Region: England · United Kingdom
Where to stay in Skipton
Skipton is a city in England, United Kingdom, home to about 15,000 people. This guide covers 1 hotel in Skipton, with about 96 rooms between them. Every one carries a published guest score, and the list below is ordered by it.
- Places to stay in this guide
- 1
- Nearest airport
- LBA26 km · Leeds Bradford Airport
- Currency
- GBPpound sterling
- Time zone
- Europe/London
- Plugs
- G · 230 V
- Emergency
- 112
- Language
- Cornish, English, Irish
About
About Skipton
Skipton (also known as Skipton-in-Craven) is a market town and civil parish in the modern ceremonial county of North Yorkshire, England. Historically located in the East Division of Staincliffe Wapentake of the West Riding of Yorkshire, Skipton lies generally south of the Yorkshire Dales and is situated on both the River Aire and the Leeds and Liverpool Canal.
"Skipton" means sheep town, and its wool trade was boosted by its position in the "Aire Gap" - the Aire and Ribble valleys create a low-level route through the Pennines. The countryside around is known as Craven, and is also suitable for cattle - the "Craven Heifer" was a vast 19th century cow. The castle was built in 1090 AD to protect the trade and route, and later the coast-to-coast canal, main road and railway all came this way.
Wikipedia and Wikivoyage contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0; excerpted.
Things to do
What to see and do in Skipton
See
- Skipton Castle
- Craven Museum & Gallery
- Skipton canal basin
- Holy Trinity Church
- Embsay & Bolton Abbey Railway
- Bolton Abbey
- Hesketh Farm Park
- Barden Tower
- Gargrave
Wikivoyage contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0; excerpted.
Where to stay
The best-rated places to stay in Skipton
Ordered by guest score as each operator publishes it, weighted by the number of reviews so a handful of perfect scores does not outrank thousands of very good ones. Scores are shown on their own scale.
| # | Place to stay | Rooms | Guest score |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Travelodge Skipton hotel | 96 | 4.2/5 825 reviews |
Schematic: the city centre in orange, each place to stay as a dot, distance rings in kilometres.
Where to stay
Where the places to stay in Skipton are
39 places to stay in this guide with known coordinates, grouped by straight-line distance from the city centre (the point Wikidata gives for Skipton), nearest first. Distance on foot or by road is longer.
7 places
- Castle Inn · 0.2 km
- The Woolly Sheep Inn · 0.2 km
- Aagrah · 0.2 km
- Unicorn Hotel · 0.3 km
- Cross Keys Hotel · 0.4 km
- Craven Hotel · 0.5 km
- Midland Hotel · 0.6 km
3 places
- Travelodge Skipton · 1.8 km
- The Swan Inn And Outbuilding Attached To North · 2.7 km
- Elm Tree Inn · 2.8 km
7 places
- Bull Inn · 4.7 km
- New Inn · 4.8 km
- The Old Swan Hotel · 6.2 km
- The Devonshire Arms · 8.1 km
- The Swan Hotel · 8.8 km
- White Lion Hotel · 9.6 km
- Green Grove Country House · 9.6 km
22 places
- The Devonshire Fell Hotel · 10.0 km
- Newfield Hall · 10.1 km
- Station Hotel · 10.2 km
- Red Lion Hotel · 10.3 km
- Fountaine Inn · 11.0 km
- The Craven Heifer Inn · 11.2 km
- Old Hall Inn · 11.8 km
- Grassington House Hotel · 12.3 km
- Black Horse Hotel · 12.3 km
- The Foresters Arms Grassington · 12.4 km
- Grassington Bunk Barn · 12.7 km
- Lister Arms Hotel · 14.2 km
- Maypole Inn · 16.9 km
- Warren House B&B · 18.5 km
- Cross Keys · 20.3 km
- Falcon Manor Hotel · 20.6 km
- The Racehorses · 20.7 km
- Pennycroft Guest House · 20.7 km
- Crow Trees Inn · 21.3 km
- The Harts Head · 21.5 km
And 2 more, further out.
Where to stay
More hotels in Skipton
38 hotels within 25 km of the centre, as recorded in Wikidata. Each name links to its encyclopedia article where there is one.
| Hotel | Opened | From centre |
|---|---|---|
| Castle Inn | 0.2 km | |
| Lister Arms Hotel | 14.2 km | |
| New Inn | 4.8 km | |
| Newfield Hall | 10.1 km | |
| The Old Swan Hotel | 6.2 km | |
| Yorke Arms | 23.1 km | |
| Aagrah | 0.2 km | |
| Black Horse Hotel | 12.3 km | |
| Bull Inn | 4.7 km | |
| Craven Hotel | 0.5 km | |
| Cross Keys Hotel | 0.4 km | |
| Crow Trees Inn | 21.3 km | |
| Crown Hotel | 24.3 km | |
| Elm Tree Inn | 2.8 km | |
| Fountaine Inn | 11.0 km | |
| Grassington House Hotel | 12.3 km | |
| Maypole Inn | 16.9 km | |
| Midland Hotel | 0.6 km | |
| Old Hall Inn | 11.8 km | |
| Red Lion Hotel | 10.3 km | |
| Station Hotel | 10.2 km | |
| The Craven Heifer Inn | 11.2 km | |
| The Devonshire Arms | 8.1 km | |
| The Foresters Arms Grassington | 12.4 km | |
| The Harts Head | 21.5 km | |
| The Racehorses | 20.7 km | |
| The Swan Hotel | 8.8 km | |
| The Swan Inn And Outbuilding Attached To North | 2.7 km | |
| The Woolly Sheep Inn | 0.2 km | |
| White Lion Hotel | 9.6 km | |
| Cross Keys | 20.3 km | |
| Falcon Manor Hotel | 20.6 km | |
| Grassington Bunk Barn | 12.7 km | |
| Green Grove Country House | 9.6 km | |
| Pennycroft Guest House | 20.7 km | |
| The Devonshire Fell Hotel | 10.0 km | |
| Unicorn Hotel | 0.3 km | |
| Warren House B&B | 18.5 km |
When to go
The best time to visit Skipton
Skipton has no month that is both mild and dry by the measure used here. July is the warmest month, with average highs of 19 °C; October is the wettest, with about 156 mm of rain.
Comfortable means average daytime high between 18 °C and 29 °C and under 80 mm of rain in the month. Averages for 1991–2020 over the surrounding area, a grid square about 50 km across, so a coast or a nearby mountain can make the town itself warmer or cooler. Data: CRU TS v4.10, Climatic Research Unit, University of East Anglia (Open Database License).
Skipton travel calendar 2027: every day with public and school holidays, sunrise and sunset and the typical high and low (also as JSON).
Public holidays in United Kingdom, 2026
Shops and offices may close on these dates.
Getting there
Getting to Skipton: airports and arrival
The nearest airport with scheduled flights is Leeds Bradford Airport (LBA), about 26 km from the city centre in a straight line; Manchester Airport (MAN, 70 km) and Teesside International Airport (MME, 72 km) are also within reach.
Getting in
From London, the Midlands and beyond, travel to Leeds and change. That's swiftly done as trains from the south usually pull in a few steps from the Skipton trains. Skipton has two trains an hour from Leeds (40 min) and from Bradford Forster Square (40 min); these may also stop at Shipley, Saltaire (for Salts Mill), Bingley and Keighley (for Worth Valley steam railway). Skipton is just outside the West Yorkshire Metro travel zone, so you may find a better fare by split-ticketing to the edge of the zone, e.g., to Keighley or Steeton & Silsden.
Getting around
The town is best explored on foot, but you need wheels to reach Bolton Abbey. Gargrave is on the bus and railway routes. Taxi firms include Pink Ladies (+44 7728 386517), Skipton & Craven Taxis (+44 1756 701122), Dalesman (+44 1756 794444) and Station Taxis (+44 1756 700777).
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Good to know
Accessibility, parking and families in Skipton
How many places to stay in this guide offer each, in their operators' own words.
of 1 place
of 1 place
Questions
Skipton: questions travellers ask
What are the best-rated hotels in Skipton?
By published guest score: Travelodge Skipton (4.2 / 5 · 825 reviews · www.travelodge.co.uk (operator's own guest score)).
When is the best time to visit Skipton?
Skipton has no month that is both mild and dry by the measure used here. July is the warmest month, with average highs of 19 °C; October is the wettest, with about 156 mm of rain.
Which airport is closest to Skipton?
The nearest airport with scheduled flights is Leeds Bradford Airport (LBA), about 26 km from the city centre in a straight line; Manchester Airport (MAN, 70 km) and Teesside International Airport (MME, 72 km) are also within reach.
What currency is used in Skipton?
pound sterling (GBP).
Nearby
Destinations near Skipton
Sources: city facts from Wikidata and Wikipedia; airports from OurAirports; climate from CRU TS v4.10 (University of East Anglia Climatic Research Unit), 1991–2020 monthly means, 0.5° grid; public holidays from python-holidays (MIT); places to stay, guest scores and amenities from each operator's own public pages. How this guide is made.