Contact – Opening times/Contact details/Closures

On Training afternoons, Townhead Surgery will be closed on the dates below: at Settle from 1.00pm and Hellifield from 12:15pm, this will include the telephone lines. Normal service will resume at 8:00am the following morning.

Should you require medical advice whilst we are closed, please dial our main line 01729 822611 and your call with be directed to our Out of Hours Service. For medical emergencies call 999.

Training Dates for your diary:

2025
January – Tuesday 21st
February – Wednesday 26th – We will be closed from 12.00 Midday
March – Thursday 27th
April – Tuesday 29th
May – Wednesday 21st
June-Thursday 19th
July -Tuesday 15th
August – No training open as usual
September – Thursday 25th
October – Tuesday 21st
November – Wednesday 19th
December – No Training open as usual

2026
January – Tuesday 20th
February -Wednesday 25th
March – Thursday 26th

We will be closed on the following dates as they are Bank Holidays:

2025
Wednesday 1st January – New Year’s Day
Friday 18th April – Good Friday
Monday 21st April – Easter Monday
Monday 5th May – Early May Bank Holiday
Monday 26th May – Spring Bank Holiday
Monday 25th August – Summer Bank Holiday
Thursday 25th December – Christmas Day
Friday 26th December – Boxing Day

Boots The Chemist, Settle
Opening Times:
Monday – Friday 09:00-18:00
Saturday – 09:00 -17:00

Townhead Surgery

Townhead,
Settle,
BD24 9JA
Opening Hours
Monday 8:00 am – 6:00 pm
Tuesday 8:00 am – 6:00 pm
Wednesday 8:00 am – 6:00 pm
Thursday 8:00 am – 6:00 pm
Friday 8:00 am – 6:00 pm
Saturday Closed
Sunday Closed

Hellifield Surgery

The Old Co-op Hall,
Main Road,
Hellifield,
BD23 4JY
Opening Hours
Monday 9:00 am – 12:15 pm
Tuesday 9:00 am – 12:15 pm 1:00 pm – 5:30 pm
Wednesday 9:00 am – 12:15 pm
Thursday 9:00 am – 12:15 pm 1:00 pm – 3:30 pm
Friday 9:00 am – 12:15 pm
Saturday Closed
Sunday Closed

Non-urgent advice: Please Note

Hellifield is a branch surgery and clinical staff (Nurses &/or GP’s) are not based at this surgery every day. Therefore, when there are no clinical staff at Hellifield, the surgery will only open for prescriptions during the hours below:

Monday, Wednesday & Friday AM: 9.00am -12.15pm
Tuesday PM 1.00pm -5.30pm Thursday PM: 1.00 – 3.30pm.

Non-urgent advice: Out of Hours

Night time, Weekend and Bank Holiday Out of Hours Arrangement

The NHS 111 service is responsible for providing medical cover when the Surgery is closed between the hours of 6.30pm and 8.00am on Weekdays, all through Saturday and Sunday and all Bank Holidays.

There is no telephone service at Townhead Surgery over Weekends or Bank Holidays.

If you need to contact a doctor when the surgery is closed please dial ‘111’ and you will be connected to the ‘111’ service. This is a free of charge call.

IN CASE OF COLLAPSE, SEVERE CHEST PAIN OR SUSPECTED HEART ATTACK  RING 999 FOR AN AMBULANCE

More Information

Online Consultation

Our practice is going to be using a new online consultation tool called PATCHS from the 1st of April.