natural wonder
Brimham Rocks
Wind-carved millstone grit outcrops on a Nidderdale moor, a natural playground of balanced boulders.
5 km · about 10 min drive
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Pateley Bridge
England, United Kingdom · Europe
About Pateley Bridge
Pateley Bridge works well as a base: 30 minutes from Grassington, 5km from Brimham Rocks.
Pateley Bridge is in England, United Kingdom, with about 1,400 people. You drive on the left here. The nearest town is Grassington, about 16 km away.
Pateley Bridge (known locally as Pateley) is a market town in the civil parish of High and Low Bishopside, in Nidderdale, in the county and district of North Yorkshire, England. Historically part of the West Riding of Yorkshire, it lies on the River Nidd. It is in the Yorkshire Dales and just outside the YorkshireRead more
Dales National Park.
The town has the oldest sweet shop in the world. Established in 1827, it is housed in one of the earliest buildings in Pateley Bridge, dating from 1661. Pateley Bridge is also the home of the Nidderdale Museum.
The last Dales agricultural show of the year, the Nidderdale Show, is held annually on the showground by the River Nidd. The show attracts more than 14,000 visitors each year.
The town is within the Nidderdale National Landscape, an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. The town was listed in both the 2017 and 2018 Sunday Times reports on Best Places to Live in northern England. The local tourist authority bills it as "the perfect place to start your exploration of the Yorkshire Dales".
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Frequently Asked Questions
What is there to see near Pateley Bridge?
Within an hour or so of Pateley Bridge: Brimham Rocks (5 km), How Stean Gorge (10 km), Fountains Abbey (12 km), The Strid, Bolton Abbey (13 km).
Are there any good drives near Pateley Bridge?
The nearest famous roads are A684 Wensleydale (Sedbergh to Leyburn), B6270 Swaledale and Buttertubs Pass.
Where is Pateley Bridge?
Pateley Bridge is in England, United Kingdom, about 16 km from Grassington.
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Quick Information
- Population
- 1,432
- Continent
- Europe
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Region
- England
- Timezone
- Europe/London
- Coordinates
- 54.0862, -1.7598
Emergency & Services
Essential numbers in United Kingdom
112 also works. NHS non-emergency medical advice: 111. National Highways breakdown assistance on motorways: 0300 123 5000.
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Worth the detour from Pateley Bridge
8 notable places within an hour's drive.
natural wonder
How Stean Gorge
A narrow limestone ravine in Nidderdale with walkways above the water, caves and a via ferrata course.
10 km · about 20 min drive
ancient ruins
Fountains Abbey
Largest and best-preserved Cistercian monastery ruins in England, set within the elegant Studley Royal Water Garden UNESCO World Heritage Site.
12 km · about 20 min drive
natural wonder
The Strid, Bolton Abbey
A narrow chasm where the whole River Wharfe squeezes into a few feet of rock - beautiful and genuinely lethal.
13 km · about 25 min drive
ancient ruins
Bolton Abbey
Romantic 12th-century Augustinian priory ruins on the banks of the River Wharfe, surrounded by 30,000 acres of moorland and woodland.
14 km · about 25 min drive
natural wonder
Wharfedale
The valley of the River Wharfe, running from Kettlewell and Grassington down to Bolton Abbey through classic Dales scenery.
16 km · about 30 min drive
landmark
Grassington
A cobbled Dales village and walking base in Wharfedale, used as the fictional Darrowby in the recent All Creatures Great and Small.
16 km · about 30 min drive
cafe
The Hideout Cafe
A motorcycle-friendly cafe nestled in the Yorkshire Dales, perfectly positioned on some of northern England's finest riding roads.
17 km · about 20 min drive
Driving roads near Pateley Bridge
- 33 kmPen-y-ghentThe most distinctive of the Yorkshire Three Peaks, a 694 m stepped ridge above Horton in Ribblesdale.
- 37 kmA684 Wensleydale (Sedbergh to Leyburn)A flowing dales road along the Ure past Hawes, linking to Buttertubs and the Ribblehead country.
- 39 kmB6270 SwaledaleThe narrow dale road from Richmond to Nateby past Gunnerside and Keld, drystone walls and barns the whole way.
- 39 kmSutton BankA steep escarpment with a 1-in-4 hairpin climb and a view James Herriot called 'the finest in England', looking over the Vale of York.
- 42 kmButtertubs PassA high, narrow Dales road over the moors, named for deep limestone potholes and ranked among Britain's best drives.
- 45 kmWhernsideThe highest point in Yorkshire at 736 m, forming the long whaleback ridge above Ribblehead Viaduct.
Driving in United Kingdom
- Drives on
- the left
- Petrol
- ~€1.73/litre
- Motorway tolls
- None
When to drive here
April to October
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