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 to Leeds on the Airedale Line Train: Skipton railway station to Morecambe on the Leeds–Morecambe line Train: Settle railway station to Carlisle or Leeds on Settle–Carlisle line A59 York–Liverpool The A59 road runs along the southern edge of Airedale to Ribblesdale. It runs about north of a disused Roman road through Craven that took the lowest pass through Thornton-in-Craven. A56 Skipton–Chester The route now known as the A56—-M65 first developed c.1773–1816 as the Leeds and Liverpool Canal to carry heavy industrial goods like masonry stone, limestone, and coal. The planned route into Ribblesdale was via a lower level pass but the industrial revolution in Nelson and Colne made it seem more profitable to change their route to Foulridge near Colne despite it being the highest pass. A629 and A65 Keighley–Kendal The route of the A65 road is perhaps the oldest for it follows a Neolithic trade route for stone axes from central Cumbria. By the 18th century the principal exports were cattle and most imports came on ninety pack horses from Kendal. The cost of that for heavy goods was prohibitive so the textile industrialist of Settle campaigned that the road from Keighley to Kendal be made passable to wheeled vehicles and in 1753 the Keighley and Kendal Turnpike Trust was founded. By 1840 passenger stagecoaches ran daily but in 1878 Parliament abolished all Turnpikes and set up County Councils; and the management of the main roads was transferred to them. By 1968 traffic had so increased in volume that it necessitated the rebuilding of the A629 and A65. The Skipton northern bypass of 1981 cost £16.4 million. The Kildwick bypass was completed in 1988. Education Educational attainment The proportion of the working age population with high levels of educational attainment is above the national average, and 40% of the District's residents have managerial and professional occupations. Also Lantra's Landskills offers workshops in efficiency and profitability in agriculture, horticulture and forestry with up to 70% funding. Craven is covered in Farm Business Support and Development and Yorkshire Rural Training Network. Yet from 2004 to 2009 there was generally a decline in attainment of about 12% and the number of people in the District