THESE ARE SAMPLE ITINERARIES FOR YOUR TRIP TO SKIPTON. REMEMBER TO SPEND AT LEAST ONE DAY IN THE TOWN ITSELF (IT WILL GIVE YOUR DRIVER A DESERVED REST)

4 nights – National Trust Trip

Day 1 – Arrival at Skipton
Day 2 – Drive to Bening Borough Hall in York
Day 3 – RHS Harlow Carr Gardens in Harrogate
Day 4 – Fountains Abbey and Studley Water Gardens
Day 5 – East Riddlesden Hall and walk around Skipton
Day 6 – Departure

5 nights

Day 1 –Arrival at Skipton
Day 2 – Ripley Castle, Eden camp, Castle Howard
Day 3 – Darley Mills, Harewood House
Day 4 – Fountains Abbey, Ripon Cathedral & Museum, Newby Hall
Day 5 – Pennine Cruises pick up from hotel, Skipton Castle, Tour of the Dales
Day 6 – Departure

1 Day

Appletreewick, Kilnsey, Halton Gill, Malham – 55 miles

Christmas Shopping: 3 nights

Day 1 – Arrival
Day 2 – Dickensian Christmas Fair
Day 3 – Skipton’s Yuletide Festival & Christmas market
Day 4 – Departure

Film Tour: 2 nights

Day 1 – Arrival
Day 2 – Drive to Malham where “Harry Potter”, “The Trip” & “Monty Python” were filmed; Skipton for ‘Calendar Girls’, drive around ‘Emmerdale Country’ to the village of Esholt
Day 3 – Departure & Bronte Country of Haworth, Holmfirth for ‘Last of the Summer Wine’

Gardens trip: 4 nights

Day 1 – Arrival
Day 2 – Parcevall Hall, East Riddlesden Hall
Day 3 – Harrogate Gardens
Day 4 – Harewood House
Day 5 – Morning trip to Skipton & Departure