21A bus timetable
12 different bus routes are numbered 21A across the UK and Ireland, run by 11 operators in 7 areas. They are separate services that happen to share a number — pick yours below for its timetable, stops, live map and fares.
21A bus in South East England
1 route
- 21A Canterbury — Canterbury Stagecoach South East 22 weekday journeys first 06:30 · last 18:20
21A bus in South West England
4 routes
- 21A Barnstaple — Bus Station Stand J ↔ Appledore Seagate Hotel Stagecoach South West 65 weekday journeys first 07:00 · last 22:30
- 21A Newquay — Newquay Bus Stn ↔ St Austell Station Go Cornwall Bus 30 weekday journeys first 06:14 · last 18:30
- 21A Plymouth — Rennie Avenue ↔ St Mary's Bridge Plymouth Citybus 235 weekday journeys first 05:01 · last 23:15
- 21A Taunton — Taunton Castle Way ↔ Burnham-on-Sea, Esp First Buses of Somerset 22 weekday journeys first 06:00 · last 18:45
21A bus in East of England
1 route
- 21A Norwich — N&N University Hosp ↔ Old Catton,Morrison First Norfolk & Suffolk 14 weekday journeys first 08:37 · last 15:40
21A bus in West Midlands
1 route
- 21A Baginton — Middlemarch Business Park ↔ Old Fire Station National Express Coventry 25 weekday journeys first 05:18 · last 18:12
21A bus in Yorkshire & the Humber
1 route
- 21A Barnsley — Barnsley Town Centre ↔ Millhouse Green Stagecoach Yorkshire 22 weekday journeys first 08:06 · last 23:10
21A bus in Scotland
3 routes
- 21A Dundee — Dundee City Centre Bus Station ↔ Forfar Royal Bank of Scotland Stagecoach East Scotland 11 weekday journeys first 08:00 · last 18:00
- 21A Forfar — Forfar St John's Church ↔ Stracathro Porter's Lodge Stagecoach East Scotland 17 weekday journeys first 06:13 · last 22:38
- 21A Irvine — Irvine ↔ Crosshouse Hospital Shuttle Buses 1 weekday journeys first 06:38 · last 06:38
21A bus in Wales
1 route
- 21A Holyhead — Holyhead Goodsir 5 weekday journeys first 10:23 · last 16:15
Frequently asked questions
Why are there so many different 21A buses?
Route numbers in the UK are chosen locally — by the operator, or by the local transport authority that tenders the service — not from any national list. Nothing stops two towns hundreds of miles apart both running a 21A, and 12 of them do. The 21A in Dundee has no connection to the 21A in Canterbury: different operator, different road, different timetable.
How do I find the right 21A bus timetable?
Find your part of the country in the list above and open the 21A that starts or finishes near you — each one links to its full timetable, every stop, a live map and its fares. If you know the stop you'll be waiting at, searching for the stop name instead gives you the next departures from that exact stop, which is more reliable than any timetable.
Is the 21A bus the same route in every town?
No. These are 12 unrelated services that happen to share a number, run by 11 different operators. Fares, timetables and accessibility differ on each one, so always open the specific 21A for your area.
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