• Best village high street in the UK award (2016). It’s got better since then!
• Staying with the High Street, all the shops are completely independent.Two critically acclaimed butchers, each holding national awards.The oldest sweet shop in England. (Need I say more?)
• An amazing theatre, a thriving company of players with great talent. (www.pateleyplayhouse.co.uk)An award-winning local Museum, an absolute must on your visit. (www.nidderdalemuseum.com)
• A traditional annual agricultural show in September, the final show of the year. (www.nidderdaleshow.co.uk)A community Memorial Hall, the list is endless, but it hosts our cinema, ballroom dancing, indoor bowls and Cuppa & Cake afternoons. (www.thememorialhall.org.uk)
• King Street workshops, an amazing pool of incredible artists including jewellery makers, potters, furniture makers and sculptors.
• Several independent tea shops and cafes, they’re all good!
• Two excellent pubs, and Indian, Chinese and pizza take aways.
• The centre of the 53-mile Nidderdale Way circular walk.
• The only group of religious establishments in the UK to have a growing congregation. (www.churchinthedale.com)
• A friendly community who will welcome you with open arms and always have time for a chat.
• Pateley Bridge has so much to offer you, even before we mentionBrimham Rocks, Fountains Abbey, How Stean Gorge, Stump Cross Caverns, Ripon Cathedral, Ripon Walled Garden, Nidderdale Llamas and Birchfield Farm, all within half an hour of Pateley Bridge.

Written without any bias whatsoever!

Cllr. Mike Holt, (Pateley Bridge Town Council