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Keighley

Public Transport Routes to the Yorkshire Dales from Keighley

The Dales Experience Bus

The Dales Experience Bus provides direct links from Keighley to the Dales on Wednesdays and Fridays during the June and Summer school holidays- click here for details.

To Mid Wharfedale (Dales Way) – Bolton Abbey, Barden and Burnsall

Weekdays: Bus 762 to Addingham or Ilkley then Dalesbus 74 from Ilkley/Addingham to Bolton Abbey, Barden, Burnsall and Grassington (connection at Grassington Interchange onto 72 for Kettlewell and Buckden)

Weekdays: Airedale Line train or bus 66/66A to Skipton then bus X59 from Skipton to Bolton Bridge, for short walk to Bolton Abbey

To Upper Wharfedale (Dales Way) Grassington, Kettlewell, Buckden

Weekdays: Airedale line train or bus 66/66A to Skipton, then bus 72 from Skipton to Rylstone, Grassington, Hebden, Kettlewell and Buckden. Special Fare: DalesBus Skipton

Sundays and Bank Holidays: Dalesbus 66A to Rylstone and Grassington to connect with Dalesbus 874 for Kettlewell and Buckden. Special Fares: Dales Rover, K-Day (not valid on 874)

To Malhamdale – Gargrave, Airton, Kirkby Malham, Malham (Pennine Way)

Daily: Leeds-Settle-Carlisle/ Morecambe train from Keighley to Gargrave

Mondays to Saturdays: Airedale Line train or bus 66 to Skipton then bus 210/211 via Gargrave, Airton and Kirkby Malham to Malham

Summer Saturdays, Sundays and Bank Holidays: Airedale Line train or bus 66/66A to Skipton then bus 890 to Settle, Malham Tarn and Malham

Summer Sundays and Bank Holidays: Bus 66A to Skipton then bus 883/884 to Gargrave, Airton, Kirkby Malham and Malham

To Ribblesdale (Pennine Way, Dales Way, Ribble Way, Pennine Bridleway) – Hellifield, Long Preston, Settle, Horton-in-Ribblesdale, Ribblehead and Garsdale

Daily: Settle-Carlisle line train from Keighley (Bus 113 weekdays from Garsdale Station to Hawes and bus 832 Summer Sundays and Bank Holidays from Ribblehead Station to Hawes)

Summer Saturdays, Sundays and Bank Holidays: Airedale Line to Skipton to catch Dalesbus 890 from Skipton Rail Station to Settle.

To Western Dales - Giggleswick, Austwick, Clapham and Ingleton

Daily: Morecambe line train to Hellifield, Long Preston, Giggleswick and Clapham village (NB Clapham Station is 1¼ miles (2km) from village)

Mondays to Saturdays: Settle-Carlisle line train from Keighley to Settle then bus 581 from Settle Market Place to Austwick, Clapham village and Ingleton

Summer Sundays and Bank Holidays: Settle-Carlisle line train from Keighley to Ribblehead then bus 832/833 to Ingleton

To Dentdale and Sedbergh

Daily: Settle-Carlisle line train to Dent Station (NB Dent Station is 4½ miles (7 km) from Dent village)

To Wensleydale - Leyburn, Middleham, Aysgarth, Redmire, Askrigg, Castle Bolton, Bainbridge and Hawes

Weekdays: Settle-Carlisle line train from Keighley to Garsdale, then bus 113 from Garsdale Station to Hawes. Bus 156/7 from Hawes to Askrigg, Bainbridge and Leyburn

Summer Sundays and Bank Holidays: Settle-Carlisle line train from Keighley to Ribblehead, then bus 832 from Ribblehead to Hawes, for connecting bus 831 to Swaledale

To Nidderdale – Summerbridge, Pateley Bridge, Fountains Abbey

Daily: Airedale/Harrogate Line train to Harrogate then bus 24 to Darley, Dacre, Summerbridge and Pateley Bridge

Weekdays and Summer Sundays: Airedale/Harrogate Line train to Harrogate then bus 36 to Ripon then Ripon Roweller 139 to Fountains Abbey

To Washburn Valley - Blubberhouses

Weekdays: Airedale Line train or bus 66/66A to Skipton then bus X59 from Skipton to Blubberhouses