Most bus services in the Yorkshire Dales run year-round, as listed below.
The main all-year services are listed below, including key connecting buses from the surrounding area, grouped by area with links to further details. Note that many services operate in more than one area, but are only listed once. Most services have links to timetable details (some of these links are to external sites, and some are to PDF files). The three letter codes indicate the main operator of the service. Click here for the network map (PDF file), which also includes summer seasonal services. |
Harrogate/Nidderdale Area | ||||
24 | Harrogate - Pateley Bridge | Daily | HBC | Details |
36 | Leeds - Harrogate - Ripon | Daily | HBC | Details |
59 | Harrogate - Bolton Bridge - Skipton | Saturdays | HBC | Details |
A2 | Bradford - Leeds Bradford Airport - Harrogate | Daily | FLY | Details |
X52 | Otley - Harrogate | Mon-Sat | HCT | Details |
Harrogate Area Services | Various | Details | ||
Nidderdale Area Services | Various | Details | ||
Skipton/Airedale/Wharfedale Area | ||||
14 | Skipton - Embsay | Mon-Fri | NYC | Details |
25/26 | Leeds - Otley - Ilkley (replacing service X84) | Daily | FLS | Details |
64 | Ilkley - Skipton | Mon-Sat | KBC | Details |
66 | Keighley - Skipton | Daily | KBC | Details |
72/72A | Skipton - Grassington - Buckden | Daily | KBC/NYC | Details |
72B | Hebden - Grassington - Buckden | Mon-Sat | UWV | Details |
74A | Ilkley - Bolton Abbey - Grassington - Hebden | Mon/Wed/Fri | NYC | Details |
74 | York - Harrogate - Ilkley - Bolton Abbey - Grassington | Sat | REL | Details |
210/211 | Skipton - Malham | Mon-Fri | NYC | Details |
75 | Skipton - Malham | Sat | LON | Details |
280 | Preston - Clitheroe - Skipton | Daily | STM | Details |
580 | Skipton - Settle (connects with service 581) | Mon-Sat | LON | Details |
864 | Bradford - Ilkley - Skipton - Malham | Sun | KBC | Details |
873 | Ilkley - Bolton Abbey - Embsay - Skipton | Sun | KBC | Details |
874 | Wetherby - Leeds - Otley - Ilkley - Grassington - Buckden | Sun | YPL | Details |
M6 | Burnley - Nelson - Colne - Barnoldswick - Skipton | Daily | BBC | Details |
Ripon/Wensleydale/Swaledale Area | ||||
30 | Catterick - Richmond - Reeth - Keld | Mon-Sat | LWB | Details |
70 | Ripon - Thirsk - Northallerton | Mon-Sat | HOD | Details |
73 | Northallerton - Bedale | Mon-Sat | PRO | Details |
113 | Garsdale Station - Hardraw - Hawes - Gayle | Mon-Sat | LWB | Details |
138 138A | Ripon - Masham | Mon-Sat | PRO | Details |
139 | Ripon - Fountains Abbey | Mon/Thu/Sat | PRO | Details |
144 | Bedale - Masham | Tues/Wed/Fri | PRO | Details |
155 | Bedale - Leyburn | Mon-Fri until 9th Nov | HOD | Details |
155 | Bedale - Leyburn | Mon-Sat from 11th Nov | HOD | Details |
156 | Catterick - Leyburn - Hawes - Gayle | Mon-Sat | LWB | Details |
856 | Northallerton - Bedale - Leyburn - Hawes - Gayle | Sun | PRO | Details |
159 | Ripon - Leyburn - Richmond | Mon-Sat | HOD | Details |
RR1 | Richmond - Catterick - Northallerton | Wed | LWB | Details |
Bedale - Northallerton (demand responsive) | Wed | BCM | Details | |
LWB | Upper Wensleydale/Upper Swaledale Area Demand Responsive Bus Services | Mon-Sat | LWB | Details |
LWB | Buttertubs Pass (must be pre-booked) | Mon-Sat | LWB | Details |
LWB | Hawes - Snaizeholme (for red squirrels - must be pre-booked) | Mon-Sat | LWB | Details |
Western Dales Area | ||||
11 | Clitheroe - Slaidburn - Settle - Horton in Ribblesdale | Mon-Sat | NYC | Details |
81/82 | Kirkby Lonsdale - Lancaster (connects with services 581/583) | Daily | LON | Details |
106 | Kendal - Orton - Penrith | Tues/Fri | CCC | Details |
563 | Kendal - Sedbergh - Kirkby Stephen - Appleby - Penrith | Mon-Fri | STL | Details |
563 | Kirkby Stephen - Appleby - Penrith | Sat | STL | Details |
567 | Ingleton - Kirkby Lonsdale - Kendal | Mon-Sat | STL | Details |
570 | Ravenstonedale - Shap - Tebay - Kendal | Thu | CCC | Details |
571 | Brough - Kirkby Stephen - Kendal | Mon | CCC | Details |
572 | Ravenstonedale - Kirkby Stephen - Barnard Castle | Wed | CCC | Details |
581 | Kirkby Lonsdale - Ingleton - Settle (connects with 580) | Mon-Sat | LON | Details |
582 | High Bentham - Hornby (connects with 82) | Wed/Thu | NYC | Details |
583 | Kirkby Lonsdale - Ingleton - Bentham | Mon-Sat | LON | Details |
DR06 | North Craven Village Bus | Mon-Fri | NYC | Details |
S1 | Dent Station - Dent - Sedbergh - Kendal | Wed/Sat | WDB | Details |
S5 | Sedbergh - Kirkby Stephen - Kendal | Fri | WDB | Details |
S6 | Sedbergh - Kirkby Stephen - Appleby - Penrith | Tues/Thu | WDB | Details |