Coming up to Yorkshire on a stag do this weekend. We are staying in Haworth and have been warned off going out in Keighley. Skipton looks alright and not too far. Any recommendations on where to go for a good night out.
Also would there be any pubs-cafes receptive to the idea of watching the Paris-Roubaix on the Sunday.
Dunno what you're into but you're not too far from Hebden Bridge - this is on Friday and will probably be a good night.
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Hadn't thought about hebden bridge really? Looks worth checking out
If you want a city night out dont do skipton, best off getting the train to leeds from skipton. Fri/sat night in skipton can be hit or miss. Depends wot the companys like to wot night you will have. Over the years you get talking to people on stag/hen dos that have been disapointed and wounder why the stag/hen chose skipton for there night out
Not even sure the nightclub is open in Skippers at the moment, it was certainly getting a name change last time I drove past. Not that I've ever set foot in the place.
Despite being my home town, it's not my first thought as a top stag do location.
There are some decent pubs for a crawl, that's all. Can't think of any that will have live music on a weekend.
That Hebden Bridge night looks like a better bet.
If you do go to Hebden Bridge. There's a great walk up the buttress to heptonstall. Cracking couple of pubs there. White lion has a good ale choice. Be fun walking down again when half cut haha.
I'm being told by my skipton-native missus that the Woolly Sheep is a decent pub, and t'dark (translation: After Dark) is a "cracking" night*.
*may not be true.
Copied and pasted but just about sums the place up
The Worst Things in Skipton, North Yorkshire*
The entirely missable and worth mentioning because of it
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the locals are rude...
Tourist coach loads of old folk
The closed down petrol stations .There are three of them I think. The dog poo is on the pavements-watch out for it on the High Street.The lads who sit in cars in droves in the car park near Busy lizzies at night.
The closed down petrol stations .There are three of them I think. The dog poo is on the pavements-watch out for it on the High Street.The lads who sit in cars in droves in the car park near Busy lizzies at night.
Jim Caygill
The endless stream of smackheads, a hard rain is coming.
The small town simpletons and the big city mentals. (01/05/2003)
lots of redknecks
The After Dark and the fleece pub
The worst thing about Skipton has to be the high street on a saturday.You get tons of old duffers that cant walk at all (they kind of do a wobbly thing pretending that they're going fall over). This really pisses me off because it takes about half an hour to get up the street, when at night you can walk it in about 2 minutes. Please don't go on saturday if you dont like smokers, because, of the afore mentioned duffers all the smokers get in a stress and start blowing second hand smoke in yer face. Also lots of kappa slappers and goths start shouting at you for no reason at all. Once all i had to do was look at this guy and we got in a fight.
I forgot to mention how sick i am of mobile phone shops only about 8,000 people live in Skipton and we have at least 8 shops that sell only mobile phones and about 20 others that sell them + other stuff. We all have one, I have three all together because of the stupid deals where they give you another one for free. I have to complain about the lack of clothes shops for boys, girls have about 20 different shops to choose from. And if we dont want to look like idiots, we have to go as far as Leeds to get some decent clothes that look good. About three years ago the last decent clothes shop for boys closed to make way for a female clothes shop. It's not that i have i problem with girls its just they dress better than us and then insult us if we aren't wearing the latest fashion.
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TOWNIES!!!
lots and lots of cops watch out
During the summer and especially on bank holiday weekends, Skipton is besieged by tourists, the majority of them coming across from Lancashire and down from the North east. In adition to these casual day trippers are coach loads of pensioners,drawn in by the tea-shops and market stalls. You can normally tell who the local people are among the crowd because they're the ones trying to walk quicker than everyone else, often having to resort to walking along the road with the traffic.
Shopping.... Skipton is a nightmare for shopping, especially for clothes unless you like to buy at one of the many charity shops available. However if your want either a mobile phone or a pair of glasses you will be in heaven, 'cos there are oodles of retailers to choose from!. Otherwise go to Keeflah!.
Bloody mobile phone shops. Skipton is a fairly small Dales town, so why... WHY, does Skipton have at least 9 mobile phone shops. I'm not talking about shops that sell mobiles as well as other things (althought there are plenty of those as well), but what the hell does Skipton need 9 shops that sell NOTHING but mobile phones for??? We don't even have a mainstream electrical retail place now - Dixons closed down and reopened as... yes, you've guessed it A MOBILE PHONE SHOP!!!!! I think I'll just go and have a quiet lie down in a darkened room!
its all crap
The devonshire hotel for gods sake let wetherspoons duy it and renovate it as at the moment it is a dump
BLOODY MOBILE PHONE SHOPS - Skipton is not that big a place and yet we have at least 6 (six!) shops in the middle of town that sell NOTHING but mobile phones and at least another dozen places that sell mobiles as well as other stuff (WHSmith, Wollies etc.) Skipton is rapidly turning into a town of 2 shops - mobile phones and charity shops. If you don't want the latest mobile, a kaftan or a nylon jumper then the only thing to do is go to Keighley (shudder!) - on second thoughts, I'd rather have the kaftan!
Old crinklies on coach trips That woman who runs you down in her purple motorised buggy on Shortbank road!!! Its proximity to the cess-pit aka Keighley
Small Town White Trash as my brother puts it. Greatwood Estate, thugs roaming the streets just "looking for a fight" cos they are such losers they cant do anything else. The Aireville "v" Grammar school thing when Aireville tossers start having a go at u cos u passed a test at 11 and they didnt. I think this breeds the whole small town violence thing. Skiptonians are really paranoid so they go around looking for other people to put down to make them look better. And the Blue Rinse Brigade "eee Elsie shall we go in here" zimmering down the high street while you are trying to get something to eat on your dinner break.
The millennium walk brings you back to the High st
tourists looking for the next tea & scone shop......(dilly-dally-ers)
BABYLON - Escort Cosworth and Fireblades. Mondeo V6 also red BMW unmarked.
Not enough decent nightclubs. Nothing to do for teenagers.
The Skipton Building Society buildings, as condemned as an eyesore by Prince Charles himself.
After Death; you were right about it being crap. It's bloody awful! But where else is there to go now that the other crap place, The Waterfront, closed down?
Measures in the Woolly Sheep; whilst last at home I read in the Craven Herald about the landlord giving short measures and being caught. Well, he is a bit miserable anyway!
Tourists on Market Day; can't really moan as long as they spend their brass! But it is impossible to move uptown!
The worst thing about Skipton is that it is a complete old persons' tourist town, so a trip to the shop usually involves wading through a mass of grey hair and false teeth, all commenting on how beautiful the church and castle is.
Small town violence, being on the wrong end of it.
The After Dark
Search Knowhere for something else:
Leeds better option skipton my home town fri and sat nights usually dead, wooly sheep is ok can be top dollar good beer though, good beer at narrow boat but closes at eleven regardless! Local flesh pot pick up is now called strata?
Steady, don't scare them all away , also I was brought up on said estate we aren't all cok eds.
Thanks for the advice. Not a lot of love for skipton then
Not sure i would go to knowhere for advice. Has it been updated since 2002?
Where In Leeds might be stag do friendly. Not that we are much of a rowdy bunch. Just want to give the groom a night to remember.
I once a cracking curry in Skipton - can't remember the name of the place but it was very good.
the website has not been updated since 2002 but also not much has changed cepting a few names . and yes lived in the area for 49 years
skipton balti house->black horse/narrow boat/wooly sheep->kookie (recently refurbished!) if you want to stay out. as always, depends who you are with but not as bad as they make out above, try some of the south wales towns then complain!
Skipton - Gateway to the Dales. Always in my mind, it should be a lovely quaint little place. Has its castle and market square. Sadly though it just fails to deliver - big time when it comes to pubs and decent eateries.
There is a Weatherspoons which was ok and the Wooly Sheep wasnt bad. It is extremely parochial though and 'outsiders' are pretty obvious!
As for watching the cycling - we were there for a weekend and i struggled to find a pub showing the Saturday evening live sky match!
Odd choice for a stag do though and worth reconsidering if that's an option.
As above, odd choice for a stag, but I suppose it depends what the priority is (presumably not a big night out and Howarth for a reason?).
Not sure that Skipton is worth all the travel effort to get more than Howarth might have ie just pubs. There are a few decent pubs in Skipton, but worth the effort from Howarth?, I doubt it.
I'm told Bingley has a new bar that everyone in the area has now started going to called The Potting Shed, also has Suburban Bar and the Library, but I've no idea if it would be your thing or the type of people going.
You're right about Keighley tho, don't go there.
where to go on a Night out in Skipton
Leeds.
No stag do is complete without a trip to the Bronte Parsonage Museum.
I'm told Bingley has a new bar that everyone in the area has now started going to called The Potting Shed, also has Suburban Bar and the Library, but I've no idea if it would be your thing or the type of people going.
You can't go for a stag do in Bingley. It's got to be Leeds hasn't it? Nowhere else is really worth leaving Haworth for.
As above. Skipton is a great place to use as an mtb stop or base but not a stag do.
Leeds / Wakefield / Halifax or Huddersfield would be my suggestion.
Huddersfield and Wakefield used to be very good for night life but it's 15 yrs since I was out oop there.
So what's the attraction of Haworth for a stag do???
Bit late planning the night out now !
Oh and last train back from Leeds is about 11:30. Plus will still need to get taxi back to howarth
Keighley has a night club... Or used to many years ago, was bad enough back then...
Taxi back from Leeds £40+
Oh don't think about Bradford either...
Howarth is ok for local pubs if that's what you want but not a big night out
Hebden is just 'different'
Best pub in Skipton is The Narrow Boat. About a dozen decent ales on hand pump and almost nobody drinking Europiss.
Calderdale is kinda, special.
I've heard rumours that it attracts STW royalty....
Bradfud is awsum. " Do you have any spare change" and "what have I just stepped-in" are the towns mottos.
Totally better than Skipton for a stag, you can have a real fight and everything.
About a dozen decent ales on hand pump and almost nobody drinking Europiss.
Coming from a city known as a stag destination, that sounds like the exact opposite of an average stag night 🙂
Doesn't sound like an awful lot of pre-planning has gone into this stag!
You can have a real fight in Skipton, I'll have you know. And we only have three mobile phone shops that I can think of.
I suppose the locals are rude though, if I'm anything to go by.
Just do what most hen/stag parties do and come here to York.
So how did the stag do go then??!