Places to go

Bus Services:

No buses go directly past Peaks and Pods, but buses do run through our nearest villages – Rathmell (2 miles) and Tosside (2.5 miles).

Forest of Bowland Travel Information – Buses and train information

Dales Bus – Craven Connection – The 580 from Settle to Skipton, the 581 from Settle to Kirkby Lonsdale

Bowland Bus Service 11 – The Route 11 bus linking Clitheroe, Dunsop Bridge, Slaidburn, Tosside, Settle and Horton-in-Ribblesdale, Monday to Saturday. The bus calls at the nearby villages of Wigglesworth and Rathmell. Route 11 timetable

The Bowland Explorer provides a link to the Yorkshire Dales at Ingleton and Clapham. It connects with Bentham Line rail services from Leeds and Morecambe

Train Information

The nearest train stations to Peaks and Pods are:

• Giggleswick (4 miles) – northernrailway.co.uk/stations/GIG
• Settle (5 miles) – northernrailway.co.uk/stations/SET
• Long Preston (5 miles) – northernrailway.co.uk/stations/LPR

The Yorkshire Dales explorer is a Saturdays only service between Manchester, East Lancashire, the Ribble Valley and the Yorkshire Dales – communityraillancashire.co.uk/yorkshire-dales-explorer-timetables

Click the link to see Northern Railway’s map showing destinations along the route: Northern Railway Map

The Settle to Carlisle Link has a dedicated website with excellent information about services operating locally, including train and bus timetables and information about things to do locally. Find out more at settle-carlisle.co.uk.