281 Crawley Bus Station E ↔ Lingfield Station
Operated by Metrobus. First bus 06:15, last bus 19:58. 42 journeys on weekdays.
✅ The 281 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.
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Timetable
Times are shown at the route's main timing stops — buses serve all stops in between. For times at your exact stop, open the stop's own page.
towards Lingfield Station · Monday to Friday towards Lingfield Station · Saturday towards Lingfield Station · Sunday towards Crawley Bus Station E · Monday to Friday towards Crawley Bus Station E · Saturday towards Crawley Bus Station E · Sunday
| Holy Trinity School (o/s) | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | 15:23 | · | · | · | · | · |
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| St Wilfrid's School (o/s) | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | 15:32 | · | · | · | · | · |
| Bus Station (Stand D) | 06:15 | · | · | 08:00 | 09:30 | 09:40 | 10:30 | 11:30 | 11:45 | 12:30 | 13:20 | 13:45 | 14:15 | 14:20 | 15:20 | 15:45 | 15:50 | 16:15 | 17:10 | 18:10 | 19:58 |
| Three Bridges Station (Stop B) | 06:21 | · | · | 08:07 | 09:36 | 09:46 | 10:36 | 11:36 | 11:51 | 12:36 | 13:26 | 13:51 | 14:22 | 14:26 | 15:26 | 15:52 | 15:56 | 16:22 | 17:18 | 18:17 | 20:04 |
| Payne Way (opp) | 06:27 | 07:38 | 07:38 | 08:15 | 09:43 | 09:51 | 10:43 | 11:43 | 11:58 | 12:43 | 13:33 | 13:58 | 14:29 | 14:33 | 15:33 | 16:00 | 16:03 | 16:30 | 17:26 | 18:24 | 20:11 |
| Church (opp) | 06:31 | 07:43 | 07:45 | 08:21 | 09:48 | 09:56 | 10:48 | 11:48 | 12:03 | 12:48 | 13:38 | 14:03 | 14:34 | 14:38 | 15:38 | 16:05 | 16:08 | 16:35 | 17:31 | 18:29 | 20:16 |
| The Duke's Head (adj) | 06:34 | 07:46 | 07:49 | 08:25 | 09:51 | 09:59 | 10:51 | 11:51 | 12:06 | 12:51 | 13:41 | 14:06 | 14:37 | 14:41 | 15:41 | 16:09 | 16:11 | 16:39 | 17:35 | 18:32 | · |
| War Memorial (opp) | 06:37 | 07:49 | 07:55 | 08:29 | 09:54 | 10:01 | 10:54 | 11:54 | 12:09 | 12:54 | 13:44 | 14:09 | 14:40 | 14:44 | 15:44 | 16:12 | 16:14 | 16:42 | 17:38 | 18:35 | · |
| Royal Oak (adj) | 06:39 | 07:52 | 08:00 | 08:32 | 09:57 | 10:03 | 10:57 | 11:57 | 12:11 | 12:57 | 13:47 | 14:11 | 14:43 | 14:47 | 15:47 | 16:15 | 16:16 | 16:45 | 17:41 | 18:38 | · |
| Felbridge Hotel (adj) | 06:46 | 08:01 | 08:13 | 08:44 | 10:05 | 10:10 | 11:05 | 12:05 | 12:19 | 13:05 | 13:55 | 14:19 | 14:51 | 14:55 | 15:55 | 16:24 | 16:24 | 16:54 | 17:51 | 18:46 | · |
| Imberhorne Upper Grounds (at) | · | · | 08:17 | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · |
| Imberhorne Lower School (o/s) | · | · | 08:24 | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · |
| Kipling Way (adj) | 06:50 | 08:06 | · | 08:50 | 10:10 | 10:15 | 11:10 | 12:10 | 12:24 | 13:10 | 14:00 | 14:24 | 14:56 | 15:00 | 16:00 | 16:29 | 16:29 | 16:59 | 17:56 | 18:51 | · |
| East Grinstead Station (Stop A) | 06:54 | 08:10 | · | 08:55 | 10:14 | 10:19 | 11:14 | 12:14 | 12:28 | 13:14 | 14:04 | 14:28 | 15:00 | 15:04 | 16:04 | 16:33 | 16:33 | 17:03 | 18:00 | 18:55 | · |
| War Memorial (Stop H) | 06:57 | 08:15 | 08:30 | 09:00 | 10:20 | 10:23 | 11:20 | 12:20 | 12:33 | 13:20 | 14:10 | 14:33 | 15:05 | 15:09 | 16:09 | 16:39 | 16:38 | 17:09 | 18:06 | 19:00 | · |
| Harmans Mead (adj) | 07:01 | 08:19 | · | 09:04 | 10:24 | 10:27 | 11:24 | 12:24 | 12:37 | 13:24 | 14:14 | 14:37 | 15:11 | 15:13 | 16:13 | 16:43 | 16:42 | 17:13 | 18:10 | 19:04 | · |
| Queen Victoria Hospital (adj) | 07:05 | 08:23 | · | 09:09 | 10:28 | 10:32 | 11:28 | 12:28 | 12:42 | 13:28 | 14:18 | 14:42 | 15:16 | 15:17 | 16:17 | 16:48 | 16:47 | 17:18 | 18:15 | 19:09 | · |
| Stone Quarry Estate (NW-bound) | 07:07 | · | · | · | · | 10:33 | · | · | 12:43 | · | · | 14:43 | · | · | · | · | 16:48 | · | · | 19:10 | · |
| Stone Quarry Estate (SE-bound) | · | 08:26 | · | 09:13 | 10:31 | · | 11:31 | 12:31 | · | 13:31 | 14:21 | · | 15:20 | 15:21 | 16:21 | 16:51 | · | 17:21 | 18:17 | · | · |
| Church (adj) | · | 08:32 | · | 09:18 | 10:36 | · | 11:36 | 12:36 | · | 13:36 | 14:26 | · | 15:25 | 15:26 | 16:26 | 16:57 | · | 17:27 | 18:22 | · | · |
| Lingfield Railway Station (Stop A) | · | 08:37 | · | 09:23 | 10:41 | · | 11:41 | 12:41 | · | 13:41 | 14:31 | · | 15:30 | 15:31 | 16:31 | 17:02 | · | 17:32 | 18:27 | · | · |
Route map
All stops on route 281
281 towards Lingfield Station
- Holy Trinity School (o/s) Gossops Green
- St Wilfrid's School (o/s) Southgate
- Goffs Park (adj) Southgate
- Goffs Park Road (o/s 34) Southgate
- Sunningdale Court (adj) Southgate
- East Park (opp) Crawley
- Bus Station (Stand D) Crawley
- Rowan Close (opp) Crawley
- Artel Croft (adj) Three Bridges
- Jubilee Walk (opp) Three Bridges
- Three Bridges Station (Stop B) Three Bridges
- Worth Park Avenue (NE-bound) Pound Hill
- Blackheath (adj) Wakehams Green
- Ridley's Corner (E-bound) Pound Hill
- Garden Centre (adj) Wakehams Green
- Petrol Station (adj) Wakehams Green
- Payne Way (opp) Copthorne
- Langridge Way (adj) Copthorne
- Gibby Way (E-bound) Copthorne
- The Prince Albert (opp) Copthorne
- Village Hall (adj) Copthorne
- Borers Close (adj) Copthorne
- Church (opp) Copthorne
- Lashmere (adj) Copthorne
- Abergavenny Gardens (adj) Copthorne
- Cottage Place (opp) Copthorne
- The Duke's Head (adj) Copthorne
- Mascotte (adj) Crawley Down
- Sandy Lane (adj) Crawley Down
- Forge Garage (opp) Crawley Down
- War Memorial (opp) Crawley Down
- Sunnymead (S-bound) Crawley Down
- Royal Oak (adj) Crawley Down
- Burleigh Close (opp) Crawley Down
- Larches Way (opp) Crawley Down
- Tiltwood Drive (opp) Crawley Down
- Falcon Park (o/s) Crawley Down
- Cuttinglye Road (adj) Crawley Down
- Felbridge Nurseries (opp) Felbridge
- McIver Close (adj) Felbridge
- Rowplatt Lane (adj) Felbridge
- Felbridge School (o/s) Felbridge
- The Star Inn (before) Felbridge
- Felbridge Hotel (adj) East Grinstead
- Imberhorne Upper Grounds (at) East Grinstead
- Yew Lane (adj) East Grinstead
- Halsford Green (opp) East Grinstead
- Buckhurst Way (adj) East Grinstead
- Imberhorne Lower School (o/s) East Grinstead
- Fire Station (Stop T) East Grinstead
- Imberhorne Upper School (opp) East Grinstead
- Heathcote Drive (after) East Grinstead
- Fairlawn Drive (opp) East Grinstead
- Blount Avenue (adj) East Grinstead
- Kipling Way (adj) East Grinstead
- Railway Viaduct (after) East Grinstead
- Garden Wood Road (adj) East Grinstead
- Brooklands Way (Stop M) East Grinstead
- East Grinstead Station (Stop A) East Grinstead
- Broadway (Stop E) East Grinstead
- Whitehall (adj) East Grinstead
- Sackville College (Stop K) East Grinstead
- War Memorial (Stop H) East Grinstead
- Sackville School (o/s) East Grinstead
- Farm Close (opp) East Grinstead
- Harmans Mead (adj) East Grinstead
- Chestnut Close (opp) East Grinstead
- Court Crescent (adj) East Grinstead
- East Court (opp) East Grinstead
- Turner Court (opp) East Grinstead
- Queen Victoria Hospital (adj) East Grinstead
- Stone Quarry Estate (NW-bound) East Grinstead
- Copse Close (opp) East Grinstead
- The Larches (adj) East Grinstead
- Stone Quarry Estate (SE-bound) East Grinstead
- Wilderwick Farm (opp) Dormans Park
- The Approach (adj) Dormans Park
- Dormans Station Turning (adj) Dormansland
- Church (adj) Dormansland
- Memorial Hall (opp) Dormansland
- Swallowfield (adj) Dormansland
- St Pier's Lane (opp) Lingfield
- Lingfield Racecourse (o/s) Lingfield
- Station Road (opp) Lingfield
- Lingfield Railway Station (Stop A) Lingfield
281 towards Crawley Bus Station E
- Lingfield Railway Station (Stop A) Lingfield
- Saxby's Lane (o/s 108) Lingfield
- Pauls Mead (adj) Lingfield
- Little Lullenden (adj) Lingfield
- The Star (adj) Lingfield
- War Memorial (W-bound) Lingfield
- Haxted Road (W-bound) Lingfield
- Meadowside (opp) Lingfield Common
- Godstone Road (SE-bound) Lingfield
- War Memorial (E-bound) Lingfield
- Lingfield Racecourse (opp) Lingfield
- Station Road (adj) Lingfield
- St Pier's Lane (adj) Lingfield
- Swallowfield (opp) Dormansland
- Memorial Hall (adj) Dormansland
- Church (opp) Dormansland
- Dormans Station Turning (opp) Dormansland
- The Approach (opp) Dormans Park
- Wilderwick Farm (adj) Dormans Park
- The Larches (opp) East Grinstead
- Copse Close (opp) East Grinstead
- Stone Quarry Estate (SE-bound) East Grinstead
- Turner Court (adj) East Grinstead
- Queen Victoria Hospital (opp) East Grinstead
- East Court (adj) East Grinstead
- Court Crescent (opp) East Grinstead
- Chestnut Close (adj) East Grinstead
- Harmans Mead (opp) East Grinstead
- Farm Close (adj) East Grinstead
- Herontye Drive (adj) East Grinstead
- Sackville School (opp) East Grinstead
- Sackville College (Stop L) East Grinstead
- War Memorial (Stop J) East Grinstead
- Whitehall (Stop P) East Grinstead
- Railway Approach (Stop D) East Grinstead
- East Grinstead Station (Stop A) East Grinstead
- Garland Road (Stop U) East Grinstead
- Imberhorne Lower School (o/s) East Grinstead
- Lingfield Road (opp) East Grinstead
- Halsford Green (adj) East Grinstead
- Gwynne Gardens (adj) East Grinstead
- Yew Lane (opp) East Grinstead
- Imberhorne Upper Grounds (at) East Grinstead
- Brooklands Way (Stop B) East Grinstead
- Garden Wood Road (opp) East Grinstead
- Railway Viaduct (just before) East Grinstead
- Blount Avenue (opp) East Grinstead
- Kipling Way (opp) East Grinstead
- Heathcote Drive (before) East Grinstead
- Fairlawn Drive (adj) East Grinstead
- Imberhorne Upper School (o/s) East Grinstead
- The Star Inn (after) Felbridge
- Felbridge Hotel (opp) East Grinstead
- Felbridge School (opp) Felbridge
- McIver Close (opp) Felbridge
- Rowplatt Lane (opp) Felbridge
- Felbridge Nurseries (o/s) Felbridge
- Cuttinglye Road (opp) Crawley Down
- Pasture Wood (adj) Crawley Down
- Tiltwood Drive (adj) Crawley Down
- Larches Way (adj) Crawley Down
- Royal Oak (opp) Crawley Down
- Sunnymead (N-bound) Crawley Down
- War Memorial (Stop F) Crawley Down
- Forge Garage (adj) Crawley Down
- Sandy Lane (opp) Crawley Down
- Mascotte (opp) Crawley Down
- Cottage Place (adj) Copthorne
- The Duke's Head (W-bound) Copthorne
- Abergavenny Gardens (opp) Copthorne
- Lashmere (opp) Copthorne
- Borers Close (opp) Copthorne
- Church (adj) Copthorne
- Village Hall (opp) Copthorne
- The Prince Albert (adj) Copthorne
- Gibby Way (S-bound) Copthorne
- Langridge Way (opp) Copthorne
- Payne Way (adj) Copthorne
- Petrol Station (opp) Wakehams Green
- Garden Centre (opp) Wakehams Green
- Ridley's Corner (W-bound) Pound Hill
- Worth Park Avenue (SW-bound) Pound Hill
- Three Bridges Station (Stop A) Three Bridges
- Jubilee Walk (adj) Three Bridges
- Artel Croft (opp) Three Bridges
- Rowan Close (adj) Crawley
- Bus Station (Stand E) Crawley
- East Park (adj) Crawley
- Sunningdale Court (opp) Southgate
- Goffs Park Road (o/s 33) Southgate
- Goffs Park (opp) Southgate
- St Wilfrid's School (o/s) Southgate
- Cheals Roundabout (SW-bound) Gossops Green
- Cheals Roundabout (NE-bound) Gossops Green
- Holy Trinity School (o/s) Gossops Green
Towns & areas on this route
CrawleyEast GrinsteadCopthorneThree BridgesPound HillLingfieldCrawley DownSouthgateFelbridgeGossops GreenDormanslandWakehams Green
Frequently asked questions
What time is the first 281 bus?
The first 281 departure on weekdays leaves at 06:15 (check the full timetable below for your stop, as times vary along the route — weekend times can differ).
What time is the last 281 bus?
The last 281 on weekdays leaves its first stop at 19:58. Always check the timetable for your specific stop — later stops are reached after this time.
How much does the 281 bus cost?
The 281 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 281 bus?
The 281 is operated by Metrobus.
Timetable data from the operator via the DfT Bus Open Data Service. Check before you travel — services can change at short notice.