An Introduction to the Dalesbus Website

The Dalesbus website is the official website of  the Yorkshire Dales Public Transport Users Group, designed to promote the use of public transport in the Yorkshire Dales area.

There are many bus services within the Yorkshire Dales which run throughout the year, these are supplemented by extra services during the Summer period, which mainly operate on Sundays and Bank Holidays from Easter or May Day weekends until mid-October.

The main Dales areas covered by the all-year services are:

Grassington and Buckden in Upper Wharfedale from Skipton and Ilkley
Malham from Skipton and Gargrave
Settle from Skipton, Ingleton and Clitheroe
Bolton Bridge in Wharfedale from Skipton and Harrogate
Pateley Bridge in Nidderdale from Harrogate
Fountains Abbey from Ripon
Bedale and Leyburn in Wensleydale from Ripon and Richmond
Hawes in Wensleydale from Garsdale (on Settle-Carlisle railway)
Hawes and Leyburn in Wensleydale from Bedale and Northallerton
Keld and Reeth in Swaledale from Richmond

Follow these links to a list of the main routes and a map showing the main bus routes and railway lines.

An increased leisure bus network operates in the Summer months, including the following routes:

York, Leeds and Ilkley to Bolton Abbey, Grassington and Buckden in Wharfedale and Hawes in Wensleydale
Ilkley and Skipton to Malham, with connections from Leeds, Bradford and Harrogate
Ripon to Leyburn, Redmire, Hawes and Garsdale
Ribblehead to Hawes, Reeth and Leyburn
Ingleborough Pony service, serving Settle, Ingleton, Clapham and Ribblehead
Ravenstonedale and Kirkby Stephen to Hawes
Leeds and Otley to Pateley Bridge, Fountains Abbey, Leyburn and Richmond
Harrogate and Pateley Bridge to Brimham Rocks and Upper Nidderdale
York and Ripon to Fountains Abbey, Pateley Bridge and Grassington

 

A diagrammatic map and a list of places in the Yorkshire Dales served by bus on Summer Sundays and Bank Holidays are also available.

The famous Settle to Carlisle Railway also passes through the Yorkshire Dales area, with several journeys daily throughout the year. There are also good rail links to several access points to the Yorkshire Dales. The Wensleydale Railway has recently re-opened and now runs between Leeming Bar, Bedale, Leyburn and Redmire throughout the year.

To find out how to get further public transport information for the Yorkshire Dales and surrounding areas, visit the Journey Planners page, which contains links to online journey planners and details of other sources of transport information. The Fares page gives details of various special fare deals which are available on many routes.

The Dales Bus Discount scheme offers discounts on accommodation, food and local attractions to anyone with a valid bus or train ticket.

A number of organisations, including Dalesbus Ramblers organise guided walks, which link to public transport. 

Numerous links to other websites of interest to visitors to the Yorkshire Dales area are listed on the Dales Links pages. 

Throughout the Dalesbus website you will find links to other websites, if you don't see the red bus symbol to return you to the Dalesbus Index Page just click the BACK button on your browser until you find a page with it on.

The Dalesbus website is the official website of the Yorkshire Dales Public Transport Users Group, but no responsibility can be accepted for errors or omissions. However, we are pleased to receive your comments and suggestions, please email us.

Click on the red bus symbol below to return to the Dalesbus index page.

This webpage is part of the Dalesbus Website,

provided by the Yorkshire Dales Public Transport Users Group

All information is provided in good faith, but we cannot be held responsible for any errors or inaccuracies. Please check details before travelling. This site also contains a number of external links the inclusion of which does not signify any endorsement. The YDPTUG is not responsible for the contents of such sites, or any links contained within them.