23 bus timetable

62 different bus routes are numbered 23 across the UK and Ireland, run by 55 operators in 12 areas. They are separate services that happen to share a number — pick yours below for its timetable, stops, live map and fares.

23 bus in London

1 route

23 London — Great Western Road ↔ Aldwych / Drury Lane London Transit 627 weekday journeys first 00:03 · last 23:51

23 bus in South East England

9 routes

23 Canterbury — Canterbury ↔ Canterbury Bus Station Stagecoach South East 43 weekday journeys first 07:15 · last 22:49
23 Crawley — Crawley Bus Station B ↔ Worthing Pier Metrobus 81 weekday journeys first 05:30 · last 23:27
23 Guildford — Friary Bus Station ↔ Long Dyke Compass Travel 16 weekday journeys first 10:30 · last 16:52
23 Harlow — Harlow ↔ Harlow, Temp Bus Station, D Central Connect 63 weekday journeys first 05:38 · last 23:10
23 Lewes — School Hill Bottom ↔ Newhaven, Lower Place Cuckmere Buses first 10:20 · last 15:49
23 Maidstone — Maidstone ↔ Tovil Launder Way Nu-Venture 20 weekday journeys first 06:45 · last 17:38
23 Peacehaven — Meridian Centre ↔ Cowley Drive Shops Brighton & Hove Bus and Coach Company 105 weekday journeys first 00:23 · last 23:53
23 Reading — Reading Town Centre ↔ Central Reading Reading Buses 79 weekday journeys first 05:35 · last 23:30
23 Southend-on-Sea — Southend Airport ↔ Leigh-on-Sea Railway Station Stephensons of Essex 1 weekday journeys first 17:08 · last 17:08

23 bus in South West England

9 routes

23 Bordon — Liphook Sainsburys ↔ Haslemere Town Hall Stagecoach South 26 weekday journeys first 06:18 · last 18:45
23 Eastleigh — Eastleigh Bluestar 8 weekday journeys first 09:00 · last 15:30
23 Gloucester — Gloucester Transport Hub arrival ↔ Coleford Angel Hotel Stagecoach West 44 weekday journeys first 05:50 · last 00:15
23 Havant — Havant Bus Station ↔ Southsea South Parade Pier Stagecoach South 323 weekday journeys first 05:00 · last 05:15
23 Plymouth — Plymouth City Centre ↔ Royal Parade Plymouth Citybus 38 weekday journeys first 06:10 · last 21:50
23 St Austell — St Austell Station ↔ Gorran Haven Go Cornwall Bus 8 weekday journeys first 08:43 · last 16:50
23 Swindon — Swindon ↔ South Marston Swindon's Bus Company 6 weekday journeys first 10:00 · last 14:22
23 Torbay — Paignton South Devon College ↔ PTN Bus Station Stand 2 Stagecoach South West 200 weekday journeys first 07:10 · last 23:17
23 West Bagborough — Cotford St Luke ↔ Taunton (Somerset) Hatch Green Coaches 6 weekday journeys first 10:05 · last 15:10

23 bus in East of England

3 routes

23 Horningtoft — Horningtoft ↔ Norwich Sanders Coaches 2 weekday journeys first 09:00 · last 13:10
23 Ipswich — Railway Station ↔ Trinity Park Ipswich Buses 33 weekday journeys first 07:00 · last 18:30
23 Norwich — Heartsease,Sale Roa ↔ Longwater,Pizza Hut First Norfolk & Suffolk 81 weekday journeys first 06:47 · last 22:13

23 bus in East Midlands

2 routes

23 Mansfield — Mansfield Bus Station ↔ Whaley Thorns Moorfield Lane Stagecoach East Midlands 61 weekday journeys first 05:20 · last 19:15
23 Peterborough — Queensgate Bus Station, Bay 15 ↔ Alwalton Hill Business Park Central Connect 6 weekday journeys first 06:30 · last 18:09

23 bus in West Midlands

8 routes

23 Birmingham — Bus Mall ↔ Newman University National Express West Midlands 378 weekday journeys first 03:58 · last 01:08
23 Cannock — Hednesford Tesco ↔ Cannock Bus Station Select Bus Services 10 weekday journeys first 09:40 · last 14:01
23 Oldbury — Oldbury Interchange ↔ Foley Drive National Express West Midlands 26 weekday journeys first 06:42 · last 18:42
23 Shrewsbury — Bus Station ↔ Mynd Close Jct Arriva Midlands 24 weekday journeys first 07:50 · last 17:18
23 Shrewsbury — Shrewsbury, Bus Stn ↔ Monkmoor, Crowmere Rd Hotspur 19 weekday journeys first 08:21 · last 17:36
23 Stoke-on-Trent — Hanley (City Cent) ↔ Newstead First Potteries 64 weekday journeys first 05:50 · last 23:10
23 Walsall — Bloxwich Park ↔ Chapel Street Walsall Community Transport 18 weekday journeys first 07:52 · last 16:28
23 Wednesbury — Wednesbury Bus Station ↔ Market Place Carolean Coaches 20 weekday journeys first 08:05 · last 17:30

23 bus in Yorkshire & the Humber

1 route

23 Leeds — Leeds Bus Station ↔ Holt Park First Leeds 201 weekday journeys first 04:58 · last 23:18

23 bus in North West England

4 routes

23 Bamber Bridge — Bamber Bridge Hob Inn ↔ Fulwood Asda Preston Bus 280 weekday journeys first 05:00 · last 23:10
23 Ellesmere Port — Ellesmere Port Bus Interchange, Stand A ↔ Neston Brook Street Stagecoach Merseyside and South Lancashire 12 weekday journeys first 07:50 · last 18:20
23 Stockport — Stockport Interchange ↔ The Trafford Centre Bus Station Bee Network 148 weekday journeys first 05:11 · last 00:03
23 Warrington — Warrington ↔ Warrington Interchange Link Network 6 weekday journeys first 09:20 · last 14:10

23 bus in North East England

2 routes

23 Hartlepool — National Museum of the Royal Navy ↔ Peterlee Bus Station Stand E Arriva North East 47 weekday journeys first 06:07 · last 18:25
23 Seaburn Dene — Seaburn Dene Dene Estate ↔ Thorney Close Theme Road Stagecoach North East 169 weekday journeys first 05:38 · last 22:38

23 bus in Scotland

12 routes

23 Aberdeen — Heathryfold ↔ Colonsay Crescent First Aberdeen 150 weekday journeys first 05:15 · last 23:45
23 Ardrishaig — Ardrishaig, Chalmers St ↔ Oban, Station West Coast Motors 2 weekday journeys first 10:05 · last 13:30
23 Ballinluig — Ballinluig Tulliemet Road End ↔ Aberfeldy Chapel Street Stagecoach East Scotland 6 weekday journeys first 06:25 · last 20:45
23 Dundee — Dundee City Centre ↔ Forum Centre Xplore Dundee 14 weekday journeys first 08:47 · last 14:58
23 Edinburgh — Lennox Row ↔ Greenbank Terminus Lothian Buses 129 weekday journeys first 00:11 · last 23:59
23 Erskine — Erskine ↔ Glasgow McGill's 139 weekday journeys first 04:53 · last 23:26
23 Forfar — Royal Bank of Scotland ↔ Forfar, at Royal Bank of Scotland on East High Str Short's Travel 36 weekday journeys first 05:00 · last 22:30
23 Irvine — Irvine Livingstone Terrace ↔ Broomlands Station Brae Stagecoach West Scotland 92 weekday journeys first 06:53 · last 18:15
23 Kinross — Kinross ↔ Sterling Mills Glenfarg Community Transport Group 22 weekday journeys first 07:15 · last 18:02
23 Perth — Perth Mill Street F ↔ Ballinluig Tulliemet Road End Stagecoach East Scotland 7 weekday journeys first 05:45 · last 23:02
23 Perth — Mill Street ↔ Chapel Street Dochertys Midland Coaches 2 weekday journeys first 18:30 · last 19:17
23 Shotts — Knoll Croft Road ↔ Stewart Drive Stuart's Coaches 26 weekday journeys first 05:55 · last 18:50

23 bus in Wales

9 routes

23 Abergavenny — Pontypool ↔ Pontypool Town Hall 3 Stagecoach South Wales 50 weekday journeys first 06:35 · last 23:30
23 Cardiff — Cardiff Bus Station Cardiff Bus 43 weekday journeys first 07:24 · last 23:08
23 Greenfield — Greenfield ↔ Holywell P & O Lloyd 6 weekday journeys first 09:22 · last 11:40
23 Hereford — Abergavenny for Pontypool ↔ Pontypool Stagecoach South Wales 34 weekday journeys first 07:00 · last 22:30
23 Holyhead — Holyhead Gwynfor Coaches 2 weekday journeys first 08:25 · last 15:00
23 Pontypool — Pontypool Market Square ↔ Newport Market Square Stagecoach South Wales 112 weekday journeys first 06:05 · last 23:54
23 Pontypool — Mamhilad Park Estate ↔ Pontypool Market Square Stagecoach South Wales 10 weekday journeys first 07:25 · last 17:43
23 Pwllheli — Pwllheli Berwyn 11 weekday journeys first 07:25 · last 17:30
23 Tan-y-lan — Tan-y-lan ↔ St David`s Road Arriva Wales 14 weekday journeys first 07:45 · last 18:10

23 bus in Ireland

2 routes

23 Dublin — Merrion Square ↔ Charlestown Bus Átha Cliath – Dublin Bus 108 weekday journeys first 05:20 · last 23:45
23 Swords — Dublin ↔ Sligo Bus Éireann 12 weekday journeys first 06:00 · last 01:00

Frequently asked questions

Why are there so many different 23 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 23, and 62 of them do. The 23 in Dublin has no connection to the 23 in Birmingham: different operator, different road, different timetable.

How do I find the right 23 bus timetable?

Find your part of the country in the list above and open the 23 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 23 bus the same route in every town?

No. These are 62 unrelated services that happen to share a number, run by 55 different operators. Fares, timetables and accessibility differ on each one, so always open the specific 23 for your area.

Looking for the next bus rather than a timetable? Stops near you shows live departures. Browse all bus routes, every operator or timetables by town. Data from operators via the DfT Bus Open Data Service — see all sources.