Explore published driving routes in the Yorkshire Dales. Compare route maps, distances, estimated driving times and highlights to choose an outing that fits your day. Roads featured include A684, B6255, B6270.
Short on time? B6255 Yorkshire Dales Road: Ingleton to Hawes has the shortest estimated drive in this collection, at 33 minutes before stops.
Spend a full day linking the Dales’ best-known high roads and valley approaches. Dentdale and Kingsdale lead into Ribblehead before the route crosses Buttertubs and returns through Swaledale and Wensleydale.
Join the Trough of Bowland to the western Dales and Ribblehead country for a larger cross-region outing. A continuous loop combining the wooded Bowland crossing with the more open limestone roads around the Three Peaks.
Make a complete outing of Buttertubs Pass, continuing east through Swaledale and returning by Leyburn and Wensleydale. A middle-length alternative between a single pass crossing and the longer Dales grand tour.
Follow the B6255 from Ingleton through Ribblehead country to Hawes. A focused Dales drive linking open limestone country with the high road towards Wensleydale, longer than the Ribblehead-only option.
Driving times exclude stops. Leave time for the views, check each route’s notes and make the journey your own.
About the drives in this collection.
B6255 Yorkshire Dales Road: Ingleton to Hawes is the shortest by route distance, at 16 miles, with an estimated driving time of 33 min. Allow extra time for stops and the journey to the route.
Yorkshire Dales Grand Tour: Buttertubs, Dentdale and Ribblehead is the longest by route distance, at 89 miles. Its estimated driving time is 2 hr 59 min, excluding stops and travel to the route.
3 routes start and finish in the same place, including Yorkshire Dales Grand Tour: Buttertubs, Dentdale and Ribblehead. Check the route map to find a convenient starting point.
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