166 Brockworth to Stroud via Cheltenham, Painswick
Operated by Stagecoach West. First bus 07:35, last bus 15:25. 6 journeys on weekdays. Fares: adult single £2.40 to £3.00 — more.
Wanted a different 166? 7 other bus routes are numbered 166 elsewhere in the UK — see every 166 bus timetable by area.
| Stop | 07:35 to Eastcombe Thomas Keble School Grounds | 09:50 | 13:40 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Whittle Inn (o/s) | 07:35 | 09:50 | 13:40 |
| Moorfield Road (after) | 07:41 | 09:55 | 13:45 |
| Promenade (Stop 1) | · | · | · |
| Church Lane (after) | · | · | · |
| Chase Hotel (o/s) | · | · | · |
| St Mary's Church (o/s) | 07:56 | 10:08 | 13:58 |
| Merrywalks (Stop M) | 08:16 | · | · |
| Bowbridge Lane (o/s) | 08:21 | · | · |
| School Grounds (in) | 08:35 | · | · |
| Merrywalks (Stop D) | · | 10:15 | 14:05 |
Each column is one journey, headed by the time it sets off; one that finishes short of the usual end says where ("to …") — not every journey on this route runs the whole way. A · means that journey does not stop there. Times are shown at the route's main timing stops — buses serve all stops in between. Switch a table to All stops for every stop it calls at, or open a stop's own page for live departures there.
Fares on the 166
Adult single £2.40 to £3.00 · Adult return £4.00 to £8.50 · Child single £1.80 to £3.00 · Child return £2.70 to £6.80
Adult single fare table, stage to stage
| £2.40 | Vicarage Lane | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £3.00 | £2.40 | Brockworth Cross H | |||||||
| £3.00 | £3.00 | £2.40 | Coopers Hill | ||||||
| £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £2.40 | Cranham | |||||
| £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £2.40 | Paradise | ||||
| £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £2.40 | Painswick | |||
| £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £2.40 | Pitchcombe | ||
| £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £2.40 | Salmon Springs | |
| £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £2.40 | £2.40 | Stroud |
Read along the row of the stage you travel to, to the column below the stage you board at; the first stage is Whittle Inn.
Stagecoach's published fares on the Bus Open Data Service, in force from 1 September 2026. A fare stage is a group of neighbouring stops that are priced the same. Fares change — check with Stagecoach West before you travel.
Tickets on the 166
Stagecoach West publishes singles, day returns, day tickets and season tickets on this route for adults, children, young people and students.
AvonRider Day · Return Bristol · Single Bristol · Adult MyBus Day · AvonRider 7 Day · Adult MyBus Week · Jobseeker Return · Jobseeker Single
…and 63 more tickets on this route.
A multi-operator ticket covers this route — it's valid on other companies' buses in the area too, which usually beats buying singles if you change buses.
Ticket types come from Stagecoach West's own fares data on the Bus Open Data Service, last updated 29 August 2026. Prices for singles and returns are under Fares above; for the others, check with Stagecoach West.
Christmas & bank holidays
These dates are not the usual timetable for the day they fall on. They come from the operator’s published data, which for Christmas and New Year is often late or incomplete, so check with Stagecoach West before you travel. Everything above is an ordinary week.
Not published yet: Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, Boxing Day, 28 December, New Year's Eve and New Year's Day. Operators often publish festive timetables only a few weeks ahead, so check again nearer the date.
- Tuesday, 29 December 2026 towards Stroud: 2 journeys, first 09:50 towards Brockworth: 2 journeys, first 09:20
- Wednesday, 30 December 2026 towards Stroud: 2 journeys, first 09:50 towards Brockworth: 2 journeys, first 09:20
Route map
All stops on route 166
166 towards Stroud
All 70 stops
- Whittle Inn (o/s) Brockworth
- Invista (opp) Brockworth
- Ermin Park (nr) Brockworth
- Vicarage Lane (after) Brockworth
- Abbotswood Estate (in) Brockworth
- Moorfield Road (after) Brockworth
- Promenade (Stop 1) Cheltenham
- Rotunda (opp) Cheltenham
- Suffolk Parade (opp) Cheltenham
- Cheltenham College (nr) Cheltenham
- Thirlestaine House (o/s) Cheltenham
- The Exmouth Arms (after) Cheltenham
- The Norwood (by) Cheltenham
- Moorend Park Road (after) The Park
- Woodlands Road (after) Warden Hill
- Kidnappers' Lane (after) Warden Hill
- Upper Hatherley Way (after) Up Hatherley
- Chargrove Lane (opp) Shurdington
- The Tynings (after) Shurdington
- Leckhampton Lane (by) Shurdington
- Church Lane (after) Shurdington
- Cheese Rollers (o/s) Shurdington
- Greenway Lane (before) Shurdington
- Endsleigh Park (after) Shurdington
- Whitelands Lane (after) Little Shurdington
- Bentham Lane (by) Badgeworth
- Church Lane (after) Badgeworth
- Green Lane (opp) Brockworth
- Mill Lane (opp) Brockworth
- Chase Hotel (o/s) Brockworth
- Cirencester Road (after) Brockworth
- Watermead (opp) Brockworth
- Green Street (corner of) Brockworth
- Cooper's Hill (corner of) Brockworth
- Bella Vista (by) Brockworth
- Fiddlers Elbow (nr) Cranham
- Prinknash Abbey (opp) Cranham
- Cranham Turn (corner of) Cranham
- Royal William (opp) Cranham
- Tocknells Cottages (by) Painswick
- Olivers Lodge (by) Painswick
- Adam and Eve House (by) Paradise
- Golf Course Road (opp) Paradise
- Clattergrove (opp) Painswick
- The Highlands (opp) Painswick
- Pullens Road (opp) Painswick
- St Mary's Church (o/s) Painswick
- Cotswold Mead (after) Painswick
- King's Mill Lane (after) Painswick
- Wragg Castle Lane (opp) Pitchcombe
- Halfway Pitch (opp) Pitchcombe
- Painswick Valley Car Sales (by) Stroud
- Salmon Springs (before) Stroud
- Stratford Park (opp) Stroud
- Merrywalks (Stop M) Stroud
- Spring Lane (by) Stroud
- Bowbridge Lane (o/s) Bowbridge
- Thrupp Lane (after) Bowbridge
- Griffin Mill Estate (opp) Thrupp
- Middle Road (corner of) Thrupp
- Brewery Lane (after) Thrupp
- War Memorial (after) Brimscombe
- Bourne Estate (nr) Brimscombe
- Toadsmoor Road (corner of) Brimscombe
- Lewiston Mill (by) Brimscombe
- Gussage Mills (by) Brimscombe
- Hampton Colours (by) Toadsmoor
- Garage (by) Toadsmoor
- School Grounds (in) Eastcombe
- Merrywalks (Stop D) Stroud
166 towards Brockworth
All 70 stops
- School Grounds (in) Eastcombe
- Garage (opp) Toadsmoor
- Merlins Mill (opp) Brimscombe
- Gussage Mills (opp) Brimscombe
- Lewiston Mill (opp) Brimscombe
- Bourne Estate (by) Brimscombe
- War Memorial (opp) Brimscombe
- Brewery Lane (before) Thrupp
- Kingfisher Business Park (o/s) Thrupp
- Griffin Mill Estate (adj) Thrupp
- Thrupp Lane (opp) Bowbridge
- Bowbridge Arms (o/s) Bowbridge
- Spring Lane (by) Stroud
- Merrywalks (Stop D) Stroud
- Stratford Park (by) Stroud
- Salmon Springs (after) Stroud
- Painswick Valley Car Sales (opp) Stroud
- Painswick Road (after) Pitchcombe
- Wragg Castle Lane (before) Pitchcombe
- King's Mill Lane (opp) Painswick
- Cotswold Mead (before) Painswick
- St Mary's Church (opp) Painswick
- Pullens Road (after) Painswick
- The Highlands (after) Painswick
- Clattergrove (by) Painswick
- Golf Course Road (corner of) Paradise
- Adam and Eve House (opp) Paradise
- Olivers Lodge (nr) Painswick
- Tocknells Cottages (opp) Painswick
- Royal William (after) Cranham
- Cranham Turn (after) Cranham
- Prinknash Abbey (o/s) Cranham
- Fiddlers Elbow (by) Cranham
- Bella Vista (by) Brockworth
- Bella Vista (opp) Brockworth
- Cooper's Hill (opp) Brockworth
- Green Street (after) Brockworth
- Watermead (by) Brockworth
- Cirencester Road (before) Brockworth
- Moorfield Road (before) Brockworth
- Abbotswood Estate (on) Brockworth
- Vicarage Lane (opp) Brockworth
- Ermin Park (opp) Brockworth
- Invista (by) Brockworth
- Whittle Inn (o/s) Brockworth
- Toby Carvery (opp) Brockworth
- Chase Hotel (opp) Brockworth
- Mill Lane (before) Brockworth
- Green Lane (by) Brockworth
- Church Lane (opp) Badgeworth
- Bentham Lane (opp) Badgeworth
- Endsleigh Park (opp) Shurdington
- Badgeworth Lane (after) Shurdington
- Cheese Rollers (before) Shurdington
- Church Lane (corner of) Shurdington
- Leckhampton Lane (after) Shurdington
- The Tynings (before) Shurdington
- Chargrove Lane (adj) Shurdington
- Upper Hatherley Way (before) Up Hatherley
- Farmfield Road (nr) Warden Hill
- Woodlands Road (corner of) Warden Hill
- Moorend Park Road (corner of) The Park
- The Norwood (opp) Cheltenham
- The Exmouth Arms (o/s) Cheltenham
- Thirlestaine House (opp) Cheltenham
- Cheltenham College (by) Cheltenham
- Suffolk Parade (by) Cheltenham
- Rotunda (after) Cheltenham
- Imperial Square (opp) Cheltenham
- Promenade (Stop 1) Cheltenham
Service registration & registered changes
- Service change effective 12 April 2026 To amend Timetable.
- Service change effective 31 August 2025 To amend Timetable.
- Service change effective 3 September 2024 To amend Route and Timetable.
- Service change effective 9 May 2024 To amend Route and Timetable.
- Service change effective 7 April 2024 To amend Route and Timetable.
From official Traffic Commissioner registrations. Registration PH0005031/380 · Changes in Gloucestershire County Council · All service changes →
Towns & areas on this route
Frequently asked questions
What time is the first 166 bus?
The first 166 departure on weekdays leaves at 07:35 (check the full timetable below for your stop, as times vary along the route — weekend times can differ).
What time is the last 166 bus?
The last 166 on weekdays leaves its first stop at 15:25. Always check the timetable for your specific stop — later stops are reached after this time.
How much does the 166 bus cost?
Stagecoach West's published fares on the 166: adult single £2.40 to £3.00, adult return £4.00 to £8.50, child single £1.80 to £3.00, child return £2.70 to £6.80. The 166 is confirmed by GOV.UK as part of the national fare cap, so a single costs at most £3 until 31 December 2026, then £2 from 1 January 2027. Stagecoach West day and weekly tickets can work out cheaper if you travel more than twice a day.
Who runs the 166 bus?
The 166 is operated by Stagecoach West.
Timetable data from Stagecoach West via the DfT Bus Open Data Service (South West England feed). Registered with the Traffic Commissioner as PH0005031/380. Check before you travel — services can change at short notice.