Showground

Really nice place to visit very picturesque lots of little shops and some nice pubs, cheap parking £1.80 for 24 hrs. Would recommend this little village plenty of hiking opportunities too Brimham Rocks within hiking distance.

I think things have changed since some of the earlier reviews. The parking now relies on an honesty box and has reasonable charges of £1 for 4 hours, £2 for the day.

There was no ticket machine installed when we visited so we tried to pay via the app. Battled through several app crashes and error messages, finally thought payment had gone through (card details accepted and showed us a success screen) but then a few days later we received a Penalty Charge Notice through the post (they have numberplate recognition). Turns out their broken app (1.3 stars on app store) only charged our card £0.01 then refunded it (!) rather than taking the full amount. Don't risk using the app. The company that manages the car park are horrible to deal with, zero leeway in spite of evidence from the bank to show there was a good faith attempt to pay. Nidderdale Agricultural Society (who own the site) were very helpful though in arranging for the PCN to be cancelled.

Honesty box parking, £1 for 4 hours. Ideal for accessing the village and local walks

Forget the negative comments - the much maligned phone payment system has gone to be replaced by an honesty box. Its £1 for 4 hours and £2 for all day (no overnight parking though). So much easier than faffing about with Apps that don't work or phones with no signal.