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How to get Here

This page includes travel information on how to get to the Dales. For information on travel within the Dales click here, or contact our Information Centres for local transport service information and timetables.

By Rail
Leeds, York, Darlington and Lancaster/Oxenholme on the edges of the Dales are all served by frequent express train services from all parts of the UK, linking with good train/bus services into the Dales:
National rail enquiries:
0845 7484950 www.nationalrail.co.uk
Telephone / online ticket purchase:
0845 7222333 www.thetrainline.com

By Bus and Coach
Lancaster, Skipton, Leeds, Harrogate, York, Ripon, Thirsk and Darlington are served by National Express coaches and have links to local bus services. Coaches also run from Heathrow and Manchester airports to Leeds coach station, with frequent buses on to Skipton, Ilkley, Harrogate and Ripon.
National Express:
0870 5808080
Travel planner and on-line ticket sales, including Eurolines services: www.nationalexpress.com
Or request a copy of the Dales Explorer from one of our Tourist Information Centres.

By Road
The Dales area is surrounded by major roads, with the M6 skirting the west, the A66 to the north, the A1 to the east and the A65, A59, A629, M62 and M65 to the south.

Ports
Into Hull: P&O North Sea Ferries from Rotterdam & Zeebrugge 0870 1296002
Into Newcastle: Fjord Line from Bergen and Stavanger 0191 296 1313, and Scandinavian Seaways from Esbjerg, Hamburg & Gothenburg 0191 293 6262
Into Holyhead: Irish Ferries from Dublin ROI 1890 313131, NI 0800 0182211
Into Stranraer: P&O Stena Line from Belfast 01204 7777

Airports
Leeds/Bradford 0113 250 9696 www.lbia.co.uk
Manchester 0161 489 3000 www.manchesterairport.co.uk
Newcastle 0870 122 1488 www.newcastleairport.com
Teesside 01325 332 811 www.durhamteesvalleyairport.com
Robin Hood (Doncaster Sheffield) 0870 833 2210 www.robinhoodairport.com

For more information on these local airports, including airport guides and news please visit www.uk-airport-news.info.

For bus services from Leeds Bradford Airport to Harrogate visit www.bus2jet.com

More Information
Travelling the Dales by Public Transport

How to get here map, showing all major routes

Click here for Dales’ Public Transport Information
Click here for Group Travel Information

Click here for an Illustrated Dales Map
(.PDF, 593kb)

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