A bus service to the very top end of Nidderdale will restart for the summer 2023 season this weekend.

The DalesBus 821 service to Scar House reservoir in Upper Nidderdale will run from Keighley and Otley via the Washburn Valley to Pateley Bridge, then continues updale past Gouthwaite Reservoir to Ramsgill, Lofthouse and Scar House Reservoir every Sunday and Bank Holiday until October 22, 2023.

Buses leave from Pateley Bridge at 11.15am and 2.15pm, returning from Scar House Reservoir café at 12.45pm and 3.45pm.

Connections are available on DalesBus 24, leaving Harrogate Bus Station at 10.20am or 1.20pm.

All single fares are just £2  (£1 for under 19s) as part of the national Get Around For £2 initiative, which the government has just extended until the end of October.

Scar House and Angram reservoirs lie at the top of Nidderdale and supply water to Bradford.

Nidderdale DalesBus 821 is run by the Keighley Bus Company, with financial support from Yorkshire Water, as part of the DalesBus network, which is managed by the volunteer-run Dales and Bowland Community Interest Company.

It joins DalesBus service 822 between Ripon, Pateley Bridge and Grassington, which is already running on Sundays and Bank Holidays for the summer season. Buses leave Pateley Bridge at 11.15am and 3.25pm for Hebden and Grassington, and at 12.25pm and 4.25pm for Fountains Abbey and Ripon.

Full details of the bus to Scar House Reservoir are available online at www.dalesbus.org/821.

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