228 Tunbridge Wells to Crowborough via Blackness, St Johns
Operated by Compass Travel. First bus 07:16, last bus 18:10. 13 journeys on weekdays. Fares: adult single £1.90 to £3.00 — more.
Wanted a different 228? 7 other bus routes are numbered 228 elsewhere in the UK — see every 228 bus timetable by area.
| Stop | 08:27 to Tunbridge Wells | 09:25 | 09:55 | 10:25 | 11:25 | 12:25 | 12:55 | 13:25 | 14:25 | 15:50 | 17:10 | 17:40 | 18:10 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tunbridge Wells Boys' Grammar School (in) | 08:27 | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | 15:50 | · | · | · |
| Royal Victoria Place (Stop K2) | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | 16:05 | · | · | · |
| Railway Station (Stop S) | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | 16:08 | · | · | · |
| Old West Station Sainsbury's (Stop A) | 08:04 | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | 16:13 | · | · | · |
| Showfields Library (opp) | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | 16:16 | · | · | · |
| Church (opp) | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | 16:24 | · | · | · |
| Railway Station (opp) | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | 16:26 | · | · | · |
| Broadway (Stop B) | 07:16 | 09:25 | 09:55 | 10:25 | 11:25 | 12:25 | 12:55 | 13:25 | 14:25 | 16:32 | 17:10 | 17:40 | 18:10 |
| Chapel Green (adj) | 07:17 | 09:26 | 09:56 | 10:26 | 11:26 | 12:26 | 12:56 | 13:26 | 14:26 | 16:33 | 17:11 | 17:41 | 18:11 |
| Bridger Way (opp) | 07:19 | 09:28 | 09:58 | 10:28 | 11:28 | 12:28 | 12:58 | 13:28 | 14:28 | 16:35 | 17:13 | 17:43 | 18:13 |
| Brook Close (adj) | · | 09:31 | 10:01 | 10:31 | 11:31 | 12:31 | 13:01 | 13:31 | 14:31 | · | · | · | · |
| Crowborough Railway Station (o/s) | 07:24 | 09:35 | 10:05 | 10:35 | 11:35 | 12:35 | 13:05 | 13:35 | 14:35 | 16:39 | 17:17 | 17:47 | 18:17 |
| Aldervale Cottages (N-bound) | 07:31 | 09:41 | 10:11 | 10:41 | 11:41 | 12:41 | 13:11 | 13:41 | 14:41 | 16:45 | 17:23 | 17:53 | 18:23 |
| Rose Court (adj) | 07:33 | 09:43 | 10:13 | 10:43 | 11:43 | 12:43 | 13:13 | 13:43 | 14:43 | 16:47 | 17:25 | 17:55 | 18:25 |
| Broadway (Stop A) | 07:41 | 09:46 | 10:16 | 10:46 | 11:46 | 12:46 | 13:16 | 13:46 | 14:46 | 16:50 | 17:28 | 17:58 | 18:29 |
| Railway Station (adj) | 07:49 | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · |
| Church (o/s) | 07:51 | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · |
| Showfields Library (adj) | 07:58 | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · |
| Railway Station (Stop C) | 08:08 | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · |
| Royal Victoria Place (Stop V) | 08:12 | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · |
| Broadway (Stop B) | · | 09:48 | 10:18 | 10:48 | 11:48 | 12:48 | 13:18 | 13:48 | 14:48 | 16:52 | 17:30 | 18:00 | · |
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 228
Adult single £1.90 to £3.00 · Adult return £2.85 to £6.00
Adult single fare table, stage to stage
| – | Tunbridge Wells BGS arr | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £2.10 | £2.10 | Eastcliffe Road | ||||||||||||
| £2.70 | £2.70 | £2.10 | Queens Rd/Red Lion | |||||||||||
| £3.00 | £3.00 | £2.70 | £2.10 | Tunbridge Wells Centre | ||||||||||
| £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £2.10 | £2.10 | Station, Tunbridge Wells | |||||||||
| £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £2.10 | £2.10 | £2.10 | Pantiles/Swan Hotel | ||||||||
| £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £2.10 | £2.10 | £2.10 | £2.10 | Sainsbury's / Old W Station | |||||||
| £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £2.50 | £2.50 | £2.50 | £2.50 | Eridge Rd/Broadwater Down | ||||||
| £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £2.70 | Eridge Station | |||||
| £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £2.70 | Boars Head | ||||
| £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £2.70 | Crowborough Loop | |||
| £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | – | £1.90 | Crowborough Terminus | ||
| – | £3.00 | £3.00 | £2.50 | £2.50 | £2.50 | £2.10 | £2.10 | £2.10 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | Summervale | |
| £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £2.70 | £1.90 | £1.90 | £3.00 | Crowborough Broadway |
Read along the row of the stage you travel to, to the column below the stage you board at; the first stage is Tunbridge Wells BGS.
Compass Travel's published fares on the Bus Open Data Service, in force from 18 September 2026. A fare stage is a group of neighbouring stops that are priced the same. Fares change — check with Compass Travel before you travel.
Tickets on the 228
Compass Travel publishes singles and day returns on this route for adults and children.
Adult Return · Adult Single · Adult Weekly · Child Return · Child Weekly
…and 5 more tickets on this route.
Ticket types come from Compass Travel's own fares data on the Bus Open Data Service, last updated 19 September 2026. Prices for singles and returns are under Fares above; for the others, check with Compass Travel.
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 Compass Travel 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 Crowborough: 14 journeys, first 07:16
- Wednesday, 30 December 2026 towards Crowborough: 14 journeys, first 07:16
Route map
All stops on route 228
228 towards Crowborough
All 86 stops
- Tunbridge Wells Boys' Grammar School (in) St Johns
- YMCA (opp) St Johns
- East Cliff Road (adj) St Johns
- The Skinners' School (adj) St Johns
- St John's Church (adj) St Johns
- Woodbury Park Road (adj) St Johns
- Grosvenor Road (Stop I) Tunbridge Wells
- Royal Victoria Place (Stop K2) Tunbridge Wells
- War Memorial (Stop P) Tunbridge Wells
- Railway Station (Stop S) Tunbridge Wells
- Chapel Place (adj) Tunbridge Wells
- The Pantiles (adj) Tunbridge Wells
- Old West Station Sainsbury's (Stop A) Showfields
- Broadwater Lane (adj) Showfields
- Willow Tree Road (opp) Showfields
- Showfields Library (opp) Showfields
- Devonshire Close (opp) Showfields
- Leneda Drive (opp) Showfields
- Broadwater Down West (adj) Tunbridge Wells
- Bunny Lane (adj) Eridge Green
- Church (opp) Eridge Green
- Sham Farm Road (adj) Eridge Green
- The Forstal (opp) Eridge Green
- Railway Station (opp) Eridge
- Sandhill Lane (adj) Eridge
- The Boars Head Inn (adj) Boarshead
- Eridge Road (W-bound) Steel Cross
- Oakhurst Drive (adj) Steel Cross
- Goldsmiths Leisure Centre (opp) Crowborough
- The Cross (opp) Crowborough
- Broadway (Stop B) Crowborough
- The Park (opp) Crowborough
- Chapel Green (adj) Crowborough
- The Martlets (adj) Crowborough
- Bridger Way (opp) Crowborough
- Luxford Road (opp) Crowborough
- Old Lane (adj) Crowborough
- Green Lane (adj) Blackness
- Medway (adj) Jarvis Brook
- Burdett Road (adj) Jarvis Brook
- Bracken Close (adj) Jarvis Brook
- Brook Close (adj) Jarvis Brook
- Forest Rise (opp) Jarvis Brook
- Heather Walk (opp) Jarvis Brook
- Crowborough Railway Station (o/s) Jarvis Brook
- Knowle Close (opp) Jarvis Brook
- Walshes Road (opp) Crowborough
- Plough and Horses (opp) Crowborough
- Stone Cross Road (adj) Alderbrook
- Aldervale Cottages (N-bound) Alderbrook
- Rose Court (adj) Whitehill
- Bricklayers Arms (adj) Blackness
- United Church (opp) Blackness
- Church Road (N-bound) Crowborough
- Broadway (Stop A) Crowborough
- The Cross (adj) Crowborough
- Goldsmiths Leisure Centre (adj) Crowborough
- Oakhurst Drive (opp) Steel Cross
- Eridge Road (E-bound) Steel Cross
- The Boars Head Inn (opp) Boarshead
- Sandhill Lane (opp) Eridge
- Railway Station (adj) Eridge
- Eridge - A26 Eridge Green
- The Forstal (adj) Eridge Green
- Sham Farm Road (opp) Eridge Green
- Church (o/s) Eridge Green
- Bunny Lane (opp) Eridge Green
- Broadwater Down West (opp) Tunbridge Wells
- Leneda Drive (adj) Showfields
- Devonshire Close (adj) Showfields
- Showfields Library (adj) Showfields
- Willow Tree Road (adj) Showfields
- Broadwater Lane (opp) Showfields
- The Pantiles (opp) Tunbridge Wells
- Chapel Place (opp) Tunbridge Wells
- Railway Station (Stop C) Tunbridge Wells
- War Memorial (Stop F) Tunbridge Wells
- Royal Victoria Place (Stop V) Tunbridge Wells
- Grosvenor Road (Stop H) Tunbridge Wells
- Woodbury Park Road (opp) St Johns
- Culverden Down (adj) St Johns
- Beltring Road (adj) St Johns
- East Cliff Road (opp) St Johns
- TA Centre (adj) St Johns
- The Cross (opp) Crowborough
- Broadway (Stop B) Crowborough
Towns & areas on this route
Frequently asked questions
What time is the first 228 bus?
The first 228 departure on weekdays leaves at 07:16 (check the full timetable below for your stop, as times vary along the route — weekend times can differ).
What time is the last 228 bus?
The last 228 on weekdays leaves its first stop at 18:10. Always check the timetable for your specific stop — later stops are reached after this time.
How much does the 228 bus cost?
Compass Travel's published fares on the 228: adult single £1.90 to £3.00, adult return £2.85 to £6.00. The 228 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. Compass Travel day and weekly tickets can work out cheaper if you travel more than twice a day.
Who runs the 228 bus?
The 228 is operated by Compass Travel.
Timetable data from Compass Travel via the DfT Bus Open Data Service (South East England feed). Compass Travel last updated their Bus Open Data publications on 23 September 2026. Check before you travel — services can change at short notice.