Rylstone: what to know before moving day
The village has one main road, the B6265, and one other through road, Raikes Lane, which heads east towards Hetton. A guide stone of about 1853 marks the junction of the two. Chapel Lane follows the old trackway past the manor house and around St Peter's Church, rebuilt in the 1850s, and it was part of the original turnpike between Skipton and Grassington.
Most of the listed buildings are gritstone houses and farms: Manor Cottage, Yew Tree Farmhouse of 1670, Scale House, Rylstone Lodge, Rylstone House and its converted coach house, Lodge Farmhouse and High Bucker. On the fell to the south-east are the ruins of Norton Tower. The village is at about 630 feet and the fell rises to 1,450. The nearest primary school is in Cracoe.
How the van gets to Rylstone
From Bradford the van runs up the A650 to Keighley and the A629 to the roundabout north-east of Skipton, then takes the B6265, which starts in Skipton, north to Rylstone. The B6265 is the village's main street, so the stop is planned around it. Bradford to Rylstone is an estimated 40 to 50 minutes, roughly.
The drive from Bradford is roughly 40 to 50 minutes. That is an estimate from route data, not a timed run, and traffic changes it.
Services for Rylstone
Each service below links to its Skipton page, which covers how the job works in and around Skipton.
Rylstone: questions before you book
The village once had a railway. Could anything come in by train?
No. Rylstone station opened in 1902, closed to passengers in 1930 and closed completely in 1969. The 72 bus runs between Skipton and Grassington, and a move here is done by road on the B6265.
Where the local details on this page come from
Checked on 28 September 2026 against:
- Postcode lookup (postcodes.io, ONS data): BD23 6LH is in Wharfedale ward, North Yorkshire, parish of Rylstone
- Rylstone (Wikipedia): village and parish near Cracoe, about 6 miles south-west of Grassington, 160 residents in 2011, Norton Tower on Rylstone Fell, fell 1,450 feet and village 630 feet, station opened 1902 and closed 1930 and 1969, St Peter's rebuilt 1854, about 35 buildings, Chapel Lane and the old turnpike, primary school in Cracoe, B6265 and Raikes Lane to Hetton, bus 72, Calendar Girls
- Listed buildings in Rylstone (Wikipedia): Norton Tower, Manor Cottage, Yew Tree Farmhouse (1670), Scale House, High Bucker, Lodge Farmhouse, Rylstone Lodge, Rylstone House and coach house, St Peter's Church (1852-53), guide stone at Raikes Lane and the B6265
- Cracoe (Wikipedia): separate village and civil parish near Rylstone
- OpenStreetMap data via Nominatim: the B6265, a secondary road, at Rylstone, BD23 6LH
- B roads in Zone 6 (Wikipedia): the B6265 starts at the A6131 (former A59) in Skipton