Malham DalesBus 881


Lancaster - Slaidburn - Settle - Malham Tarn - Malham

Summer Sundays

Sorry, this service has been suspended for Summer 2020, but is expected to restart in May 2021.

Malham DalesBus 881 runs from Lancaster through the Trough of Bowland with its wild beauty and the stone villages of Dunsop Bridge, Newton in Bowland and Slaidburn to the popular railway town of Settle. After meeting the Dalesrail train from Blackpool, Preston and Clitheroe the bus climbs over the moors past the National Nature Reserve of Malham Tarn, to the pretty village of Malham, a popular walking centre. The village is surrounded by a dramatic limestone landscape of scars, cliffs, crags and waterfalls, including Malham Cove, Gordale Scar and Janet’s Foss.

Malham DalesBus 881 connects at Malham with Cravenlink DalesBus 884 from/to West Yorkshire and Skipton
and at Settle with the Lancashire Dalesrail.com train from Blackpool, Preston and Clitheroe.

Malham DalesBus 881 runs through both the Forest of Bowland Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty
and the Yorkshire Dales National Park.

Some of the many possible walks from the bus include:
​Hodder Bank Fell - 4.32 miles circular from Dunsop Bridge
Dunsop Bridge to Newton - 3 miles
Bell Sykes Hay Meadow - 2.3 miles circular from Slaidburn
Tosside to Slaidburn via Stocks Reservoir - 6.4 miles
Attermire Scar, Victoria Cave and Catrigg Force - 8 miles circular from Settle
Malham Cove, Gordale Scar and Janet's Foss - 5 miles circular from Malham

ENCTS concessionary bus passes are not valid on Malham DalesBus 881.
​Passholders pay a maximum fare of £3 single or £5 day return.

Malham DalesBus 881 is managed by Dales and Bowland Community Interest Company with financial support from Dalesrail
and operated by Kirkby Lonsdale Coach Hire 01524 733831