291 Crawley to Tunbridge Wells via Copthorne, East Grinstead
Operated by Metrobus. First bus 05:52, last bus 00:09. 39 journeys on weekdays. Today, a Sunday: first 09:00, last 19:05. Fares: adult single £1.70 to £3.00 — more.
Wanted a different 291? 3 other bus routes are numbered 291 elsewhere in the UK — see every 291 bus timetable by area.
| Stop | 09:00 | 11:00 | 13:10 | 15:10 | 17:05 to Forest Row, Post Horn Lane | 19:05 to East Grinstead, High Street |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Station Way (Stop TB) | 09:00 | 11:00 | 13:10 | 15:10 | 17:05 | 19:05 |
| Three Bridges Station (Stop B) | 09:06 | 11:06 | 13:16 | 15:16 | 17:11 | 19:11 |
| Church (opp) | 09:14 | 11:15 | 13:24 | 15:24 | 17:19 | 19:18 |
| The Duke's Head (adj) | 09:17 | 11:19 | 13:27 | 15:27 | 17:22 | 19:21 |
| War Memorial (opp) | 09:20 | 11:22 | 13:30 | 15:30 | 17:25 | 19:24 |
| Royal Oak (adj) | 09:22 | 11:24 | 13:32 | 15:32 | 17:27 | 19:26 |
| Felbridge Hotel (adj) | 09:30 | 11:32 | 13:40 | 15:40 | 17:35 | 19:33 |
| Imberhorne Upper Grounds (at) | · | · | · | · | · | · |
| East Grinstead Station (Stop A) | 09:37 | 11:40 | 13:47 | 15:47 | 17:42 | 19:39 |
| War Memorial (Stop H) | 09:42 | 11:45 | 13:52 | 15:52 | 17:47 | 19:42 |
| Three Crowns (opp) | 09:47 | 11:50 | 13:57 | 15:57 | 17:52 | · |
| The Brambletye (opp) | 09:51 | 11:54 | 14:01 | 16:01 | 17:56 | · |
| Post Horn Lane (opp) | 09:54 | 11:57 | 14:04 | 16:04 | 17:59 | · |
| Church (adj) | 09:57 | 12:00 | 14:07 | 16:07 | · | · |
| Church Street (opp) | 10:02 | 12:06 | 14:12 | 16:12 | · | · |
| The Dorset Arms (opp) | 10:05 | 12:09 | 14:15 | 16:15 | · | · |
| Station Road (opp) | 10:11 | 12:15 | 14:21 | 16:21 | · | · |
| The Hare (adj) | 10:15 | 12:19 | 14:25 | 16:25 | · | · |
| Railway Station (Stop D) | 10:25 | 12:29 | 14:35 | 16:34 | · | · |
| Royal Victoria Place (Stop V) | 10:27 | 12:31 | 14:37 | 16:36 | · | · |
| Bennett Memorial School (o/s) | · | · | · | · | · | · |
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Fares on the 291
Adult single £1.70 to £3.00 · Child single £0.85 to £3.00
Go-Ahead's published fares on the Bus Open Data Service, in force from 3 September 2026. A fare stage is a group of neighbouring stops that are priced the same. Fares change — check with Metrobus before you travel.
Tickets on the 291
Metrobus publishes singles on this route for adults, children and young people.
Adult Week · Child Week · Adult Single · Child Single · 16-20 Link Single · U16 Link Single
…and 2 more tickets on this route.
Ticket types come from Metrobus's own fares data on the Bus Open Data Service, last updated 3 September 2026. Prices for singles and returns are under Fares above; for the others, check with Metrobus.
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 Metrobus before you travel. Everything above is an ordinary week.
Not published yet: Christmas Day, Boxing Day, 27 December, 28 December, 29 December, 30 December, New Year's Eve, New Year's Day and 2 January. Operators often publish festive timetables only a few weeks ahead, so check again nearer the date.
- Christmas Eve — Thursday, 24 December 2026 towards Tunbridge Wells: 19 journeys, first 05:52 towards Crawley: 19 journeys, first 06:24
Route map
All stops on route 291
291 towards Tunbridge Wells
All 92 stops
- Station Way (Stop TB) 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
- Ridley's Corner (E-bound) Pound Hill
- Blackheath (adj) Wakehams Green
- Garden Centre (adj) Wakehams Green
- Petrol Station (adj) Wakehams Green
- Church Lane (opp) Copthorne
- Brookview (opp) Copthorne
- The Prince Albert (opp) Copthorne
- Village Hall (adj) Copthorne
- Church (opp) Copthorne
- Borers Close (adj) 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
- Rowplatt Lane (adj) Felbridge
- McIver Close (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
- Lingfield Road (adj) East Grinstead
- Fire Station (Stop T) East Grinstead
- East Grinstead Station (Stop A) East Grinstead
- Broadway (Stop E) East Grinstead
- Whitehall (adj) East Grinstead
- War Memorial (Stop H) East Grinstead
- Sackville College (Stop K) East Grinstead
- Sackville School (o/s) East Grinstead
- Woodbury Avenue (adj) East Grinstead
- Worsted Lane (adj) East Grinstead
- Truscott Manor (o/s) Ashurst Wood
- Windmill Lane (adj) Ashurst Wood
- Three Crowns (opp) Ashurst Wood
- War Memorial (adj) Ashurst Wood
- Wall Hill Road (SE-bound) Forest Row
- The Brambletye (opp) Forest Row
- Upper Close (opp) Forest Row
- Park Crescent (opp) Forest Row
- Post Horn Lane (opp) Forest Row
- Forest Road (opp) Forest Row
- Parrock Lane (adj) Quabrook
- Church (adj) Colemans Hatch
- Brakenhill (opp) Upper Hartfield
- Garage (adj) Upper Hartfield
- The Gallipot Inn (adj) Upper Hartfield
- Church Street (opp) Hartfield
- Castlefields (adj) Hartfield
- The Dorset Arms (opp) Withyham
- Station Road (adj) Withyham
- Withyham Road (E-bound) Groombridge
- Florance Corner (opp) Groombridge
- Surgery (opp) Groombridge
- Station Road (opp) Groombridge
- The Crown Inn (adj) Groombridge
- Groombridge Hill (N-bound) Groombridge
- Crockers Hatch (NE-bound) Langton Green
- The Hare (adj) Langton Green
- Petrol Station (adj) Langton Green
- Gipps Cross (E-bound) Langton Green
- Dornden Drive (adj) Langton Green
- Tea Garden Lane (opp) Rusthall
- Church (opp) Rusthall
- Rusthall Road (adj) Tunbridge Wells
- The Spa Hotel (adj) Tunbridge Wells
- Major York's Road (SE-bound) Tunbridge Wells
- The Pantiles (opp) Tunbridge Wells
- Chapel Place (opp) Tunbridge Wells
- Railway Station (Stop D) Tunbridge Wells
- War Memorial (Stop F) Tunbridge Wells
- Royal Victoria Place (Stop V) Tunbridge Wells
- Bennett Memorial School (o/s) Tunbridge Wells
291 towards Crawley
All 91 stops
- Imberhorne Upper Grounds (at) East Grinstead
- Bennett Memorial School (o/s) Tunbridge Wells
- St John's Church (adj) St Johns
- Woodbury Park Road (adj) St Johns
- Royal Victoria Place (Stop K2) Tunbridge Wells
- War Memorial (Stop Q) Tunbridge Wells
- Railway Station (Stop U) Tunbridge Wells
- Chapel Place (adj) Tunbridge Wells
- The Pantiles (adj) Tunbridge Wells
- Major York's Road (NW-bound) Tunbridge Wells
- The Spa Hotel (opp) Tunbridge Wells
- Rusthall Road (opp) Tunbridge Wells
- Church (adj) Rusthall
- Tea Garden Lane (adj) Rusthall
- Dornden Drive (opp) Langton Green
- Gipps Cross (W-bound) Langton Green
- Petrol Station (opp) Langton Green
- The Hare (opp) Langton Green
- Groombridge Hill (S-bound) Groombridge
- The Crown Inn (opp) Groombridge
- Station Road (adj) Groombridge
- Surgery (adj) Groombridge
- Florance Corner (adj) Groombridge
- Withyham Road (W-bound) Groombridge
- Station Road (opp) Withyham
- The Dorset Arms (adj) Withyham
- Castlefields (opp) Hartfield
- Church Street (adj) Hartfield
- The Gallipot Inn (opp) Upper Hartfield
- Garage (opp) Upper Hartfield
- Brakenhill (adj) Upper Hartfield
- Church (opp) Colemans Hatch
- Parrock Lane (opp) Quabrook
- Forest Road (adj) Forest Row
- Post Horn Lane (adj) Forest Row
- Park Crescent (adj) Forest Row
- Upper Close (adj) Forest Row
- The Brambletye (o/s) Forest Row
- Wall Hill Road (NW-bound) Forest Row
- War Memorial (opp) Ashurst Wood
- Three Crowns (adj) Ashurst Wood
- Windmill Lane (opp) Ashurst Wood
- Truscott Manor (opp) Ashurst Wood
- Worsted Lane (opp) 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
- Lingfield Road (opp) East Grinstead
- Gwynne Gardens (adj) East Grinstead
- Halsford Green (adj) East Grinstead
- Yew Lane (opp) East Grinstead
- Felbridge Hotel (opp) East Grinstead
- The Star Inn (after) Felbridge
- 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
- The Duke's Head (W-bound) Copthorne
- Cottage Place (adj) Copthorne
- Abergavenny Gardens (opp) Copthorne
- Lashmere (opp) Copthorne
- Borers Close (opp) Copthorne
- Church (adj) Copthorne
- Village Hall (opp) Copthorne
- The Prince Albert (adj) Copthorne
- Brookview (adj) Copthorne
- Church Lane (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
Towns & areas on this route
Frequently asked questions
What time is the first 291 bus?
The first 291 departure on weekdays leaves at 05:52 (check the full timetable below for your stop, as times vary along the route — weekend times can differ).
What time is the last 291 bus?
The last 291 on weekdays leaves its first stop at 00:09. Always check the timetable for your specific stop — later stops are reached after this time.
How much does the 291 bus cost?
Metrobus's published fares on the 291: adult single £1.70 to £3.00, child single £0.85 to £3.00. The 291 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 291 bus?
The 291 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.