Nidderdale DalesBus 821
KEIGHLEY - SHIPLEY - OTLEY - WASHBURN - PATELEY BRIDGE - LOFTHOUSE - SCAR HOUSE
Summer Sundays and Bank Holidays from 3rd May to 18th October 2026
This service has not yet started for Summer 2026.
Enjoy a scenic trip to the Washburn Valley, Pateley Bridge or Upper Nidderdale
All single fares are no more than £3 (£1 for under 19s).
Every Summer Sunday and Bank Holiday DalesBus 821 runs from Keighley via Shipley, Guiseley White Cross, Menston and Otley
to the Washburn Valley and Pateley Bridge.
There’s no need to book in advance, tickets are available from the driver, so you can simply turn up and go!
Dales Rover tickets and ENCTS elderly/disabled bus passes are valid.
DalesBus 821 heads out of Otley past The Roebuck, passing near Timble village and Fewston & Swinsty reservoirs and through the pretty village of Fewston
(Washburn Heritage Centre with tea room by the 18th century church). Visit the Love Yorkshire section of the www.yorkshirewater.com website for ideas for walks around the reservoirs in the Washburn Valley. It then continues past The Sun Inn, Menwith Hill and The Wellington Inn to Pateley Bridge.
Pateley Bridge is the perfect base to explore Upper Nidderdale. There are cafés, pubs, boutique shops, galleries, a small park and beautiful riverside walks, and the outstanding Nidderdale Museum. Or plan a longer hike along the Nidderdale Way or Six Dales Trail.
Nidderdale DalesBus 821 continues from Pateley Bridge for a highly scenic journey past Gouthwaite Reservoir to Ramsgill, Lofthouse
and Scar House Reservoir, starting point for lakeside or moorland walks through wild and desolate countryside.
Alight at Lofthouse for 20 minutes’ walk to the spectacular How Stean Gorge – limestone gorge and waterfalls, plus Tom Taylor’s cave and café.
Change at Pateley Bridge for a spectacular journey on double decker DalesBus 822 up Greenhow Hill, past Coldstones Cut and Stump Cross Caverns descending into beautiful Upper Wharfedale in the Yorkshire Dales National Park to Hebden & Grassington.
Connections are also available at Pateley Bridge with DalesBus 24 to/from Harrogate.
to the Washburn Valley and Pateley Bridge.
There’s no need to book in advance, tickets are available from the driver, so you can simply turn up and go!
Dales Rover tickets and ENCTS elderly/disabled bus passes are valid.
DalesBus 821 heads out of Otley past The Roebuck, passing near Timble village and Fewston & Swinsty reservoirs and through the pretty village of Fewston
(Washburn Heritage Centre with tea room by the 18th century church). Visit the Love Yorkshire section of the www.yorkshirewater.com website for ideas for walks around the reservoirs in the Washburn Valley. It then continues past The Sun Inn, Menwith Hill and The Wellington Inn to Pateley Bridge.
Pateley Bridge is the perfect base to explore Upper Nidderdale. There are cafés, pubs, boutique shops, galleries, a small park and beautiful riverside walks, and the outstanding Nidderdale Museum. Or plan a longer hike along the Nidderdale Way or Six Dales Trail.
Nidderdale DalesBus 821 continues from Pateley Bridge for a highly scenic journey past Gouthwaite Reservoir to Ramsgill, Lofthouse
and Scar House Reservoir, starting point for lakeside or moorland walks through wild and desolate countryside.
Alight at Lofthouse for 20 minutes’ walk to the spectacular How Stean Gorge – limestone gorge and waterfalls, plus Tom Taylor’s cave and café.
Change at Pateley Bridge for a spectacular journey on double decker DalesBus 822 up Greenhow Hill, past Coldstones Cut and Stump Cross Caverns descending into beautiful Upper Wharfedale in the Yorkshire Dales National Park to Hebden & Grassington.
Connections are also available at Pateley Bridge with DalesBus 24 to/from Harrogate.
Nidderdale DalesBus 821 is operated by Keighley Bus Company
as part of the DalesBus network managed by Dales and Bowland Community Interest Company
with financial support from Yorkshire Water.
