Harrogate Bus Company route 24 runs between Harrogate and Pateley Bridge throughout the day on Mondays to Saturdays with three return journeys on Sundays.
On Summer Sundays and Bank Holiday Mondays until 15th September 2019 Nidderdale is served by Nidderdale DalesBus 821 and DalesBus 822, linking Pateley Bridge with Gouthwaite Reservoir, Ramsgill, Lofthouse and Scar House in Upper Nidderdale and with Coldstones Cut, Stump Cross, Hebden and Grassington.
These buses also provide access to Nidderdale through from Keighley, Shipley, Otley, Selby, York and Ripon.
On Thursdays, Murgatroyd's bus runs from Pateley Bridge and Birstwith to Ripon.
A community car service is provided by Nidderdale Plus - for details and to book call 01423 714953.
On the eastern side of Nidderdale AONB Masham is served by Dales & District bus 159 running between Ripon, Leyburn and Richmond on Mondays to Saturdays.
On Summer Sundays and Bank Holiday Mondays until 15th September 2019 Eastern DalesBus 825 runs from Selby, Tadcaster, Wetherby and Harriogate to Brimham Rocks, Fountains Abbey, Galphay, Kirkby Malzeard and Masham.