Welcome to Skipton Town Council

Our aim is to make Skipton a better place to live, work, and visit.

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Enquiries to the office

If you are enquiry is relating to council tax, planning, waste collections, highways issues or any other issue for North Yorkshire Council, they can be contacted on 0300 131 21 31. 

Skipton Town Mayor

Councillor Claire Nash was elected Town Mayor for the Council year 2024/2025 at annual meeting of the Town Council and Councillor Winston Feather was elected Deputy Mayor

Congratulations to both members.

Skipton Town Council Strategic Plan

The Town Council has adopted a Strategic Plan for 2024-2028. Click here to see a copy of the plan.

North Ward Councillor Surgeries 

Councillors from the North Ward will be holding Councillors Surgeries on the first Saturday of each month between 09:30am and 10:30am. This is an opportunity for constituents to raise problems or seek advice, and speak with Councillors in person. The sessions are drop ins, no appointment is necessary.


 

Bus Service- Skipton Town Service

From 30 November 2024 the Skipton Town Services operated by North Yorkshire Council minibuses will start Saturday services. The Saturday services will run on;

Service 12 Skipton – Carleton

Service 13 Skipton – Greenacres (renamed from service 73)

Service 14 Skipton – Embsay

Service 16 Skipton - Horse Close

This leaflet contains the new time tables, copies will shortly be available on the buses and from Skipton Library.

 Newsletter

December 2024 newsletter 

February 2025 newsletter 

April 2025 newsletter 

Skipton Town Active Travel Community Survey

Skipton Town Council has recently undertaken an Active Travel Study in Skipton and together with its local partners, including Climate Action Skipton, now wants to hear what local people, groups and organisations think of the four main project ideas the study identified.

Please find below the link to participate in this survey. All responses are appreciated.

The deadline for survey responses is midnight on 5th May 2025

https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/K768R7B