DalesBus and Wolds Explorer Buses from Pocklington make a welcome return

Weekend buses from Pocklington into the Wolds and Yorkshire Dales are making a welcome return for the summer.

Double-decker DalesBus service 822, operated by East Yorkshire, will run to York, Boroughbridge, Ripon, Fountains Abbey, Pateley Bridge and Grassington every Sunday and Bank Holiday from April 5 until October 18, leaving Pocklington Bus Station at 8.50am.

Pateley Bridge, pictured here, is one of the places you can visit on a weekend bus service from Pocklington.

placeholder image — Pateley Bridge, pictured here, is one of the places you can visit on a weekend bus service from Pocklington.

Grassington, in the Yorkshire Dales National Park, features as Darrowby in Channel 5’s remake of the classic TV drama All Creatures Great and Small.

Connections are available at Fountains Abbey with DalesBus 825 to Masham, Leyburn and Richmond, and at Grassington with DalesBus 72 to Skipton and DalesBus 876 to Upper Wharfedale, Aysgarth and Hawes.

All single fares are no more than £3 and under 19s can travel for £1.

Concessionary passes are now valid on all DalesBus services too.

Full details are available online at www.dalesbus.org/822 and in timetable leaflets available locally.

Wolds Explorer Bus 200, also operated by East Yorkshire, runs on Saturdays, Sundays and Bank Holiday Mondays from Pocklington to Millington, Huggate, Fridaythorpe and Thixendale.

There are three return trips on Saturdays, leaving Pocklington Bus Station at 10.10am, 1.30pm and 3.30pm and two on Sundays and Bank Holiday Mondays, leaving at 1.20am and 3.20pm.

Visit www.eastyorkshirebuses.co.uk/services/EY/200 for full timetables.