What's on inSkipton


Welcome to Skipton

Enjoy a mix of heritage, history, lively arts whilst visiting Skipton - our guide to events and days out is just the ticket.

Whether you're looking to brush up on local history at a museum, enjoy local arts, watch some sport, or listen to live music, you're sure to find things to do in Skipton to suit all the family, whatever the weather.

Editor's Picks






Forthcoming events in Skipton

10
FEB
A Murder is Announced by Agatha Christie
Skipton Little Theatre

A mysterious newspaper announcement in the sleepy village of Chipping Cleghorn claims a murder will occur at Little Paddocksdrawing both curious neighbours and Miss Marple to the scene. When an intruder is killed during the staged event Inspector Craddock and the unflappable…

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14
APR
A Fete Worse Than Death by Richard James
Skipton Little Theatre

Ray Martin a television actor famed for playing TVs Inspector Brady is invited to open the village fete and soon finds himself at the centre of a real‐life mystery. The festivities turn deadly in the produce tent with ambitions infidelities and petty…

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16
JUN
The River by Jez Butterworth (Drama)
Skipton Little Theatre

In Jez Butterworths haunting drama The River a solitary man invites a woman to a remote riverside cabin for a night of fishing but as the evening unfolds reality blursone woman vanishes another takes her place and patterns of love and longing…

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11
AUG
The Dingdong by Mark Shanahan (Comedy)
Skipton Little Theatre

Paris 1938. When Vatelin and his wife Lucienne find their marriage under siege by relentless admirers their attempts to stay loyal explode into hilarious pandemonium. With lovers lurking identities muddled and chaos reigning in a Paris hotel The Dingdong is a riot…

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Tourist Attractions


Parcevall Hall

Situated in the scenic Yorkshire Dales National Park, the sixteen acres of formal and woodland gardens of Parcevall Hall Gardens rise up the hillside and command impressive views of Simons Seat and Wharfedale. The Hall itself is let to the Bradford Diocese as a retreat house. It…

Skipton Castle

Skipton Castle is one of the most complete and well preserved medieval castles in England. Fully roofed and with an enchanting early Tudor courtyard the stout towers of the gatehouse only hint at the splendour which is revealed as the visitor enters the castle grounds. Over 900…

Bolton Abbey Steam Railway

The Embsay & Bolton Abbey Steam Railway is a volunteer‐run, preserved Heritage Railway which does not receive any grants or subsidies towards running. It runs over part of the former Skipton‐Ilkley line which was closed in 1965 and has steadily been rebuilt by the volunteers. Skipton is the…

Keighley and Worth Valley Railway

Journey back in time on one of Britain's finest heritage railways. Travelling through the countryside in period coaches hauled by a restored steam engine is a treat in itself, but then there's so much else to enjoy. There is the Museum of Rail Travel as well…

Bliss

Bliss Nightclub in Skipton, North Yorkshire. Contact venue on telephone number 01756 700483 for opening times, entrance costs, guest list information and special offers.…

Fusion

Fusion Nightclub in Keighley, West Yorkshire. Contact venue on telephone number 01535 610156 for opening times, entrance costs, guest list information and special offers.…

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