Essential Information
Transport
Bus Services
The Pride of the Dales bus company operate public transport
services around the area.
For timetables visit www.prideofthedales.co.uk
or ring 01756 753123
The DalesBus Website provides details of bus and train services
throughout the Yorkshire Dales, including Sunday buses from
Ilkley and Skipton and daily buses from Skipton to Grassington.
For timetables visit www.dalesbus.org
The Little Red Bus Company also offers services around the
area as well as transport links with Harrogate and Ripon.
For timetables visit www.littleredbus.co.uk
01423 526655
Helping Hands is an organisation which offers help with transport
to hospital, dentist or optician or help with shopping for
the house-bound. For more information contact their co-ordinator,
Gurth Robinson on 01756 753431.
Nearest petrol station – Threshfield
Garage – 01756 752648
Car Parks
National Park Car Park, Hebden Road Grassington
Town Hall Car Park, Moor Road, Grassington
The Square, Grassington (one hour only)
Public Toilets - National Park Car Park,
Hebden Road, Grassington
Getting to Grassington by Train...
www.nationalrail.co.uk/
Local Services
Police Station - Wood Lane, Grassington Tel: 0845 6060247
Fire Brigade – Grassington Retained Fire Brigade, Old
Council Yard, Threshfield. 01756 753346
Fell Rescue - Upper Wharfedale Fell Rescue Association, Hebden
Road, Grassington.www.uwfra.org.uk
Health Care – Grassington
Medical Centre, Station Road, Grassington 01756 752313
Post Office – 15 Main Street, Grassington 01756 752226
Banks – Barclays Bank, Main Street, Grassington (Cash
point)
Library - The mobile library can be found in the National
Park Car Park Tel: 01609 533829 Mobile: 07977 149084
Tuesdays 10.00 - 6.00 pm
Fridays 2.30 - 7.30 pm
Pub Crawl : Keighley
& Craven CAMRA
Grassington Singers :
We are a very friendly organization of local people who just
enjoy singing. We sing a wide range of music and meet on Friday
evenings in the School Room of the Methodist Chapel in Chapel
Street, Grassington. We have a cup of tea and a chat at 7.00
and start singing at 7.30. Anyone is welcome to come along
- you do not need any previous experience or the ability to
read music. Website HERE
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Yorkshire Dales National Park Centre
Located in the main National Park car park, the National
Park Centre is the home to a range of Tourist Information
including interpretation displays which bring local industry,
farming and tourism, both past and present, to life.
Hebden Road, Grassington
Tel: 01756 751690
Churches
Church of England -
St. Michael & All Angels, Linton Falls (Grassington)
St. Peter’s, Hebden
Church House, Grassington also available for meetings/coffee
mornings etc.
Fountaine’s Chapel, Linton
Rev. David Macha - Tel: 01756 752575
Methodist -
Grassington
Threshfield
Hebden
Rev. Vivian Firth - Tel: 01756 753061
Congregational -
Grassington
Rev. Peter Thomas - Tel: 01756 753848
Grassington
Congregational Church Website
Roman Catholic -
St. Margaret Clitherow, Threshfield
Father Peter Dawber - Tel: 01756 793000
Town Hall
Devonshire Institute, Main Street, Grassington
With its own alcohol licence the Devonshire Institute Trustees
are able to offer conference and training facilities, parties
and civil wedding ceremonies.
Caretaker : 01756 752637
Bookings secretary : 01756 752195
Built in 1855 as a mechanics institute and extended in 1923
and 1997, the present building houses a main hall with stage,
octagon theatre space with stage, kitchen, games room, two
further letting rooms, changing rooms and foyer and plays
host every year to the Pantomime, Grassington Players, Grassington
Singers and Grassington Arts & Music Festival as well
as -
Badminton, bowling, snooker, table tennis, Field Society
meetings, Horticultural Society meetings, Harrogate Youth
Theatre, Dales Playgroup, Wharfedale Youth Group, Kickboxing,
Ballet dancing, roller skating, ladies sewing group, Grassington
Youth Theatre, Handbell Ringers, Arts & Craft Exhibitions
and Arts and Craft Fairs.
Most parliamentary decisions are devolved to the local Grassington
Parish Council who own a large part of the land
within the township boundary. Clerk - Susan Graham –
01756 752637
Website
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