Main Routes Craven

1 main routes

1.1 a59 york–liverpool
1.2 a56 skipton–chester
1.3 a629 , a65 keighley–kendal

main routes

a59 road: york, harrogate, skipton, barnoldswick, clitheroe, preston, liverpool
a65 road: ilkley, skipton, settle, ingleton, kendal
a629 road: skipton, keighley, halifax, huddersfield, rotherham
a56 road: earby, colne, m65 motorway, burnley, manchester, chester
train: skipton railway station leeds on airedale line
train: skipton railway station morecambe on little north western railway
train: settle railway station carlisle or leeds on settle-carlisle railway

a59 york–liverpool

the a59 road runs along southern edge of airedale ribblesdale. runs 0.62 miles (1 km) north of disused roman road through craven took lowest pass through thornton-in-craven.

a56 skipton–chester

the route known a56—-m65 first developed c.1773–1816 leeds , liverpool canal carry heavy industrial goods masonry stone, limestone, , coal. planned route ribblesdale via lower level pass industrial revolution in nelson , colne made seem more profitable change route foulridge near colne despite being highest pass.

a629 , a65 keighley–kendal


the new a629 bypasses kildwick village, built 1968–88

the route of a65 road perhaps oldest follows neolithic trade route stone axes central cumbria. 18th century principal exports cattle , imports came on ninety pack horses kendal. cost of heavy goods prohibitive textile industrialist of settle campaigned road keighley kendal made passable wheeled vehicles , in 1753 keighley , kendal turnpike trust founded. 1840 passenger stagecoaches ran daily in 1878 parliament abolished turnpikes , set county councils; , management of main roads transferred them.

by 1968 traffic had increased in volume necessitated rebuilding of a629 , a65. skipton northern bypass of 1981 cost £16.4 million. kildwick bypass completed in 1988.