Pateley Bridge is served by a number of bus services, including an hourly service on weekday daytimes from Harrogate.
Harrogate & District Travel route 24 provides an hourly service to Harrogate throughout the day on Mondays to Saturdays, with evening buses on Fridays and Saturdays, and four return journeys on Sundays.
On Summer Sundays and Bank Holiday Mondays Pateley Bridge is served by the Nidderdale Rambler, Fountains Flyer and Eastern Dalesman services, with buses from York, Bradford, Otley and Harrogate linking to Middlesmoor in Upper Nidderdale, Coldstones Cut, Greenhow, Grassington, Brimham Rocks, Fountains Abbey, Ripon, Leyburn and Aysgarth. A Winter Sunday service is also provided on the Nidderdale Rambler routes on selected dates.
A full list of bus services in the area is provided below, click on the service number for timetable details.
| No. | Route | Days of Operation | Operator |
| 24 | Harrogate - Birstwith - Pateley Bridge | Daily | HDT |
| DR15 | Upper Nidderdale Pre-Bookable Service | Thursdays/Fridays | LRB |
| JKM | Pateley Bridge - Birstwith - Ripon | Thursdays | MUR |
| 731H | Pateley Bridge - Lofthouse - Scar House | Schooldays | MOT |
825 Harrogate - Brimham Rocks - Pateley Bridge - Lofthouse - Middlesmoor (with connections on service 823 from York, Tadcaster and Wetherby)
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