297 The Vine ↔ Railway Station

Operated by Hams Travel. First bus 06:30, last bus 19:20. 19 journeys on weekdays.

💷 Most single fares in England are capped at £3 until 31 Dec 2026, then £2 — check with Hams 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 Railway Station · Monday to Friday towards Railway Station · Saturday towards The Vine · Monday to Friday towards The Vine · Saturday
297 towards Railway Station — Monday to Friday (9 journeys)
The Vine (opp) 06:35·06:4509:0010:3012:3014:0015:5417:40
The Bull (opp) 06:43·06:5309:0810:3812:3814:0816:0217:48
The Green (adj) 06:49·06:5909:1410:4412:4414:1416:0817:54
Congregational Church (adj) 07:01·07:1109:2710:5712:5714:2716:2118:07
Oatfield Drive (opp) 07:04·07:1409:3011:0013:0014:3016:2418:10
The Barracks (adj) 07:07·07:1709:3311:0313:0314:3316:2718:13
War Memorial (N-bound) 07:17·07:2709:4111:1113:1114:4116:3518:21
The Gun and Spitroast (adj) 07:25·07:3509:4911:1913:1914:4916:4318:29
Church (adj) 07:30·07:4009:5411:2413:2414:5416:4818:34
The Poet (SW-bound) 07:35·07:4509:5911:2913:2914:5916:5318:39
Bo-Peep Corner (Stop B) 07:40·07:5010:0411:3413:3415:0416:5818:44
Baptist Church (opp) ···10:0711:3713:3715:0717:0118:47
Stone Court Lane (at) 07:4706:4007:57······
The Camden Arms (Stop A) 07:5006:4208:0010:0911:3913:3915:0917:0318:49
Tunbridge Wells Hospital (o/s) 07:5306:4508:0310:1311:4313:4315:1317:0718:53
Monson Road (Stop N) 08:0506:5408:1510:2211:5213:5215:2217:1619:02
Railway Station (Stop U) ·06:5608:2510:3012:0014:0015:3017:2419:10
Trinity Theatre (opp) 08:07········
Woodbury Park Road (opp) 08:15········
Tunbridge Wells Boys' Grammar School (in) 08:23········

Route map

All stops on route 297

297 towards Railway Station

  1. The Vine (opp) Tenterden
  2. The Print House (adj) Tenterden
  3. Cranbrook Road (opp) Tenterden
  4. Isemonger Farm (opp) Tenterden
  5. KESR Station (adj) Rolvenden
  6. The Bungalows (opp) Rolvenden
  7. Halden Lane (opp) Rolvenden
  8. Sparkeswood Avenue (adj) Rolvenden
  9. The Bull (opp) Rolvenden
  10. Leybourne Dell (opp) Benenden
  11. Village Hall (adj) Benenden
  12. The Green (adj) Benenden
  13. Golford Corner (SW-bound) Golford
  14. Dorothy Avenue (adj) Cranbrook
  15. Congregational Church (adj) Cranbrook
  16. Fire Station (opp) Cranbrook
  17. War Memorial (opp) Cranbrook
  18. New Road (opp) Cranbrook
  19. Sheafe Drive (opp) Cranbrook
  20. Oatfield Drive (opp) Cranbrook
  21. Whitewell Lane (adj) Cranbrook
  22. The Barracks (adj) Wilsley Pound
  23. Chalk Lane (adj) Flishinghurst
  24. The Peacock (adj) Iden Green
  25. Iden Green Farm (opp) Iden Green
  26. The Goudhurst Inn (opp) Goudhurst
  27. Beresford Road (opp) Goudhurst
  28. War Memorial (N-bound) Goudhurst
  29. Gore Court (opp) Goudhurst
  30. The Gun and Spitroast (adj) Horsmonden
  31. Furnace Lane (opp) Horsmonden
  32. Halfway House (o/s) Brenchley
  33. Church (adj) Brenchley
  34. School (opp) Brenchley
  35. Petteridge Lane (adj) Brenchley
  36. Walnut Tree Cottages (adj) Brenchley
  37. The Poet (SW-bound) Matfield
  38. The Wheelwrights Arms (opp) Matfield
  39. Church (adj) Matfield
  40. Roundabout (W-bound) Kippings Cross
  41. Bo-Peep Corner (Stop B) Pembury
  42. Henwoods Crescent (adj) Henwood Green
  43. Sweeps Hill Close (adj) Henwood Green
  44. Baptist Church (opp) Henwood Green
  45. Pembury Library (opp) Henwood Green
  46. Stone Court Lane (at) Henwood Green
  47. Pembury Library (adj) Henwood Green
  48. Polley Close (adj) Henwood Green
  49. Amberleaze Drive (adj) Pembury
  50. The Camden Arms (Stop A) Pembury
  51. The Mews (opp) Pembury
  52. Woodsgate Corner (W-bound) Pembury
  53. Mercure Hotel (opp) Pembury
  54. Tunbridge Wells Hospital (o/s) Pembury
  55. Mercure Hotel (adj) Pembury
  56. Woodsgate Corner (SW-bound) Pembury
  57. Oakley School (adj) Tunbridge Wells
  58. Seven Springs Cheshire Homes (opp) Tunbridge Wells
  59. Blackhurst Lane (opp) Tunbridge Wells
  60. Swing Gates (SW-bound) Tunbridge Wells
  61. Sandhurst Road South (opp) Sherwood
  62. Shandon Close (opp) Tunbridge Wells
  63. Highlands House (o/s) Tunbridge Wells
  64. Calverley Road (Stop Y2) Tunbridge Wells
  65. Monson Road (Stop N) Tunbridge Wells
  66. Railway Station (Stop U) Tunbridge Wells
  67. Trinity Theatre (opp) Tunbridge Wells
  68. Royal Wells Park (adj) Tunbridge Wells
  69. Woodbury Park Road (opp) St Johns
  70. Culverden Down (adj) St Johns
  71. Beltring Road (adj) St Johns
  72. East Cliff Road (opp) St Johns
  73. TA Centre (adj) St Johns
  74. Tunbridge Wells Boys' Grammar School (in) St Johns

297 towards The Vine

  1. Railway Station (Stop C) Tunbridge Wells
  2. Monson Road (Stop M) Tunbridge Wells
  3. Calverley Road (Stop Y1) Tunbridge Wells
  4. Carlton Road (adj) Tunbridge Wells
  5. Shandon Close (adj) Tunbridge Wells
  6. Dunorlan Park (opp) Tunbridge Wells
  7. Sandhurst Road South (adj) Sherwood
  8. Swing Gates (NE-bound) Tunbridge Wells
  9. Blackhurst Lane (adj) Tunbridge Wells
  10. Seven Springs Cheshire Homes (adj) Tunbridge Wells
  11. Oakley School (opp) Tunbridge Wells
  12. Mercure Hotel (opp) Pembury
  13. Tunbridge Wells Hospital (o/s) Pembury
  14. Mercure Hotel (adj) Pembury
  15. Woodsgate Corner (E-bound) Pembury
  16. The Mews (adj) Pembury
  17. The Camden Arms (Stop B) Pembury
  18. Post Office (adj) Pembury
  19. King William IV (o/s) Pembury
  20. Bo-Peep Corner (Stop C) Pembury
  21. The Camden Arms (Stop C) Pembury
  22. Amberleaze Drive (opp) Pembury
  23. Polley Close (opp) Henwood Green
  24. Baptist Church (adj) Henwood Green
  25. Sweeps Hill Close (opp) Henwood Green
  26. Henwoods Crescent (opp) Henwood Green
  27. Bo-Peep Corner (Stop D) Pembury
  28. Roundabout (NE-bound) Kippings Cross
  29. Church (opp) Matfield
  30. The Wheelwrights Arms (adj) Matfield
  31. The Poet (NE-bound) Matfield
  32. Walnut Tree Cottages (opp) Brenchley
  33. Petteridge Lane (opp) Brenchley
  34. School (adj) Brenchley
  35. Church (opp) Brenchley
  36. Halfway House (opp) Brenchley
  37. Furnace Lane (adj) Horsmonden
  38. The Gun and Spitroast (opp) Horsmonden
  39. Gore Court (adj) Goudhurst
  40. War Memorial (NE-bound) Goudhurst
  41. The Goudhurst Inn (o/s) Goudhurst
  42. Iden Green Farm (adj) Iden Green
  43. The Peacock (opp) Iden Green
  44. Chalk Lane (opp) Flishinghurst
  45. The Barracks (opp) Wilsley Pound
  46. Whitewell Lane (opp) Cranbrook
  47. Oatfield Drive (adj) Cranbrook
  48. Sheafe Drive (adj) Cranbrook
  49. New Road (adj) Cranbrook
  50. War Memorial (adj) Cranbrook
  51. Fire Station (adj) Cranbrook
  52. Congregational Church (opp) Cranbrook
  53. Dorothy Avenue (opp) Cranbrook
  54. Golford Corner (NE-bound) Golford
  55. The Green (opp) Benenden
  56. Leybourne Dell (adj) Benenden
  57. The Bull (adj) Rolvenden
  58. Sparkeswood Avenue (opp) Rolvenden
  59. Halden Lane (adj) Rolvenden
  60. The Bungalows (adj) Rolvenden
  61. KESR Station (opp) Rolvenden
  62. Isemonger Farm (adj) Tenterden
  63. Cranbrook Road (adj) Tenterden
  64. The Print House (opp) Tenterden
  65. The Vine (o/s) Tenterden
  66. Town Hall (o/s) Tenterden
  67. Old Post Office (adj) Tenterden
  68. Turners Avenue (adj) Tenterden
  69. Shrubcote Green (adj) Tenterden
  70. Shrubcote (N-bound) Tenterden
  71. Appledore Road (NW-bound) Tenterden
  72. Turners Avenue (opp) Tenterden
  73. Old Post Office (opp) Tenterden
  74. Town Hall (opp) Tenterden
  75. The Vine (opp) Tenterden

Towns & areas on this route

Tunbridge WellsTenterdenPemburySherwoodCranbrookGoudhurstRolvendenHenwood GreenSt JohnsBrenchleyMatfieldBenenden

Frequently asked questions

What time is the first 297 bus?

The first 297 departure on weekdays leaves at 06:30 (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 19:20. 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). Hams 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 Hams Travel.

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