297 Kirkby Bus Stn ↔ St Helens Town Centre

Operated by Hattons Travel. First bus 07:00, last bus 17:45. 14 journeys on weekdays.

💷 Most single fares in England are capped at £3 until 31 Dec 2026, then £2 — check with Hattons Travel whether this route takes part. Details →

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 St Helens Town Centre · Monday to Friday towards Kirkby Bus Stn · Monday to Friday
297 towards St Helens Town Centre — Monday to Friday (8 journeys)
Cherryfield Drive (adj) 07:56·······
Kirkby Bus Station (Stand 1) 08:0009:0010:0012:0014:0016:0517:05·
Kirkby Admin (Stop C) 08:0409:0410:0412:0414:0416:0917:09·
Sugar Lane (adj) 08:1009:1010:1012:1014:1016:1517:15·
Yates Court (opp) 08:2509:2510:2512:2514:2516:3017:3017:45
Whiston Hospital (Stop D) 08:35·····17:35·
Lacey Street (adj) ·······17:59
Hughes Avenue (adj) ·09:2810:2812:2814:2816:33··
Whiston Hospital (Stop F) ·09:3310:3312:3314:3316:38··
Freckleton Road (opp) 08:40·····17:40·
Uplands Close (adj) ·09:4810:4812:4814:4816:53··
Rigby Street South (opp) 08:5009:5810:5812:5814:5817:0217:5018:03
Old Whint Road (opp) ·······18:12
Bahama Road (E-bound) ·······18:20

Route map

All stops on route 297

297 towards St Helens Town Centre

  1. Cherryfield Drive (adj) Kirkby
  2. Kirkby Bus Station (Stand 1) Kirkby
  3. St Chad's Drive (adj) Kirkby
  4. Simonswood Lane (adj) Southdene
  5. Lees Road (adj) Southdene
  6. Lees Road (adj) Knowsley Industrial Park
  7. Kirkby Admin (Stop C) Knowsley Industrial Park
  8. Spinney Road (adj) Knowsley Industrial Park
  9. East Lancashire Road (adj) Knowsley Industrial Park
  10. East Lancashire Road (adj) Knowsley
  11. Ormskirk Road (nr) Knowsley
  12. Tithebarn Road (adj) Knowsley
  13. Shop Road (nr) Knowsley
  14. Tithebarn Road (SE-bound) Knowsley
  15. Wiltons Drive (opp) Knowsley
  16. Sugar Lane (adj) Knowsley
  17. Sugar Lane (adj) Knowsley
  18. Shannons Lane (opp) Knowsley Park
  19. Croxteth Lane (opp) Knowsley Park
  20. Knowlsey Road Farm (opp) Knowsley Park
  21. Nursery Farm (nr) Knowsley Park
  22. Stockbridge Lane (adj) Knowsley
  23. Thornton Way (opp) Knowsley
  24. Astley Road (opp) Longview
  25. Forest Grove (adj) Longview
  26. Liverpool Road (opp) Longview
  27. Manchester Road (opp) Prescot
  28. Mitchell Road (opp) Prescot
  29. Knowsley Park Lane (adj) Prescot
  30. Stanley Crescent (adj) Prescot
  31. Prescot Bus Station (Stand 1) Prescot
  32. Yates Court (opp) Prescot
  33. Cables Retail Park (o/s) Prescot
  34. Prescot Interchange (Stop E) Prescot
  35. Ash Grove (opp) Prescot
  36. Sinclair Avenue (adj) Prescot
  37. Whiston Hospital (Stop D) Whiston
  38. Fire Station Road (adj) Prescot
  39. Watling Way (opp) Prescot
  40. Whiston Hospital (Stop B) Whiston
  41. Martin Close (adj) Whiston
  42. Ivy Farm Road (adj) Rainhill
  43. Rainhill Interchange (Stop B) Rainhill
  44. St Ann Place (adj) Rainhill
  45. Teesdale Way (adj) Rainhill
  46. Elton Head Road (adj) Rainhill
  47. Wedgewood Gardens (nr) Nutgrove
  48. Foxwood (adj) Thatto Heath
  49. Edge Street (adj) Thatto Heath
  50. Scholes Lane (adj) Thatto Heath
  51. Thatto Heath Interchange (Stop A) Thatto Heath
  52. Lacey Street (adj) Thatto Heath
  53. Leslie Road (adj) Thatto Heath
  54. Manchester Road (nr) Prescot
  55. Hughes Avenue (adj) Prescot
  56. Holden Road (adj) Prescot
  57. Dennett Road (nr) Prescot
  58. Wilson Road (adj) Prescot
  59. Florida Way (opp) Whiston
  60. Cross Lane (adj) Prescot
  61. Shaw Lane (nr) Prescot
  62. Brookside Road (opp) Prescot
  63. Cable Road (adj) Prescot
  64. Whiston Hospital (Stop F) Whiston
  65. Sinclair Avenue (opp) Prescot
  66. Ash Grove (adj) Prescot
  67. Prescot Interchange (Stop D) Prescot
  68. Smith Street (adj) Prescot
  69. Houghton Street (Stop B) Prescot
  70. Evans Street (adj) Prescot
  71. Old Lane (adj) Eccleston Park
  72. Albany Avenue (adj) Eccleston Park
  73. Fairholme Avenue (adj) Eccleston Park
  74. Portico Lane (adj) Eccleston Park
  75. Eccleston Park Interchange (Stop A) Eccleston Park
  76. Park Avenue (adj) Eccleston Park
  77. Tern Way (opp) Eccleston Park
  78. Hill School Road (adj) Grange Park
  79. Seddon Road (adj) Grange Park
  80. Freckleton Road (opp) Grange Park
  81. No. 326 (o/s) Grange Park
  82. Margery Road (opp) Grange Park
  83. Grebe Avenue (adj) Eccleston Park
  84. Uplands Close (adj) Grange Park
  85. Cumberland Avenue (adj) Grange Park
  86. Broadway (adj) Thatto Heath
  87. Springfield Road (adj) Thatto Heath
  88. Dickens Road (opp) Thatto Heath
  89. Freckleton Road (adj) Grange Park
  90. Toll Bar (adj) West Park
  91. Grosvenor Road (adj) West Park
  92. Downs Road (adj) West Park
  93. Tullis Street (opp) St Helens
  94. Eccleston Street (adj) St Helens
  95. Rigby Street South (opp) St Helens
  96. Chalon Way West (Stop C2) St Helens
  97. St Marys Market (o/s) St Helens
  98. St Helens Central Station (opp) St Helens
  99. Phoenix Brow (opp) Pocket Nook
  100. Traverse Street (adj) Finger Post
  101. Pocket Nook Street (adj) Pocket Nook
  102. Merton Bank Road (adj) Pocket Nook
  103. Mulcrow Close (adj) Pocket Nook
  104. Blackbrook Road (jct) Blackbrook
  105. Link Avenue (opp) Blackbrook
  106. Chain Lane (adj) Blackbrook
  107. O' Sullivan Crescent (opp) Blackbrook
  108. Waine Street (opp) Blackbrook
  109. Old Whint Road (opp) Blackbrook
  110. Sumner Street (adj) Blackbrook
  111. West End Road (opp) Stanley Bank
  112. Grosvenor Road (adj) Blackbrook
  113. Squires Close (adj) Blackbrook
  114. O'Connell Close (adj) Haydock
  115. Stanton Close (nr) Blackbrook
  116. Grange Valley (opp) New Boston
  117. Bellerophon Way (opp) New Boston
  118. North Street (nr) New Boston
  119. Birch Road (opp) New Boston
  120. Bluebell Avenue (adj) New Boston
  121. Piele Road (nr) North Florida
  122. Andover Road (adj) North Florida
  123. Bahama Road (E-bound) Haydock

297 towards Kirkby Bus Stn

  1. Moore Park Way (adj) Haydock
  2. Andover Road (opp) North Florida
  3. Hall Wood Avenue (nr) North Florida
  4. Bluebell Avenue (opp) New Boston
  5. Birch Road (adj) New Boston
  6. North Street (adj) New Boston
  7. Tesco (o/s) New Boston
  8. Grange Valley (nr) Haydock
  9. Ireland Road (nr) Blackbrook
  10. Gardiner Avenue (opp) Blackbrook
  11. White House Close (nr) Blackbrook
  12. Clipsley Lane (opp) Stanley Bank
  13. Burrows Street (adj) Blackbrook
  14. School Street (adj) Blackbrook
  15. Waine Street (adj) Blackbrook
  16. West End Road (nr) Blackbrook
  17. MacDonald Avenue (opp) Blackbrook
  18. O'Sullivan Crescent (adj) Blackbrook
  19. Boardmans Lane (o/s) Blackbrook
  20. Mulcrow Close (opp) Finger Post
  21. Blackhorse Street (opp) Finger Post
  22. Johnson Street (adj) Finger Post
  23. Langtree Street (adj) Finger Post
  24. Todd Road (adj) St Helens
  25. World of Glass (o/s) St Helens
  26. Chalon Way West (Stop C6) St Helens
  27. Rigby Street South (opp) St Helens
  28. St Helens Central Interchange (Stand F1) St Helens
  29. Linkway West (adj) Green Bank
  30. The Shires (adj) St Helens
  31. Prescot Road (nr) Ravenhead
  32. Dunriding Lane (opp) West Park
  33. Toll Bar (adj) West Park
  34. Whittle Street (adj) Thatto Heath
  35. Thatto Heath Interchange (Stop B) Thatto Heath
  36. Elephant Lane (adj) Thatto Heath
  37. Nutgrove Hall Drive (adj) Thatto Heath
  38. Samuel Street (adj) Thatto Heath
  39. Bexhill Gardens (adj) Nutgrove
  40. Elton Head Road (nr) Rainhill
  41. Stapleton Road (adj) Rainhill
  42. Rainhill Interchange (Stop A) Rainhill
  43. Old Lane (adj) Rainhill
  44. Kendal Drive (adj) Whiston
  45. Whiston Hospital (Stop A) Whiston
  46. Whiston Hospital (Stop C) Whiston
  47. Sinclair Avenue (opp) Prescot
  48. Ash Grove (adj) Prescot
  49. Prescot Interchange (Stop D) Prescot
  50. Layton Way (adj) Prescot
  51. Margery Road (adj) Grange Park
  52. No. 411 (o/s) Grange Park
  53. Freckleton Road (adj) Grange Park
  54. Prescot Road (adj) Grange Park
  55. Leslie Road (adj) Thatto Heath
  56. Springfield Road (adj) Thatto Heath
  57. St Matthews Grove (adj) Thatto Heath
  58. Uplands Close (opp) Grange Park
  59. Upland Road (adj) Grange Park
  60. Penrith Road (opp) Grange Park
  61. Scholes Lane (adj) Eccleston Park
  62. Eccleston Park Interchange (Stop B) Eccleston Park
  63. Portico Avenue (opp) Eccleston Park
  64. Plum Tree Close (opp) Prescot
  65. Alder Close (adj) Prescot
  66. Derwent Avenue (adj) Prescot
  67. Old Lane (opp) Eccleston Park
  68. St. James Road (adj) Prescot
  69. Cross Street (nr) Prescot
  70. Grosvenor Road (adj) Prescot
  71. Wycherley Street (adj) Prescot
  72. Queens Road (adj) Prescot
  73. Kelly Street (opp) Prescot
  74. Prescot Interchange (Stop E) Prescot
  75. Ash Grove (opp) Prescot
  76. Sinclair Avenue (adj) Prescot
  77. Whiston Hospital (Stop E) Whiston
  78. Kingsway (opp) Prescot
  79. Brookside Road (nr) Prescot
  80. Molyneux Drive (nr) Prescot
  81. Bryer Road (opp) Prescot
  82. Thomas Drive (adj) Prescot
  83. Hughes Avenue (adj) Prescot
  84. Holden Road (adj) Prescot
  85. Dennett Road (nr) Prescot
  86. Wilson Road (adj) Prescot
  87. Florida Way (opp) Whiston
  88. Thomas Drive (adj) Prescot
  89. Manchester Road (adj) Prescot
  90. Yates Court (opp) Prescot
  91. Prescot Bus Station (Stand 2) Prescot
  92. Knowsley Park Lane (opp) Prescot
  93. Mitchell Road (adj) Prescot
  94. Huyton Lane (nr) Prescot
  95. Radway Road (adj) Longview
  96. Forest Grove (opp) Longview
  97. Primrose Drive (adj) Longview
  98. Newark Close (nr) Knowsley
  99. Park Way (nr) Knowsley
  100. Nursery Farm (nr) Knowsley Park
  101. Knowlsey Road Farm (o/s) Knowsley Park
  102. Croxteth Lane (adj) Knowsley Park
  103. Shannons Lane (adj) Knowsley Park
  104. Home Farm Lane (opp) Knowsley Park
  105. Longborough Road (opp) Knowsley
  106. Homer Road (adj) Knowsley
  107. Tithebarn Road (NW-bound) Knowsley
  108. School Lane (adj) Knowsley
  109. Kitling Road (adj) Knowsley
  110. East Lancashire Road (nr) Knowsley
  111. East Lancashire Road (adj) Knowsley Industrial Park
  112. Hornhouse Lane (adj) Knowsley Industrial Park
  113. Coopers Lane (adj) Knowsley Industrial Park
  114. Admin Road (adj) Knowsley Industrial Park
  115. Hornhouse Lane (adj) Knowsley Industrial Park
  116. Broad Lane (adj) Southdene
  117. Park Brow Drive (adj) Southdene
  118. Cherryfield Drive (adj) Kirkby
  119. Kirkby Bus Station (Stand 1) Kirkby

Service history & registered changes

From official Traffic Commissioner registrations. All service changes →

Towns & areas on this route

St HelensKirkbyKnowsleyPrescotHaydockThatto HeathWhistonBlackbrookSouthdeneRainhillLongviewKnowsley Industrial Park

Frequently asked questions

What time is the first 297 bus?

The first 297 departure on weekdays leaves at 07:00 (check the full timetable below for your stop, as times vary along the route — weekend times can differ).

What time is the last 297 bus?

The last 297 on weekdays leaves its first stop at 17:45. Always check the timetable for your specific stop — later stops are reached after this time.

How much does the 297 bus cost?

Most single fares in England are capped at £3 until 31 December 2026 (then £2 from 1 January 2027). Hattons Travel day and weekly tickets can work out cheaper if you travel more than twice a day.

Who runs the 297 bus?

The 297 is operated by Hattons Travel.

Timetable data from the operator via the DfT Bus Open Data Service. Check before you travel — services can change at short notice.