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NORTHERN DALESBUS 831

Middlesbrough - Stockton-on-Tees - Darlington - Richmond - Reeth - Hawes
Summer ​Sundays until 19th October 2025
​This service has now finished for the winter.

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​​This scenic bus route, featured on BBC4's All Aboard! The Country Bus,
​links the North East with scenic Swaledale and Wensleydale in the Yorkshire Dales National Park, 
with onward connections on Northern DalesBus 832 past Ribblehead viaduct to Settle and Ingleton.
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Perfect for walking or sightseeing in the Yorkshire Dales – England’s favourite National Park.

There’s no need to book in advance, tickets are available from the driver, so you can simply turn up and go!

Catch Northern DalesBus 831 direct from the centres of Middlesbrough, Stockton and Darlington (picking up at Darlington rail station and all X66/X26 bus stops) to Richmond, then travel through Swaledale, regarded by many people as one of the most sublimely beautiful of all the Yorkshire Dales – through the iconic villages of Reeth, Gunnerside and Muker. The bus then ascends one of the most spectacular mountain passes in the British Isles - Buttertubs Pass, of Tour de France and Tour de Yorkshire fame. Once over the 526 metre summit there are superb views from the bus windows over to Yorkshire’s famous Three Peaks and back down into Swaledale.
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Hawes’s attractions include the wonderful Dales Countryside Museum with the celebrated Hartley-Ingleby collection of lead mining and farming artefacts from the Northern Dales, and Wensleydale Creamery, where the world-famous Wensleydale cheese, rescued from oblivion by the legendary Kit Calvert, is made. There is a visitor centre where you can see cheese being made and a restaurant and shop.  Hardraw Force, England’s highest single drop above ground waterfall, is little more than a mile’s easy walk away.

From Hawes you can catch Northern DalesBus 832 past the famous Ribblehead Viaduct to Settle, Clapham or Ingleton.

Buy a Dales Rover ticket from the bus driver for a day’s unlimited travel on the Sunday and Bank Holiday DalesBus network.
Dales Rover: Adult: £10   Group: £18 (for any group of up to two adults and three children)

Concessionary bus passes for the elderly and disabled are not valid for free travel on Northern DalesBus 831 or 832, except for outward journeys on service 831 from Middlesbrough, Stockton and Darlington.  Standard fares to a maximum of £3 single/ £5 day ticket are payable by passholders.

North East Explorer Tickets are valid as far as Reeth.

Single and day return fares are also available.

​Swaledale Shuttle service 30 operates all year on Mondays to Saturdays between Richmond, Reeth, Muker and Keld..


​DalesBus 831 is operated by Arriva North East
​as part of the DalesBus network ​managed by Dales and Bowland Community Interest Company
​with support from Friends of the Dales, the Jack Brunton Charitable Trust, Muker Village Store and Teashop and North Yorkshire Council.

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