Settle

Settle is a village in North Yorkshire in the Yorkshire Dales, with a population of 2714 in 2021.

Visitor information

 * Visit Settle by Vibrant Settle Community Partnership.
 * Settle Town Council.

Get in
Trains from Leeds run every couple of hours, and take an hour to Settle via Shipley, Bingley, Keighley, Skipton, Gargrave, Hellifield and Long Preston. They continue to Horton-in-Ribblesdale, Ribblehead, Dent, Garsdale, Kirkby Stephen, Appleby, Langwathby, Lazonby, Armathwaite and Carlisle, another 1 hr 40 min. Carlisle is on the London Euston - Preston - Glasgow main line.

is central in the village, and has a staffed ticket office and machines. The waiting room is closed until further notice but the toilets are open. There is step free access to Platform 1 towards Leeds. Platform 2 towards Carlisle is reached by a footbridge with no lift, and the level crossing can only be used during staffed hours.

See below for the museum in the old station signal box. Heritage trains sometimes run up this line and make a brief halt, then continue to Ribblehead viaduct and Appleby.

Another service from Leeds diverges at Long Preston and stops at Giggleswick every two hours. These trains continue to Clapham, Bentham, Wennington, Carnforth, Lancaster and Morecambe.

is a mile west of Settle on Brackenber Lane. It's just an unstaffed halt with no toilets, waiting room, ticket office or machines, buy on board or at Settle if your journey starts here. There is step-free access to Platform 1 towards Leeds, but a barrow-crossing to reach Platform 2 towards Lancaster.

Kirkby Lonsdale Bus 580 runs hourly M-F from Skipton, and takes 40 min via Gargrave, Hellifield and Long Preston. Bus 581 runs M-Sa hourly from Kirkby Lonsdale, and takes 40 min via Ingleton, Clapham, Austwick and Giggleswick. Buses make several stops in Settle and turn around in the marketplace.

Dales Bus 11 runs M-Sa every two hours from Clitheroe, taking 80 min via Whitewell, Dunsop Bridge, Slaidburn, Tosside, Wigglesworth and Giggleswick, and continuing to Langcliffe, Stainforth and Horton-in-Ribblesdale.

By road follow A65 from Leeds northwest past Skipton, then B6480 the bypassed old loop of road through the village. These roads are congested on fine summer weekends.

Get around

 * "Settle is the capital of an isolated little kingdom of its own surrounded by barren hills" according to Daniel Defoe (1660-1731)

You need wheels to explore the Dales and reach the trailheads.

Settle Taxi (+44 1729 824824) is erratic, it's a one-man-show covering a scattered area.

See

 * stands on Market Square in village centre. Completed in 1832, it housed the local government until this merged into Craven District in 1974. It's now mixed use.

Do

 * Castleberg is the limestone crag east of the village, a 15 minute ascent.
 * Golf: Settle & Giggleswick GC is two miles northwest on B6480. It's nine holes, twice around off white tees is 5988 yards, par 70.
 * Yorkshire Festival of Story is held in November in Settle, Skipton and online.
 * Yorkshire Festival of Story is held in November in Settle, Skipton and online.

Buy

 * Settle Market is held Tu 9AM-4PM in the square by Town Hall. Settle was granted a market charter by Henry III in 1249.
 * Co-op Food in market square is open daily 7AM-10PM.

Eat

 * Others around the square include Matteo's, Dales Deli, Waffle Cone, Royal Spice, Darling Thai and Bailey's.
 * Ruchee serves Indian and Bangladeshi food on Duke St a block southwest of the square, open daily 5-10:30PM.
 * Others around the square include Matteo's, Dales Deli, Waffle Cone, Royal Spice, Darling Thai and Bailey's.
 * Ruchee serves Indian and Bangladeshi food on Duke St a block southwest of the square, open daily 5-10:30PM.

Drink

 * Millers Bar is at 13 Duke St, open Su M 3-9PM, W Th 3-10PM, F Sa 3-11PM.
 * Settle Brewery produces a range of cask ales.
 * Settle Brewery produces a range of cask ales.

Sleep

 * Dales and Trails Campsite on Blaithwaite Farm near Giggleswick is only available for exclusive hire, with room for 14 tents.
 * Dales and Trails Campsite on Blaithwaite Farm near Giggleswick is only available for exclusive hire, with room for 14 tents.
 * Dales and Trails Campsite on Blaithwaite Farm near Giggleswick is only available for exclusive hire, with room for 14 tents.
 * Dales and Trails Campsite on Blaithwaite Farm near Giggleswick is only available for exclusive hire, with room for 14 tents.
 * Dales and Trails Campsite on Blaithwaite Farm near Giggleswick is only available for exclusive hire, with room for 14 tents.
 * Dales and Trails Campsite on Blaithwaite Farm near Giggleswick is only available for exclusive hire, with room for 14 tents.
 * Dales and Trails Campsite on Blaithwaite Farm near Giggleswick is only available for exclusive hire, with room for 14 tents.

Connect
As of March 2024, Settle and the A65 have 4G from EE and Vodafone but a poor patchy signal from O2 and Three. 5G has not reached this area.

Go next

 * North is Horton-in-Ribblesdale and Ribblehead Viaduct.
 * Northwest on A65 is Clapham; stay on this road for Kirkby Lonsdale and the Lake District.