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Returning from Windermere station, there are connections at Oxenholme for London, Manchester and Lancaster (connect at Lancaster for Skipton, Shipley and Leeds). Note, however, that Windermere station is 1.5 miles (2.5km) from the end of the Dales Way at Bowness, but there is a bus service that will get you there…or you can take a taxi if time is of the essence.

For a short distance, the Dales Way passes close to the West Coast railway line (Stage 5)

Public transport

Many walkers want to do the whole route from end to end in one endeavour, but the Dales Way also lends itself to completion on a piecemeal basis. There are generally good public transport services along much of its length, notably in the early and later stages, to facilitate walkers who must return to base, while only a modicum of cooperation is needed for groups of walkers with at least two cars to devise linear excursions. Public transport is also available at each end of the Way, both Ilkley and Bowness being convenient for British Rail links, the former from Bradford and Leeds, the latter by way of Windermere to Oxenholme on the west coast mainline.