A network of buses on Sundays and Bank Holiday Mondays opens up the Dales for you.  Details of services in Wensleydale are provided below.  Full details of these and other services in the Dales are available on the Dalesbus website

Many services are new or revised this year, so don’t rely on last year’s timetable.

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Wensleydale Vintage Bus - service 127

Ripon - Leyburn - Redmire - Hawes - Garsdale
(Also operates on Tuesdays, Fridays and Saturdays)

This bus service connects with Wensleydale Railway services at Redmire, giving passengers the opportunity of spending several hours in Hawes. The service runs between 4 April and 1 November 2009.

Dales & District services 156/157

Gayle - Hawes - Leyburn - Bedale - Northallerton

On Sundays there is a bus every two hours on these routes. (Buses run daily between Gayle and Northallerton, but on weekdays the route is split in two: Gayle - Bedale (services 156/157) and Bedale - Northallerton (service 73).)

The Northern Dalesman - services 831 and 832

Ribblehead to Hawes, Reeth and Leyburn

This new service runs on Sundays and Bank Holiday Mondays from 17 May until 18 October 2009, providing connections from the Settle-Carlisle railway to Wensleydale and Swaledale, and from the Wensleydale Railway to Reeth.

The Ingleborough Pony - services 832 and 833

Ribblehead to White Scar Caves, Ingleton and Clapham

This new service operates on Sundays and Bank Holiday Mondays from 17 May to 18 October 2009, opening up fantastic new opportunities to walk across Ingleborough’s dramatic summit or to visit Ingleton, the Ingleton Waterfalls Walk, Clapham or White Scar Caves.

Dalesbus 800

Leeds - Ilkley - Bolton Abbey - Grassington - Buckden - Aysgarth - Hawes

This service starts on 12 April and runs until 18 October 2009, providing three hours in Hawes and almost four hours in Aysgarth.

The Eastern Dalesman - service 820

Leeds - Otley - Pateley Bridge - Fountains Abbey - Ripon - Leyburn - Richmond

This service starts on 3 May and runs until 18 October 2009, providing over three hours in Leyburn.