Travel & Parking

Richmond is four miles from the Scotch Corner junction with the A66 and junction 53 of the A1M.

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Darlington railway station is 12 miles away and Northallerton railway station is 16 miles away.

Various bus companies serve the town and surrounding area.

Richmond lies just off the major junction of the A1 road from London to Edinburgh and the A66, a major east-west artery that crosses the Pennines. It is very easy to access by road and other major tourist destinations such as the Lake District, York and Durham are all within an hour’s distance.

Richmond is only 20 minutes from Darlington Station which serves the main East Coast mainline from London to Edinburgh. Trains from London can take as little as 2hours 20 minutes and are operated by LNER. There are also direct trains from other parts of the country, including big cities such Manchester or Birmingham stopping at Darlington or Northallerton, 25 minutes away. All reservations can be made on LNER or Trainline.com.

There are three international airports within an hour of Richmond:

• Newcastle
• Leeds/Bradford
• Teesside

The nearest is Teesside which is served by several KLM flights a day from Amsterdam Schipol.

DFDS runs a car ferry from Amsterdam to Newcastle on a daily basis, arriving at the Port of Tyne, just an hour north of Richmond. An alternative is the route operated by P&O Ferries which runs from Rotterdam to Hull on a daily basis. Hull is about 2 hours south of Richmond.

There is free on-street parking in and around the Market Place. Clock discs are free and available from nearby shops and attractions, and must be displayed in your windscreen. The disc system gives you two hours free parking. Keep the disc in your car and use it wherever you see the ‘disc zone’ signs. Parking is unrestricted after 6pm until 8am and on Sundays.

There are several pay and display car parks, both short and long stay.

There is also a privately operated pay and display car park at The Station.

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Richmond is served by several different bus companies and, at the moment, this is a cheap way to travel as routes are capped at £3 (apart from the Little White Bus).

Timetables are available on the company websites.

The companies serving Richmond are:

• Arriva
• Dales Bus
• Hodgsons
• Little White Bus