Essential Information

Accident and Emergency Unit 

The nearest accident and emergency unit is at Airedale General Hospital, which is about 5 miles down the road towards Keighley, and clearly signposted. Skipton General Hospital does not have an accident and emergency facility.

Chemists

The Tesco store has a pharmacy inside. The Boots dispensing Chemist is not in the High St branch, but at the Fisher Medical Centre, which is at the back of the Coach St car park.

Citizen's Advice 

The Skipton CAB is on Newmarket St, in the old Church. Good staff.

Disabled Access

There is good access to the TIC, which is on ground level. The Town Hall has a ramp for access. Skipton TIC has a leaflet detailing facilities for disabled visitors. For more information call the Skipton Disability Information Service office on 796631.

Library

The public library is on the High St, close to the Black Horse pub. It has the usual fiction and non-fiction sections, CD's and videos etc. There is a section of local interest books covering local history, guidebooks on walking and touring the dales, and Yorkshire in general. Upstairs there is a good reference (non-lending) library. The staff are very helpful. Closed Tuesdays, open till 4pm Saturdays. More details at: www.northyorks.gov.uk/libraries/branches/skipton.shtm

Local Newspaper

The local newspaper is the Craven Herald and Pioneer which comes out weekly, every Friday. It is actually printed in Bradford nowadays, but the main office for the paper is still on Skipton High Street. The Herald is supposedly the last English local paper to have no news on the front page, just adverts. The paper covers Skipton and much of the surrounding area, with articles and ads relating to Settle, Gargrave, Addingham, Grassington and Bolton Abbey. Price 40p.

Local Radio

Fresh AM Radio is based in Skipton, and broadcasts news, music, weather and traffic reports for the surrounding area. Frequency is 1413 KHz AM (MW). It's a commercial station. Their website is www.freshradio.co.uk

Market

Skipton Market is on the High Street, four days a week - every Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday.

Maps of the area

A good streetmap of Skipton (the Official Town Map) is issued by the TIC, at 75p. Probably the most useful Map of the immediate area around Skipton is the Ordnance Survey Outdoor Leisure Series No 2 - Yorkshire Dales, Southern and Western, ISBN 0319260836.

Money

Currency exchange is available in Sunwin House (the Co-op), and a couple of travel agents on the High St. Failing that, try the banks. There are ATM machines on the outside of all the high St banks, also inside Tesco and outside Morrison's.

Museum

Craven Museum Is in the Town Hall, at the top of the High Street.

Opening Hours and Holidays

Police

Skipton police station is at the junction of Otley Rd and Otley St. In an emergency dial 999. For normal enquiries 793377

Post Offices

The main Skipton Post office is inside Sunwin House (the Co-op), with the entrance on Swadford St. There are two other post offices, at Westmorland St in the Middletown area, and on Broughton Rd.

Toilets

There are public conveniences in both the Town Hall car park and the Coach St car park.

Tourist Information Centre

The TIC is on Coach Street, near the canal basin. They have whole stacks of free leaflets on nearby attractions, can help with accomodation, and will give advice on just about anything tourist related. They sell a good streetmap of the town for 75p. They do not have a website. The TIC is at 35 Coach St, Skipton. Telephone: 01756 792809

Vet

There is a veterinary service called Kingsway, on Otley Rd, right on the edge of town.  

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