8 bus timetable

95 different bus routes are numbered 8 across the UK and Ireland, run by 73 operators in 11 areas. They are separate services that happen to share a number — pick yours below for its timetable, stops, live map and fares.

8 bus in London

1 route

8 London — Bow Church ↔ St Giles High Street Stagecoach London 545 weekday journeys first 00:05 · last 23:55

8 bus in South East England

17 routes

8 Bedford — Bedford Queen Street ↔ Sainsbury's Stagecoach East 91 weekday journeys first 05:30 · last 22:50
8 Clacton — Clacton ↔ Pier Avenue Central Connect 20 weekday journeys first 08:56 · last 18:15
8 Colchester — Highwoods Square ↔ Gosfield Road Arriva Herts and Essex 231 weekday journeys first 05:50 · last 19:30
8 Eastbourne — Eastbourne Town Centre Terminus Road ↔ The Square (adj) Beachlands Stagecoach South East 23 weekday journeys first 07:12 · last 21:03
8 Great Wakering — Landwick Cottages ↔ Railway Station Arriva Herts and Essex 48 weekday journeys first 05:57 · last 18:31
8 Guildford — Guildford ↔ Library Carlone Buses 2 weekday journeys first 11:45 · last 13:50
8 Harlow — Temp Bus Station ↔ Post Office Arriva Herts and Essex 12 weekday journeys first 09:30 · last 14:44
8 Maidenhead — Maidenhead ↔ Maidenhead Town Centre, Frascati Way Carousel Buses 41 weekday journeys first 06:10 · last 21:45
8 Margate — Westwood Cross Shopping Centre ↔ Canterbury Bus Station Stagecoach South East 92 weekday journeys first 06:48 · last 22:45
8 Milton Keynes — Oxley Park Roundabout West ↔ Walton High School Arriva Beds and Bucks 135 weekday journeys first 04:50 · last 23:00
8 Newbury — Newbury ↔ Tesco Superstore Newbury & District 60 weekday journeys first 07:29 · last 18:55
8 Oxford — Oxford City Centre, Westgate ↔ Barton, Edgecombe Road Oxford Bus Company 220 weekday journeys first 04:50 · last 00:00
8 Oxford — Oxford City Centre Westgate ↔ Barton Edgecombe Road Stagecoach Oxfordshire 220 weekday journeys first 05:00 · last 23:45
8 Rettendon — Rettendon Common, Vectare Depot ↔ Wickford, Railway Station Central Connect 8 weekday journeys first 07:40 · last 19:09
8 Sevenoaks — Sevenoaks ↔ Bus Station Go Bus 8 weekday journeys first 09:07 · last 14:50
8 Slough — Queensmere Car Park ↔ Heathrow, Terminal 5 First Berkshire & The Thames Valley 145 weekday journeys first 05:06 · last 20:22
8 Worthing — Marine Parade ↔ Florida Road Compass Travel 36 weekday journeys first 07:25 · last 17:35

8 bus in South West England

17 routes

8 Andover — Andover Bus Station ↔ Salisbury Blue Boar Row Stagecoach South 98 weekday journeys first 05:13 · last 22:25
8 Basingstoke — Basingstoke Railway Station ↔ Kempshott Lavender Road Stagecoach South 160 weekday journeys first 05:24 · last 23:35
8 Bath — Bath Bus Station ↔ Kingsway First Bristol, Bath & the West 65 weekday journeys first 06:39 · last 23:37
8 Bristol — Temple Meads ↔ Temple Meads Station First Bristol, Bath & the West 235 weekday journeys first 05:10 · last 04:25
8 Farnborough — Farnborough Kingsmead ↔ Yateley Stagecoach South 46 weekday journeys first 06:19 · last 18:40
8 Newport — Bus Station ↔ Transport Interchange Southern Vectis 144 weekday journeys first 06:17 · last 23:40
8 Penzance — Long Rock Morrisons ↔ St Just Bus Stn Go Cornwall Bus 14 weekday journeys first 07:15 · last 18:50
8 Pilton — Pilton (Somerset) ↔ Yeovil Somerset Council 2 weekday journeys first 09:35 · last 13:00
8 Plymouth — Plymouth City Centre ↔ Mayflower Street Plymouth Citybus 70 weekday journeys first 05:40 · last 22:50
8 Poole — Poole morebus 79 weekday journeys first 05:50 · last 23:20
8 Portsmouth — The Hard Interchange ↔ Clanfield, Drift Road Shops First Portsmouth, Fareham & Gosport 364 weekday journeys first 04:25 · last 01:10
8 Quedgeley — Quedgeley Hunts Grove Primary Academy ↔ Brockworth Gloucester Business Park Stagecoach West 147 weekday journeys first 05:06 · last 01:25
8 Salisbury — Salisbury ↔ Andover Salisbury Reds 79 weekday journeys first 05:15 · last 23:25
8 Southampton — Southampton ↔ Hythe Bluestar 66 weekday journeys first 06:15 · last 19:35
8 Stroud — Lightpill ↔ Stroud Cotswold Green 9 weekday journeys first 08:25 · last 17:50
8 Swindon — Fleming Way (Q) ↔ Stratton Parkside Stagecoach West 102 weekday journeys first 06:10 · last 20:50
8 Weymouth — Weymouth, The Range ↔ Chickerell First Wessex, Dorset & South Somerset 102 weekday journeys first 05:50 · last 21:47

8 bus in East of England

5 routes

8 Caister-on-Sea — Caister,Marram Driv ↔ James Paget Hospita First Norfolk & Suffolk 280 weekday journeys first 06:05 · last 22:50
8 Cambridge — Emmanuel Street E5 ↔ Cottenham Lambs Lane Stagecoach East 72 weekday journeys first 06:15 · last 22:45
8 Hilton — Hilton ↔ Cambridge Stephensons of Essex 8 weekday journeys first 07:10 · last 16:30
8 Ipswich — Tower Ramparts Bus Station ↔ Asda Ipswich Buses 202 weekday journeys first 05:34 · last 23:32
8 Norwich — Railway Station ↔ Sheldrick Place Central Connect 80 weekday journeys first 05:40 · last 23:30

8 bus in East Midlands

9 routes

8 Burbage — George Street Car Park ↔ The Crescent Bus Station Arriva Midlands 29 weekday journeys first 05:00 · last 22:05
8 Derby — Derby ↔ Albert Street Arriva Derby 84 weekday journeys first 06:02 · last 23:20
8 Grantham — Grantham Bus Station (Stand 3) ↔ Melton Mowbray, St Mary's Way (Stand S3) Centrebus 16 weekday journeys first 06:40 · last 19:22
8 Grimsby — Riverhead Exchange ↔ Cleethorpes Pier Stagecoach East Midlands 91 weekday journeys first 06:15 · last 23:35
8 Lincoln — Lincoln Stagecoach East Midlands 23 weekday journeys first 07:20 · last 18:20
8 Northampton — Blackthorn Flintcomb Rise ↔ King's Heath South Oval Shops Stagecoach Midlands 103 weekday journeys first 05:53 · last 20:55
8 Nottingham — City Loop ↔ Boundary Road Nottingham City Transport 72 weekday journeys first 06:59 · last 20:16
8 Nottingham — Nottingham High School ↔ Home Court CT4N 2 weekday journeys first 07:25 · last 16:15
8 Scunthorpe — Scunthorpe Bus Stn ↔ Skippingdale Retail Stagecoach East Midlands 33 weekday journeys first 07:35 · last 18:20

8 bus in West Midlands

9 routes

8 Burton upon Trent — Burton ↔ Swadlincote Bus Stn Diamond Bus East Midlands 54 weekday journeys first 05:25 · last 20:27
8 Coventry — The Chilterns ↔ Cross Point National Express Coventry 208 weekday journeys first 05:05 · last 23:30
8 Rugby — Newbold on Avon ↔ Newbold on Avon Parkfield Road Stagecoach Midlands 16 weekday journeys first 06:24 · last 18:10
8 Stafford — Chell Road ↔ Parkside Primary School Select Bus Services 49 weekday journeys first 07:15 · last 20:50
8 Stoke-on-Trent — Hanley (City Cent) ↔ Ball Green First Potteries 45 weekday journeys first 06:00 · last 22:43
8 Stourbridge — Dorset Road ↔ Wolverhampton Bus Station National Express West Midlands 185 weekday journeys first 05:20 · last 22:56
8 Tamworth — Victoria Road Bus Interchange ↔ Torridge Arriva Midlands 120 weekday journeys first 06:15 · last 22:57
8 Telford — Bus Station ↔ Sainsbury's Arriva Midlands 24 weekday journeys first 06:10 · last 20:10
8 Walsall — Walsall Bus Station ↔ Bus Station National Express West Midlands 128 weekday journeys first 06:05 · last 23:08

8 bus in Yorkshire & the Humber

7 routes

8 Drax — Castle Hill Lane ↔ Bus Stn Stand 4 Arriva Yorkshire 6 weekday journeys first 09:55 · last 14:25
8 Hull — Hull Interchange ↔ Bransholme Centre A Stagecoach East Midlands 84 weekday journeys first 04:50 · last 20:00
8 Knaresborough — Harrogate Bus Station ↔ Wetherby Bus Stn A 21 Transport 9 weekday journeys first 09:00 · last 18:15
8 Rotherham — Rotherham Town Centre Stagecoach Yorkshire 25 weekday journeys first 05:18 · last 18:14
8 Scarborough — St Thomas Street Stop D ↔ The Barrowcliff East Yorkshire 68 weekday journeys first 06:32 · last 23:15
8 Sheffield — Ecclesfield, Monteney Rd ↔ Birley First South Yorkshire 60 weekday journeys first 05:12 · last 22:54
8 York — Grimston ↔ Grimston Bar First York 75 weekday journeys first 05:15 · last 22:31

8 bus in North West England

10 routes

8 Burnley — Burnley Bus Stn ↔ Bacup The Burnley Bus Company 52 weekday journeys first 06:35 · last 23:06
8 Chester — Chester ↔ Chester Bus Interchange Stagecoach Merseyside and South Lancashire 10 weekday journeys first 08:25 · last 17:25
8 Cleveleys — Bus Station ↔ Corporation Street CO 2 Blackpool Transport 411 weekday journeys first 04:40 · last 23:40
8 Crewe — Moreton Road ↔ Grand Junction Retail Park D & G Bus 61 weekday journeys first 07:20 · last 22:03
8 Crewe — Crewe Bus Station ↔ Moreton Road D & G Bus 44 weekday journeys first 07:20 · last 21:40
8 Lancaster — Lancaster City Centre ↔ Bus Station Lonsdale Buses 12 weekday journeys first 07:50 · last 17:45
8 Liverpool — Liverpool ↔ Queen Square Bus Station Arriva North West 24 weekday journeys first 05:59 · last 17:42
8 Manchester City Centre — Shudehill Interchange ↔ Bolton Interchange Bee Network 239 weekday journeys first 04:15 · last 23:56
8 Preston — Preston City Centre Preston Bus 225 weekday journeys first 05:26 · last 22:58
8 Warrington — Warrington, Interchange - Stand K ↔ Appleton Thorn, Village Hall Warrington's Own Buses 50 weekday journeys first 06:30 · last 23:27

8 bus in North East England

5 routes

8 Darlington — Tubwell Row ↔ High Street Arriva North East 25 weekday journeys first 06:27 · last 18:07
8 Middlesbrough — The Vaughan Shopping Centre ↔ Bus Station Stand 11 Arriva North East 133 weekday journeys first 06:04 · last 22:45
8 South Shields — South Shields ↔ Sth Shields Interchange Stagecoach North East 87 weekday journeys first 05:38 · last 23:06
8 Sunderland — Sunderland Interchange 'Stand K' ↔ Stanley Bus Station 'Stand J' Go North East 96 weekday journeys first 06:13 · last 23:31
8 Sunderland — Sunderland John Street ↔ South Hylton Riverside Park Stagecoach North East 81 weekday journeys first 06:45 · last 23:03

8 bus in Scotland

10 routes

8 Dumfries — Dumfries ↔ Burns Statue Houston's Minicoaches 12 weekday journeys first 08:10 · last 18:55
8 Dunfermline — Dunfermline Bus Station ↔ High Valleyfield Health Centre Stagecoach East Scotland 27 weekday journeys first 05:37 · last 18:37
8 Edinburgh — Waterfront Gait ↔ Royal Infirmary Lothian Buses 102 weekday journeys first 04:34 · last 23:57
8 Falkirk — Ochiltree Terrace Terminus ↔ Myot View Midland Bluebird 28 weekday journeys first 07:05 · last 20:19
8 Glasgow — Parkhead, Helenvale St ↔ QEUH, Arrivals Sq First Greater Glasgow 57 weekday journeys first 05:50 · last 20:30
8 Inverness — Inverness ↔ Queensgate C Stagecoach Bluebird 16 weekday journeys first 06:40 · last 17:45
8 Lanark — Lanark ↔ Lesmahagow Hobson Travel first 12:16 · last 12:46
8 Perth — Perth ↔ Perth South Street M Stagecoach East Scotland 22 weekday journeys first 06:50 · last 17:20
8 Stromness — Stromness ↔ Stromness Travel Centre Stagecoach Bluebird 1 weekday journeys first 08:40 · last 08:40
8 Tain — Tain ↔ Invergordon George Rapson Travel 8 weekday journeys first 07:35 · last 15:10

8 bus in Wales

5 routes

8 Aberdare — Aberdare Bus Station Arrive ↔ Glynneath Fire Station Stagecoach South Wales 38 weekday journeys first 05:39 · last 19:10
8 Blackwood — Blackwood Harris Coaches 8 weekday journeys first 09:45 · last 16:45
8 Cardiff — Cardiff Bus Station ↔ Cardiff Bay Cardiff Bus 28 weekday journeys first 06:29 · last 20:05
8 Pwllheli — Pwllheli ↔ Tudweiliog Nefyn 40 weekday journeys first 06:45 · last 20:50
8 Wrexham — Wrexham ↔ Bus Station Arriva Wales 29 weekday journeys first 06:51 · last 22:00

Frequently asked questions

Why are there so many different 8 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 8, and 95 of them do. The 8 in Liverpool has no connection to the 8 in Nottingham: different operator, different road, different timetable.

How do I find the right 8 bus timetable?

Find your part of the country in the list above and open the 8 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 8 bus the same route in every town?

No. These are 95 unrelated services that happen to share a number, run by 73 different operators. Fares, timetables and accessibility differ on each one, so always open the specific 8 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.