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Local transport information
 

Dalesbus

The official site of the Yorkshire Dales Public Transport Users Group, providing details of bus and train services in the Yorkshire Dales

Dales & District Buses

Local bus timetables

Grand Central

Trains between Sunderland and London

National Express East Coast

Trains on the East Coast Main Line

National Rail Enquiries

Online railway timetable for the UK

Royal Mail Postbus

Timetable for the Wensleydale postbus

Save our railways

The UK rail and train resource centre

Settle-Carlisle Railway

A mine of information about the Settle-Carlisle Railway

TransPennine Express

Trains between Manchester/Leeds and Newcastle/ Middlesbrough

Traveldales

Yorkshire Dales National Park travel website

Yorkshire Travel Planner

Impartial journey information by bus, coach or train

 

 

Other transport and photographic websites
 

ACoRP

Association of Community Rail Partnerships

Bo’ness & Kinneil Railway

Central Scotland's steam railway by the Firth of Forth

CIRAS

The Confidential Incident Reporting & Analysis System for the UK railway industry

EcoTravelling

A wealth of articles about sustainable travel

Freefoto

Pictures of the scenic Wensleydale Railway

Heritage Railway Association

A guide to the heritage railway scene in the UK and Ireland

Isle of Wight Steam Railway

 

Parry People Movers

Energy-efficient, environmentally-friendly light rail vehicles for community railways and tramways

Preserved Diesels

A photographic record of preserved diesel locomotives

Railcar Association

A site dedicated to the history, technology and preservation of first generation DMUs

Railways of Britain

brings together websites for Britain’s railways and tramways

Webb Aviation

Webb Aviation aerial photography picture library

Wensleydale Railway Association

A membership body that supports the development of the Wensleydale Railway with fundraising and volunteer working

West Somerset Railway

Steam trains to the seaside at Minehead

Yorkshire Images

A photographic collection of Yorkshire and the Dales

3443.co.uk

The UK railway links portal

 

 

Yorkshire tourism websites
 

Daelnet: Guide to the Yorkshire Dales

 

Herriot Country

 

Herriot Days Out

 

iknow Yorkshire

Hotels, B&Bs and holiday cottages in the Yorkshire Dales

Let’s Stay Yorkshire Dales

 

Walks in Yorkshire

A walking site devoted to Yorkshire

Yorkshire Dales

 

Yorkshire Dales National Park

Yorkshire Dales National Park Authority

YorkshireNet

 

Yorkshire Visitor

Yorkshire Tourist Board’s website

 

 

Wensleydale websites
 

Bedale

 

Bedale-Yorkshire

 

Crakehall

 

Hambleton DC

 

Leyburn

 

Masham

Masham community website - information for residents and visitors

Middleham

 

Middleham Key Centre

 

Northallerton

 

Northallerton.info

 

Northallerton web

 

Upper Wensleydale

 

Wensleydale Online

Leyburn and Mid-Wensleydale Business Association

 

 

Wensleydale attractions
 

Big Sheep & Little Cow Farm Attraction, Bedale

A small family-run farm attraction near Bedale station

Black Sheep Brewery, Masham

Tours of the brewery

Bolton Castle, Leyburn

A spectacular mediaeval fortress in the heart of the Yorkshire Dales - 30 minutes’ walk by field paths from Redmire station

The Cat Pottery, West Burton

Home of the Moorside Cats

Dales Countryside Museum, Hawes

The museum of the Yorkshire Dales, in the former Hawes station building

Dales Festival of Food and Drink

The North’s premier event celebrating the local food, drink and farming of the region

The Forbidden Corner, Middleham

A unique labyrinth of tunnels, chambers, follies and surprises created in a four acre garden
(NB tickets have to be bought in advance)

Gayle Mill, Hawes

Water-driven timber mill featured in the BBC’s Restoration series and now back in working order

Masham steam rally

 

Middleham Castle, Middleham

A twelfth century castle, the childhood and favourite home of Richard III

Outhwaite Ropemakers, Hawes

Watch traditional rope-making in progress

The Picture House, Leyburn

Re-opened cinema in Leyburn
 

The Teapottery, Leyburn

Home of the eccentric teapot - within 5-10 minutes’ walk of Leyburn station

Theakstons Brewery, Masham

Tour the brewery and the visitor centre

Thorp Perrow Arboretum and the falcons of Thorp Perrow

85 acres of arboretum together with one of the largest collections of birds of prey in the north of England

Wensleydale Creamery, Hawes

The home of real Yorkshire Wensleydale cheese

White Rose Candle Workshop

Traditionally made candles in Wensley

 

 

Food and accommodation
 

Askrigg Cottage Holidays

 

Askrigg Cottages

 

Bolton Arms, Redmire

Food and B&B accommodation - within 5-10 minutes’ walk of Redmire station

Crakehall Watermill

B&B, holiday cottages & Caravan Club CL site in picturesque location three miles west of Leeming Bar

Dales View Holiday Homes

Self catering holiday cottages and apartments in Leyburn

Dent Station

Holiday cottage within the former Dent station cottage on the Settle-Carlisle line

The Landmark Trust

Holiday accommodation in restored historic buildings around the UK, including The Ruin, a restored Georgian folly a few miles south of Masham

The Lodge at Leeming Bar

39 roomed lodge with shop, restaurant, cafe, bar and meeting rooms located off the A1 - within 10 minutes’ walk of Leeming Bar station

Lovesome Hill Farm

B&B accommodation on a working farm four miles north of Northallerton

1 Middlegate Holiday Cottage

A renovated 19th century miner’s cottage in Burtersett near Hawes

Simonstone Hall, Hawes

A restored country house hotel near Hawes with spectacular views over the dale and surrounding fells

The Streethead Inn

Food and accommodation near West Burton

Throstlenest Holiday Cottages

Holiday cottages in Wensleydale

West Winds Yorkshire Tearooms, Buckden

Traditional Yorkshire tearooms with homely bed and breakfast

The White Rose Hotel, Leeming Bar

18 room hotel with restaurant half a mile from the A1 - within 5 minutes’ walk of Leeming Bar station

 

 

Shopping
 

Antiques Centre, Leyburn

Home to 40 specialist antique dealers - within 5-10 minutes’ walk of Leyburn station

Big Ozzy’s, Leyburn

Clothes for big men - within 5-10 minutes’ walk of Leyburn station

John H Gill, Leeming Bar

A family business serving the farming community - across the road from Leeming Bar station

Little Chocolate Shop, Leyburn

Watch luxury chocolates being created - within 5-10 minutes’ walk of Leyburn station

Simply Dutch furniture store, Leeming Bar

The most interesting store in the north - adjoining Leeming Bar station

Tennants Auctioneers, Leyburn

Family business of auctioneers based in Leyburn - within 5-10 minutes’ walk of Leyburn station

Westfields Farm Bakery, Leyburn

Hand-made continental bread, cakes and pastries

BuiltWithNOF

 

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