Harrogate Bus Company route 24 runs daily all year between Harrogate and Pateley Bridge throughout the day.
On Summer Sundays and Bank Holidays additional buses run into and around Nidderdale as part of the DalesBus network on the following routes:
Nidderdale DalesBus 821: Keighley - Shipley - Otley - Washburn Valley - Pateley Bridge - Ramsgill - Lofthouse - Scar House (service now finished for 2022 season)
DalesBus 822: York - Ripon - Fountains Abbey - Pateley Bridge - Grassington (service now finished for 2022 season)
On the eastern side of Nidderdale AONB Masham is served by Dales & District bus 159 running between Ripon, Masham, Middleham, Leyburn and Richmond on Mondays to Saturdays. Fountains Abbey and many of the villages towards the east of Nidderdale AONB are served by Dales & District buses 138 and 139.
YorBus provides a demand-responsive minibus service in the Ripon and Masham area on Monday to Saturday.
DalesBus 59 provides a service to Blubberhouses from Harrogate and Skipton on Saturdays.