3 Mereside to Cleveleys via Blackpool, Anchorsholme
Operated by Blackpool Transport. First bus 06:55, last bus 21:10. 52 journeys on weekdays. Fares: singles capped at £3 — more.
Wanted a different 3? 114 other bus routes are numbered 3 elsewhere in the UK — see every 3 bus timetable by area.
| Stop | 06:58 | 06:55 | 07:25 | 07:55 | 08:25 | 08:55 | 09:25 | 09:55 | 10:25 | 10:55 | 11:25 | 11:55 | 12:25 | 12:55 | 13:25 | 13:55 | 14:25 | 14:55 | 15:25 | 15:55 | 16:25 | 16:55 | 18:00 | 19:00 | 20:00 | 21:00 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tesco (by) | · | 06:55 | 07:25 | 07:55 | 08:25 | 08:55 | 09:25 | 09:55 | 10:25 | 10:55 | 11:25 | 11:55 | 12:25 | 12:55 | 13:25 | 13:55 | 14:25 | 14:55 | 15:25 | 15:55 | 16:25 | 16:55 | 18:00 | 19:00 | 20:00 | 21:00 |
| Laurel Avenue (by) | · | 07:10 | 07:40 | 08:10 | 08:40 | 09:10 | 09:40 | 10:10 | 10:40 | 11:10 | 11:40 | 12:10 | 12:40 | 13:10 | 13:40 | 14:10 | 14:40 | 15:10 | 15:40 | 16:10 | 16:40 | 17:10 | 18:13 | 19:13 | 20:13 | 21:13 |
| Abingdon Street (AB2) | 06:58 | 07:28 | 07:58 | 08:28 | 08:58 | 09:28 | 09:58 | 10:28 | 10:58 | 11:28 | 11:58 | 12:28 | 12:58 | 13:28 | 13:58 | 14:28 | 14:58 | 15:28 | 15:58 | 16:28 | 16:58 | 17:28 | 18:30 | 19:30 | 20:30 | 21:30 |
| Bispham Hotel (o/s) | 07:12 | 07:42 | 08:12 | 08:42 | 09:12 | 09:42 | 10:12 | 10:42 | 11:12 | 11:42 | 12:12 | 12:42 | 13:12 | 13:42 | 14:12 | 14:42 | 15:12 | 15:42 | 16:12 | 16:42 | 17:12 | 17:42 | 18:42 | 19:42 | 20:42 | 21:42 |
| Kincraig Place (opp) | 07:20 | 07:50 | 08:20 | 08:50 | 09:20 | 09:50 | 10:20 | 10:50 | 11:20 | 11:50 | 12:20 | 12:50 | 13:20 | 13:50 | 14:20 | 14:50 | 15:20 | 15:50 | 16:20 | 16:50 | 17:20 | 17:50 | 18:50 | 19:50 | 20:50 | 21:50 |
| Victoria Square (Stop D) | 07:35 | 08:05 | 08:35 | 09:05 | 09:35 | 10:05 | 10:35 | 11:05 | 11:35 | 12:05 | 12:35 | 13:05 | 13:35 | 14:05 | 14:35 | 15:05 | 15:35 | 16:05 | 16:35 | 17:05 | 17:35 | 18:05 | 19:05 | 20:05 | 21:05 | 22:05 |
Each column is one journey, headed by the time it sets off. A · means that journey does not stop there. Times are shown at the route's main timing stops — buses serve all stops in between. Switch a table to All stops for every stop it calls at, or open a stop's own page for live departures there.
Tickets on the 3
Blackpool Transport publishes singles, day tickets and season tickets on this route for adults and children.
Child Day · Day Adult · 3 Day Adult · 3 Day Child · 7 Day Adult · 7 Day Child · 1 Hour Adult · 1 Hour Child
…and 2 more tickets on this route.
Ticket types come from Blackpool Transport's own fares data on the Bus Open Data Service, last updated 25 September 2026. That dataset lists what's sold, not what it costs, so check prices with Blackpool Transport.
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 Blackpool Transport before you travel. Everything above is an ordinary week.
- Christmas Eve — Thursday, 24 December 2026 The operator’s data lists more buses on this date than on an ordinary Thursday (71 journeys in both directions together, against 52), which usually means two timetables have been added together by mistake. Check with Blackpool Transport before you travel.
- Christmas Day — Friday, 25 December 2026 The operator’s data lists more buses on this date than on an ordinary Friday (71 journeys in both directions together, against 52), which usually means two timetables have been added together by mistake. Check with Blackpool Transport before you travel.
- Boxing Day — Saturday, 26 December 2026 The operator’s data lists more buses on this date than on an ordinary Saturday (71 journeys in both directions together, against 52), which usually means two timetables have been added together by mistake. Check with Blackpool Transport before you travel.
- Monday, 28 December 2026 The operator’s data lists more buses on this date than on an ordinary Monday (71 journeys in both directions together, against 52), which usually means two timetables have been added together by mistake. Check with Blackpool Transport before you travel.
- New Year's Eve — Thursday, 31 December 2026 The operator’s data lists more buses on this date than on an ordinary Thursday (71 journeys in both directions together, against 52), which usually means two timetables have been added together by mistake. Check with Blackpool Transport before you travel.
- New Year's Day — Friday, 1 January 2027 The operator’s data lists more buses on this date than on an ordinary Friday (71 journeys in both directions together, against 52), which usually means two timetables have been added together by mistake. Check with Blackpool Transport before you travel.
Route map
All stops on route 3
3 towards Cleveleys
All 65 stops
- Tesco (by) Mereside
- Branstree Road (by) Mereside
- Windmill (opp) Mereside
- Langdale Road Shops (o/s) Mereside
- Birkside Way (by) Mereside
- Borrowdale Avenue (by) Mereside
- Langdale Road (opp) Mereside
- Cherry Tree Road North (opp) Marton
- Cherry Tree Road (by) Marton
- Elaine Avenue (opp) Marton
- Baines School (o/s) Marton
- Vicarage Lane (by) Marton
- Angers Hill Road (opp) Marton
- Laurel Avenue (by) Ansdell
- Cunliffe Road (by) Ansdell
- Somerset Avenue (by) Ansdell
- Lune Grove (by) Central
- Blenheim Avenue (opp) Central
- Palatine Road (opp) Central
- Hornby Road Central
- Church Street (by) Central
- Church Street (CH1) Blackpool Town Centre
- Abingdon Street (AB2) Blackpool Town Centre
- Dickson Road (DI1) Blackpool Town Centre
- Mount Street (by) Egerton Square
- Imperial Hotel (o/s) Egerton Square
- Grand Hotel (o/s) Claremont
- Gynn Square (by) Promenade
- Gynn Gardens (by) Promenade
- Empress Drive (by) North Shore
- Carlin Gate (by) North Shore
- Lowther Avenue (by) North Shore
- Pembroke Avenue (by) North Shore
- Cranleigh Avenue (opp) North Shore
- Bispham Hotel (o/s) Bispham
- Fire Station (o/s) Bispham
- Roundabout (by) Bispham
- Bispham Village (by) Bispham
- Ingthorpe Avenue (by) Bispham
- Ashfield Road (adj) Bispham
- Pinewood Avenue (opp) Bispham
- Kincraig Road (by) Bispham
- Beattock Place (by) Kincraig Estate
- Kincraig Place (opp) Kincraig Estate
- Blackpool and Fylde College (o/s) Whiteholme
- Whiteholme Road (by) Whiteholme
- Halford Place (by) Whiteholme
- Melbourne Avenue (by) Anchorsholme
- Epsom Road (by) Anchorsholme
- Grassington Place (by) Anchorsholme
- Epsom Road (by) Anchorsholme
- Eastpines Drive (by) Anchorsholme
- Eastpines Drive Shops (opp) Anchorsholme
- Vermont Grove (opp) Anchorsholme
- Seabrook Drive (opp) Anchorsholme
- Brookdale Avenue (opp) Anchorsholme
- All Saints Church (opp) Anchorsholme
- Luton Road (by) Anchorsholme
- North Drive (by) Anchorsholme
- Cresswood Avenue (by) Anchorsholme
- Anchorsholme Lane Shops (o/s) Anchorsholme
- Anchorsholme Lane (opp) Anchorsholme
- Lauderdale Avenue (opp) Anchorsholme
- Crescent (by) Cleveleys
- Victoria Square (Stop D) Cleveleys
3 towards Mereside
All 65 stops
- Victoria Square (Stop D) Cleveleys
- Lauderdale Avenue (by) Anchorsholme
- Anchorsholme Lane Shops (opp) Anchorsholme
- Cresswood Avenue (opp) Anchorsholme
- North Drive (adj) Anchorsholme
- Luton Road (by) Anchorsholme
- All Saints Church (o/s) Anchorsholme
- Brookdale Avenue (by) Anchorsholme
- Seabrook Drive (by) Anchorsholme
- Vermont Grove (by) Anchorsholme
- Eastpines Drive Shops (by) Anchorsholme
- Eastpines Drive (by) Anchorsholme
- Epsom Road (opp) Anchorsholme
- Grassington Place (by) Anchorsholme
- Wood Green Drive (by) Anchorsholme
- Epsom Road (opp) Anchorsholme
- Melbourne Avenue (by) Anchorsholme
- Halford Place (opp) Whiteholme
- Whiteholme Road (opp) Whiteholme
- Blackpool and Fylde College (opp) Whiteholme
- Kincraig Place (by) Kincraig Estate
- Beattock Place (opp) Kincraig Estate
- Kincraig Road (adj) Bispham
- Pinewood Avenue (by) Bispham
- Ashfield Road (by) Bispham
- Ingthorpe Avenue (by) Bispham
- Bispham Village (by) Bispham
- Red Bank Road Roundabout (by) Bispham
- Fire Station (opp) Bispham
- Bispham Hotel (opp) Bispham
- Cranleigh Avenue (by) North Shore
- Pembroke Avenue (opp) North Shore
- Lowther Avenue (opp) North Shore
- Carlin Gate (opp) North Shore
- Empress Drive (opp) North Shore
- Warbreck Hill (by) North Shore
- Gynn Square (by) Promenade
- Grand Hotel (opp) Claremont
- Imperial Hotel (o/s) Egerton Square
- Mount Street (by) Egerton Square
- Dickson Road (DI2) Blackpool Town Centre
- Clifton Street (CL2) Blackpool Town Centre
- Church Street (by) Central
- Hornby Road Central
- Palatine Road (by) Central
- Blenheim Avenue (by) Central
- Westmorland Avenue (by) Central
- Somerset Avenue (by) Ansdell
- Cunliffe Road (by) Ansdell
- Bloomfield Road (by) Ansdell
- Laurel Avenue (by) Ansdell
- Angers Hill Road (by) Oxford Square
- Vicarage Lane (by) Marton
- Baines School (opp) Marton
- Elaine Avenue (by) Marton
- Cherry Tree Road (by) Marton
- Penrose Avenue (by) Marton
- Cherry Tree Road North (by) Marton
- Clifton Road (by) Mereside
- Borrowdale Avenue (opp) Mereside
- Birkside Way (opp) Mereside
- Langdale Road Shops (o/s) Mereside
- Windmill (by) Mereside
- Branstree Road (by) Mereside
- Tesco (by) Mereside
Service registration & registered changes
- Service change effective 30 August 2026 To amend Route and Timetable.
- Service change effective 1 September 2024 To amend Timetable.
- Service change effective 14 April 2024 To amend Timetable.
- Service change effective 7 January 2024 To amend Timetable.
- Service change effective 23 July 2023 To amend Timetable.
From official Traffic Commissioner registrations. Registration PC0001061/22 · Changes in Blackpool Borough Council · All service changes →
Towns & areas on this route
Frequently asked questions
What time is the first 3 bus?
The first 3 departure on weekdays leaves at 06:55 (check the full timetable below for your stop, as times vary along the route — weekend times can differ).
What time is the last 3 bus?
The last 3 on weekdays leaves its first stop at 21:10. Always check the timetable for your specific stop — later stops are reached after this time.
How much does the 3 bus cost?
The 3 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. Blackpool Transport day and weekly tickets can work out cheaper if you travel more than twice a day.
Who runs the 3 bus?
The 3 is operated by Blackpool Transport.
Timetable data from Blackpool Transport via the DfT Bus Open Data Service (North West England feed). Blackpool Transport last updated their Bus Open Data publications on 24 August 2026. Registered with the Traffic Commissioner as PC0001061/22. Check before you travel — services can change at short notice.