Extra Summer Bus Services in the Yorkshire Dales

Regular all-year round bus services in the Yorkshire Dales are enhanced with additional routes in the Summer months (mainly between Easter or May Day bank holiday weekend and mid-October), most of these running on Sundays and Bank Holidays only, with a few extra buses on other days.

A map showing the full Summer Sunday and Bank Holiday DalesBus network is available here (PDF file).  Visit our timetable booklet page to download the current timetable for all services, or follow the links below for details of individual services.

The first seasonal bus services for 2018 started at Easter weekend, comprising:

SATURDAYS

• DalesBus 874: Wakefield - Leeds - Ilkley - Bolton Abbey - Burnsall - Grassington

SUNDAYS & BANK HOLIDAY MONDAYS

• Ribblehead Ranger 831: Hawes - Settle
• The Dalesman 874: Wakefield - Leeds - Otley - Ilkley - Grassington - Kettlewell - Buckden
• The Dalesman 875: Wakefield - Leeds - Ilkley - Kettlewell - Aysgarth - Hawes
• Malham Tarn Shuttle 881: Morecambe - Lancaster - Kirkby Lonsdale - Ingleton - Clapham - Settle - Malham Tarn - Malham
• Cravenlink 884: Dewsbury - Bradford - Yeadon - Otley - Ilkley - Skipton - Malham

TUESDAYS

• Cumbria Classic Coaches service 569 from Ravenstonedale and Kirkby Stephen to Hawes

Seasonal Sunday and Bank Holiday bus services in the Nidderdale area will start at May Day weekend, comprising:

• Nidderdale Rambler 821: Keighley - Shipley - Otley - Washburn - Pateley Bridge - Lofthouse - Scar House
• Fountains Flyer 822: Selby - York - Ripon - Fountains Abbey - Pateley Bridge - Grassington
• Brimham Explorer 825: Ripon - Fountains Abbey - Brimham Rocks - Harrogate

Seasonal Sunday and Bank Holiday services in the Northern Dales and Bowland areas will start on 27th May 2018, comprising:

• Northern Powergrid Country Bus 830: Middlesbrough - Darlington - Richmond - Reeth - Hawes  
• Northern Dalesman 830: Preston - Lancaster - Ingleton - Ribblehead - Hawes - Reeth - Richmond  (Sundays only)
• Bowland Explorer 833: Lancaster - Bentham - Ingleton - Gisburn Forest - Slaidburn - Clitheroe
• Wensleydale Wanderer 857: Hawes - Bainbridge - Askrigg - Castle Bolton - Leyburn - Middleham - Jervaulx Abbey - Masham
• DalesBus 859: Richmond - Leyburn  (Sundays only)