Route 11 settles back in Settle

Saturday 11th July 2026 Back in April 2024 there was much joy at the return of a “vital” bus service linking North Yorkshire villages with the Ribble Valley and Clitheroe over in neighbouring Lancashire. The Lancashire Guardian at the time reported how “The move follows discussions with local residents, with Lancashire County Council joining forces with Ribble Valley Borough Council and North Yorkshire Council, which has commissioned the service from 21 Transport Ltd.” Lancashire County Council even produced a lovely timetable leaflet containing a route map showing how route 11 restores links between Horton in Ribblesdale and Settle before continuing via Rathmell, Wigglesworth and Tosside in North Yorkshire then over the border into Lancashire via Slaidburn, Newton, Dunsop Bridge, Whitewell and Bashall Eaves to Clitheroe. Two minibuses provide a two-hourly frequency on the service with a morning and afternoon journey extended to and from Bowland Academy near Clitheroe on schooldays.…