Regular bus services in the Dales are enhanced with additional routes in the summer months, mainly between Easter and mid-October. Most of theres run on Sundays and bank holidays only, with a few extra buses on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays.

Summer timetables are now running on these routes:

Yorkshire Dalesman 800: York - Leeds - Ilkley - Grassington - Buckden - Hawes

DalesBus 870: Leeds - Otley - Ilkley, for connecting DalesBus services

DalesBus 874: Ilkley - Grassington - Buckden

Cravenlink 883/884: Ilkley - Skipton - Malham

Cravenlink 883/884: Ilkley - Bolton Abbey - Skipton

Malham Tarn Shuttle service 890 from Ilkley and Skipton to Settle and Malham

Fountains Abbey Shuttle Bus from Ripon

Wensleydale Vintage Tour Bus from Ripon to Leyburn, Redmire, Hawes and Garsdale

Cumbria Classic Coaches service 569 from Ravenstonedale to Hawes (Tuesdays)

The following summer services will start later in the year:

Dalesbus 812: York and Ripon to Fountains Abbey, Nidderdale and Wharfedale

Daleslink X52: Harrogate - Otley - Ilkley, for connecting DalesBus services

Eastern Dalesman 820: Seacroft, Leeds and Otley to Pateley Bridge, Fountains Abbey, Leyburn and Richmond

Nidderdale Rambler 825: Harrogate to Brimham Rocks, Pateley Bridge and Upper Nidderdale

the Ingleborough Pony linking Settle, Clapham, Ingleton and Ribblehead

the Northern Dalesman linking Ribblehead with Hawes, Swaledale and Leyburn

Bolton Abbey Heritage Bus

Cumbria Classic Coaches service 570 from Hawes to Ribblehead (Tuesdays)

Dales Experience Bus from Bradford to Malham/Bolton Abbey/Grassington/Kettlewell (Wednesdays and Fridays)

Upper Nidderdale Rambler linking Pateley Bridge with How Stean Gorge, Middlesmoor and Scar House Reservoir (Tuesdays and Saturdays)

Dentdale Explorer: Dent Station to Dent and Sedbergh (Saturdays)

Metro produce a handy pocket size timetable of most leisure bus routes in the Dales, including all buses from West Yorkshire to the Dales. You can download a copy in PDF format by clicking below:

DalesBus Summer 2010 Timetable - (approx 870KB PDF file). Click here for updates.

There are also many all-year bus services in the Dales.

A diagrammatic map and a list of places in the Yorkshire Dales served by bus on Summer Sundays and Bank Holidays are also available.