	Mon-Sat	STC/WOF	Details
564A	Dent - Sedbergh - Kendal	Sat	APO	Details
564B	Cowgill - Dent - Sedbergh - Kendal	Wed	WOF	Details
567	Ingleton - Kirkby Lonsdale - Kendal	Mon-Sat	STC	Details
581	Kirkby Lonsdale - Ingleton - Settle - Horton in Ribblesdale	Mon-Sat	KIR	Details
Other Services
	Postbus Services		ROY	Details
			NEX

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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