271 Royal Sussex County Hospital ↔ Crawley, Station Way TE

Operated by Metrobus. First bus 05:02, last bus 21:25. 36 journeys on weekdays.

Wanted a different 271? 5 other bus routes are numbered 271 elsewhere in the UK — see every 271 bus by area.

✅ The 271 is confirmed in the national fare cap — single fares cost at most £3 until 31 Dec 2026, then £2 from 1 January 2027. Source: GOV.UK. Details →

Tickets on the 271

Metrobus publishes singles on this route for adults, children and young people.

Adult WeekChild WeekAdult SingleChild SingleHosp Stf WeekWS 16-20 WeekHosp Stf SingleWS 16-20 Single

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Timetable

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towards Crawley, Station Way TE · Monday to Friday towards Crawley, Station Way TE · Saturday towards Crawley, Station Way TE · Sunday towards Royal Sussex County Hospital · Monday to Friday towards Royal Sussex County Hospital · Saturday towards Royal Sussex County Hospital · Sunday
271 towards Crawley, Station Way TE — Monday to Friday (22 journeys)
County Hospital (opp) 05:5805:5807:3507:3508:4008:4010:0510:0511:5511:5513:5013:5016:0016:0016:5016:5018:2018:2019:2519:2521:2521:25
Royal Pavilion (Stop R1) 06:0606:0607:4407:4408:4908:4910:1410:1412:0412:0413:5913:5916:1016:1017:0017:0018:2918:2919:3219:3221:3221:32
Harrington Road (opp) 06:1206:1207:5507:5508:5908:5910:2310:2312:1412:1414:0914:0916:2216:2217:1117:1118:3818:3819:4019:4021:3921:39
Patcham Place (adj) 06:1906:1908:0608:0609:0709:0710:3110:3112:2312:2314:1814:1816:3516:3517:2217:2218:4718:4719:4819:4821:4521:45
Garage (N-bound) 06:2306:2308:1108:1109:1109:1110:3510:3512:2712:2714:2214:2216:3916:3917:2617:2618:5118:5119:5219:5221:4921:49
Stonepound Crossroads (N-bound) 06:2706:2708:2108:2109:1609:1610:4010:4012:3212:3214:2714:2716:4516:4517:3217:3218:5618:5619:5619:5621:5321:53
Church Road (Stop A) 06:3506:3508:3208:3209:2609:2610:5110:5112:4312:4314:3814:3816:5616:5617:4317:4319:0619:0620:0620:0622:0022:00
Railway Station (opp) 06:3706:3708:3408:3409:2809:2810:5310:5312:4512:4514:4014:4016:5816:5817:4517:4519:0819:0820:0820:0822:0122:01
Valebridge Drive (nr) 06:4106:4108:4108:4109:3309:3310:5910:5912:5112:5114:4614:4617:0417:0417:5117:5119:1319:1320:1220:1222:0522:05
Ote Hall Chapel (N-bound) 06:4606:4608:4708:4709:3809:3811:0411:0412:5612:5614:5114:5117:0917:0917:5517:5519:1719:1720:1620:1622:0922:09
Princess Royal Hospital (o/s) 06:5306:5308:5608:5609:4509:4511:1111:1113:0313:0314:5814:5817:1717:1718:0318:0319:2319:2320:2220:2222:1522:15
South Road (NW-bound) 06:5506:5508:5908:5909:4809:4811:1411:1413:0613:0615:0115:0117:2117:2118:0618:0619:2519:2520:2420:2422:1722:17
Perrymount Road (N-bound) 07:0007:0009:0709:0709:5509:5511:2011:2013:1213:1215:0615:0617:2917:2918:1318:1319:3019:3020:2820:2822:2122:21
Warden Park School (o/s) ··········15:2015:20··········
High Street (W-bound) 07:0707:0709:1509:1510:0310:0311:2811:2813:2013:2015:2315:2317:3917:3918:2218:2219:3819:3820:3520:3522:2722:27
The Jolly Tanners (opp) 07:1507:1509:2409:2410:1210:1211:3711:3713:2913:2915:3215:3217:4817:4818:3118:3119:4519:4520:4220:4222:3422:34
The Red Lion (adj) 07:1807:1809:2709:2710:1510:1511:4011:4013:3213:3215:3515:3517:5117:5118:3418:3419:4819:4820:4520:4522:3722:37
The Black Swan (opp) 07:2407:2409:3309:3310:2110:2111:4611:4613:3813:3815:4315:4317:5817:5818:4018:4019:5319:5320:5020:5022:4222:42
Wakehurst Drive (opp) 07:3007:3009:3909:3910:2610:2611:5111:5113:4313:4315:4815:4818:0418:0418:4518:4519:5819:5820:5420:5422:4622:46
Station Way (Stop TE) ·07:35·09:4410:31··11:5613:48··15:54·18:10·18:5020:02·20:58·22:49·
Bus Station (Stand F) 07:35·09:44··10:3111:56··13:4815:54·18:10·18:50··20:02·20:58·22:49

Route map

All stops on route 271

271 towards Crawley, Station Way TE

  1. County Hospital (opp) Kemp Town
  2. Upper Bedford Street (adj) Kemp Town
  3. College Place (adj) Kemp Town
  4. Park Street (opp) Kemp Town
  5. Devonshire Place (W-bound) Brighton
  6. Law Courts (opp) Brighton
  7. Royal Pavilion (Stop R1) Brighton
  8. St Peter's Church (Stop L1) Brighton
  9. York Hill (Stop D) Brighton
  10. London Road Shops (Stop L4) Brighton
  11. Preston Circus (Stop X) Brighton
  12. Springfield Road (opp) Brighton
  13. Nestor Court (adj) Brighton
  14. Rookery Close (adj) Brighton
  15. Preston Drove (opp) Brighton
  16. Harrington Road (opp) Brighton
  17. Varndean Road (opp) Brighton
  18. Cedars Gardens (adj) Brighton
  19. Tongdean Lane East (adj) Brighton
  20. The Deneway East (adj) Brighton
  21. Ridgeside Avenue (N-bound) Patcham
  22. Brangwyn Crescent (adj) Patcham
  23. Patcham Place (adj) Patcham
  24. Garage (N-bound) Pyecombe
  25. Rockrose (adj) Pyecombe
  26. Jack and Jill (adj) Clayton
  27. Nurseries (opp) Hassocks
  28. Stonepound Crossroads (N-bound) Hassocks
  29. Little Copse Road (opp) Hassocks
  30. Friars Oak (opp) Hassocks
  31. London Road (opp 1) Burgess Hill
  32. Station Road (opp) Burgess Hill
  33. Queen Elizabeth Avenue (E-bound) Burgess Hill
  34. Queens Crescent (opp) Burgess Hill
  35. Church Road (Stop A) Burgess Hill
  36. Railway Station (opp) Burgess Hill
  37. Oakwood Road (opp) Burgess Hill
  38. Mayfield Court (opp) Burgess Hill
  39. St Andrew's Church (opp) Burgess Hill
  40. Junction Close (adj) Burgess Hill
  41. Valebridge Drive (nr) Burgess Hill
  42. Janes Lane (o/s 83) Burgess Hill
  43. St George's Park (opp) Burgess Hill
  44. Bethel Baptist Chapel (adj) Wivelsfield
  45. Ote Hall Chapel (N-bound) Wivelsfield
  46. Fox and Hounds (o/s) Haywards Heath
  47. Weald Rise (adj) Haywards Heath
  48. Fox Hill (N-bound) Haywards Heath
  49. Princess Royal Hospital (o/s) Haywards Heath
  50. Dellney Avenue (opp) Haywards Heath
  51. The Priory (opp) Haywards Heath
  52. Victoria Recreation Ground (adj) Haywards Heath
  53. South Road (NW-bound) Haywards Heath
  54. The Broadway (N-bound) Haywards Heath
  55. Jireh Court (opp) Haywards Heath
  56. Perrymount Road (N-bound) Haywards Heath
  57. Jireh Court (o/s) Haywards Heath
  58. Muster Green (W-bound) Haywards Heath
  59. Nightingale Centre (opp) Haywards Heath
  60. Isaac's Lane (adj) Haywards Heath
  61. Copyhold Lane (adj) Cuckfield
  62. The Wheatsheaf (o/s) Cuckfield
  63. Warden Park School (o/s) Cuckfield
  64. Hatchlands (opp) Cuckfield
  65. London Lane (opp) Cuckfield
  66. High Street (W-bound) Cuckfield
  67. Ardingly Road (opp) Whitemans Green
  68. Brock End (adj) Whitemans Green
  69. Sloughgreen Lane (adj) Slough Green
  70. The Victory Inn (adj) Staplefield
  71. The Jolly Tanners (opp) Staplefield
  72. The Red Lion (adj) Handcross
  73. High Street (N-bound) Handcross
  74. Primary School (o/s) Handcross
  75. The Stables (opp) Tilgate Forest Row
  76. The Black Swan (opp) Pease Pottage
  77. Services (adj) Pease Pottage
  78. Broadfield Park (adj) Broadfield
  79. Wakehurst Drive (opp) Southgate
  80. Sunningdale Court (adj) Southgate
  81. East Park (opp) Crawley
  82. Station Way (Stop TE) Crawley
  83. Bus Station (Stand F) Crawley

271 towards Royal Sussex County Hospital

  1. Bus Station (Stand F) Crawley
  2. East Park (adj) Crawley
  3. Sunningdale Court (opp) Southgate
  4. Wakehurst Drive (adj) Southgate
  5. Tilgate Park (adj) Broadfield
  6. Parish Lane (adj) Pease Pottage
  7. The Black Swan (opp) Pease Pottage
  8. Tilgate Forest Row (S-bound) Tilgate Forest Row
  9. The Stables (adj) Tilgate Forest Row
  10. Primary School (opp) Handcross
  11. High Street (S-bound) Handcross
  12. The Red Lion (opp) Handcross
  13. The Jolly Tanners (adj) Staplefield
  14. Sloughgreen Lane (opp) Slough Green
  15. Ardingly Road (adj) Whitemans Green
  16. Brock End (opp) Whitemans Green
  17. London Lane (adj) Cuckfield
  18. High Street (S-bound) Cuckfield
  19. Hatchlands (adj) Cuckfield
  20. Warden Park School (o/s) Cuckfield
  21. The Wheatsheaf (opp) Cuckfield
  22. Copyhold Lane (opp) Cuckfield
  23. Isaac's Lane (opp) Haywards Heath
  24. Nightingale Centre (adj) Haywards Heath
  25. The Broadway (N-bound) Haywards Heath
  26. Jireh Court (opp) Haywards Heath
  27. Perrymount Road (S-bound) Haywards Heath
  28. Jireh Court (o/s) Haywards Heath
  29. The Broadway (S-bound) Haywards Heath
  30. South Road (SE-bound) Haywards Heath
  31. The Priory (adj) Haywards Heath
  32. Dellney Avenue (adj) Haywards Heath
  33. Princess Royal Hospital (o/s) Haywards Heath
  34. Colwell Gardens (opp) Haywards Heath
  35. Rocky Lane (opp) Haywards Heath
  36. Fox Hill (S-bound) Haywards Heath
  37. Fox and Hounds (opp) Haywards Heath
  38. Ote Hall Chapel (S-bound) Wivelsfield
  39. Bethel Baptist Chapel (opp) Wivelsfield
  40. St George's Park (o/s) Burgess Hill
  41. Janes Lane (o/s 62) Burgess Hill
  42. Worlds End (S-bound) Burgess Hill
  43. St Andrew's Church (o/s) Burgess Hill
  44. Junction Close (opp) Burgess Hill
  45. Mayfield Court (adj) Burgess Hill
  46. Oakwood Road (adj) Burgess Hill
  47. Railway Station (adj) Burgess Hill
  48. Church Road (Stop A) Burgess Hill
  49. Civic Way (S-bound) Burgess Hill
  50. Queen Elizabeth Avenue (W-bound) Burgess Hill
  51. Station Road (adj) Burgess Hill
  52. London Road (o/s 1) Burgess Hill
  53. Friars Oak (adj) Hassocks
  54. Little Copse Road (adj) Hassocks
  55. Stonepound Crossroads (S-bound) Hassocks
  56. Nurseries (adj) Hassocks
  57. Jack and Jill (opp) Clayton
  58. Rockrose (opp) Pyecombe
  59. Garage (opp) Pyecombe
  60. Brangwyn Crescent (opp) Patcham
  61. Patcham Place (opp) Patcham
  62. The Deneway East (opp) Brighton
  63. Ridgeside Avenue (S-bound) Patcham
  64. Tongdean Lane East (opp) Brighton
  65. Varndean Road (adj) Brighton
  66. Cedars Gardens (opp) Brighton
  67. Harrington Road (adj) Brighton
  68. Preston Drove (adj) Brighton
  69. Nestor Court (opp) Brighton
  70. Lover's Walk (opp) Brighton
  71. Stanford Avenue (NE-bound) Brighton
  72. Springfield Road (adj) Brighton
  73. Baker Street (Stop K) Brighton
  74. Preston Circus (Stop H) Brighton
  75. London Road Shops (Stop L8) Brighton
  76. St Peter's Church (Stop L9) Brighton
  77. Valley Gardens (adj) Brighton
  78. Sea Life Centre (Stop P1) Brighton
  79. Old Steine (Stop S4) Brighton
  80. New Steine (adj) Brighton
  81. Bedford Street South (adj) Kemp Town
  82. Burlington Street (adj) Kemp Town
  83. Paston Place (adj) Kemp Town
  84. Eaton Place (N-bound) Kemp Town
  85. County Hospital (W-bound) Kemp Town

Towns & areas on this route

BrightonCrawleyBurgess HillHaywards HeathPatchamKemp TownBroadfieldHandcrossHassocksSouthgateCuckfieldStaplefield

Frequently asked questions

What time is the first 271 bus?

The first 271 departure on weekdays leaves at 05:02 (check the full timetable below for your stop, as times vary along the route — weekend times can differ).

What time is the last 271 bus?

The last 271 on weekdays leaves its first stop at 21:25. Always check the timetable for your specific stop — later stops are reached after this time.

How much does the 271 bus cost?

The 271 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. Metrobus day and weekly tickets can work out cheaper if you travel more than twice a day.

Who runs the 271 bus?

The 271 is operated by Metrobus.

Timetable data from Metrobus via the DfT Bus Open Data Service (South East England feed). Check before you travel — services can change at short notice.