Skipton Transportation

A special rail ticket available from Skipton station - available for travel from 08.45 and unlimited travel in an area - Skipton - Carlisle - Penrith - Preston - Halifax - Leeds - plus Long Preston - Carnforth - Lancaster.
1 day is £35, with a railcard £23.10 and children £17.50.

Another special rail ticket that includes Skipton in its area - this rover ticket gives unlimited travel in a area bounded by Carlisle - Newcastle - York - Garforth - Leeds - plus York - Harrogate - Leeds. From 08.45 and cannot be used on Grand Central trains.
2013 cost is £39, with a railcard £25.75 and children £19.50.

If you would like to explore the area by train this ticket gives unlimited travel for one day. The area covered is Carlisle - Settle - Skipton - Carnforth and the Irish Sea coast plus Dumfries - Lockerbie - Haltwhistle - Carlisle - Carnforth - Heysham/ Preston.
2013 prices are adult £44, with a railcard £29 and children £22.

There are fast electric trains to and from Leeds and Bradford (Foster Square) to Skipton on a regular frequency through the day. There is also a direct London train once each day and northwards diesel trains to Carlisle and Morecambe.
Skipton has a well presented station close to the town centre with staff in attendance at all times.

Times:
Charges apply between 09.00 -18.00 including Sundays
Charges
0-1 hour £1.10
1-2 hours £2.10
2-3 hours £3.10
3-4 hours £3.90
4+ hours £4.50

Location:
Located off of Belmont Street, take the first left after the canal bridge. It's not too far down on your left hand side.

Times:
Charges apply between 09.00 -18.00 including Sundays
Charges
0-1 hour £1.10
1-2 hours £2.10
2-3 hours £3.10
3-4 hours £3.90
4+ hours £4.50

Location:
Located off of Belmont Street, a right hand turn just before Bizzy Lizzy's fish and chip shop on the canal bridge. Turn here and over another canal bridge and it's on your left.

Charges:
Up to 1 hour £1.20
Up to 2 hours £2.30
Maximum stay 2 hours
Location:
Located off of Keighley road in the same area as the bus station. Look on your right if you're heading away from the high street, it's just after the pedestrian crossing and Sunwin House .

Charges apply between 09.00 and 18.00 including Sundays and Bank Holidays.
Charges:
Monday to Saturday
0 -1 hour £1.20
1 -2 hours £2.30
2- 3 hours £3.50
3-4 hours £4.50
4 + hours £8.00
Sunday
0 -1 hour £1.20
1 -2 hours £2.30
2- 3 hours £3.50
3+ hours £4.50

Directions:
Located off of the high street at the castle end between the Town Hall and Whittakers Chocolates down Jerry Croft.

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Skipton is an extremely busy and popular market town but it does have a fair number of carparks. Be warned, though, that if you leave it too late to get parked on a market day (Mon, Weds, Fri and Sats) you could be circling round for a long time. We were in a motorhome and had it all planned that we would be in Skipton reasonably early in the morning. However, on the Sunday, we were delayed, having to call out Green Flag to get us started after an extremely cold night. It was after 2pm by the time we got to Skipton. We were fortunate, it being Sunday, we managed to park in the park behind the Town Hall without too much difficulty. The following morning, a market day, we once again were able to park, it being only 10.20am. By the time we left, the park was full and people were waiting for spaces.

A word of warning, Craven Council patrol these parks, make sure you have paid the correct amount. Also, if you are longer than one space, you should buy two tickets. We got away with this; quite honestly some of the carpark bay markings are very difficult to distinguish.