38A Clifton Avenue ↔ West Kirby Station

Operated by Stagecoach Merseyside and South Lancashire. First bus 07:35, last bus 23:42. 43 journeys on weekdays.

The 38A 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. 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.

38A towards West Kirby Station — Monday to Friday (23 journeys)
Clifton Avenue (adj) 07:35·08:3509:3510:3511:3512:3513:3514:3515:3516:3517:3518:35·18:4719:3519:4720:3520:4721:3521:4722:3022:35
St David Road (opp) 07:43·08:4309:4310:4311:4312:4313:4314:4315:4316:4317:4318:43·18:5519:4319:5520:4320:5521:4321:5522:3822:43
Bromborough Rake Interchange (Stop A) 07:55·08:5509:5510:5511:5512:5513:5514:5515:5516:5517:5518:55·19:0519:5520:0520:5521:0521:5522:0522:4822:55
Bromborough Village (adj) 07:59·08:5909:5910:5911:5912:5913:5914:5915:5916:5917:5918:59·19:0919:5920:0920:5921:0921:5922:0922:5222:59
Croft Retail Park (In) 08:10·09:1010:1011:1012:1013:1014:1015:1016:1017:1018:1019:1018:4519:2120:1020:2121:1021:2122:1022:2123:0423:10
Circular Drive (adj) 08:22·09:2210:2211:2212:2213:2214:2215:2216:2217:2218:2219:2218:5619:3220:2220:3221:2221:3222:2222:3223:1523:22
Allcot Avenue (adj) 08:29·09:2910:2911:2912:2913:2914:2915:2916:2917:2918:2919:2919:0419:4020:2920:4021:2921:4022:2922:4023:2323:29
Birkenhead Bus Station (Stand 1) 08:4007:4009:4010:4011:4012:4013:4014:4015:4016:4017:4018:4019:4019:1419:5020:4020:5021:4021:5022:4022:5023:3323:40
Shrewsbury Road (adj) 08:4607:4609:4610:4611:4612:4613:4614:4615:4616:4617:4618:4619:4619:2019:5620:4620:5621:4621:5622:4622:5623:3923:46
Bidston Interchange (Stop B) 08:5307:5309:5310:5311:5312:5313:5314:5315:5316:5317:5318:5319:5319:2920:0520:5321:0521:5322:0522:5323:0523:4823:53
Cherry Tree Road (adj) 08:5807:5809:5810:5811:5812:5813:5814:5815:5816:5817:5818:5819:5819:3420:1020:5821:1021:5822:1022:5823:1023:5323:58
Chadwick Street (adj) 09:0208:0210:0211:0212:0213:0214:0215:0216:0217:0218:0219:0220:0219:3820:1421:0221:1422:0222:1423:0223:1423:5700:02
Brookside Crescent (adj) 09:0908:0910:0911:0912:0913:0914:0915:0916:0917:0918:0919:0920:0919:4520:2121:0921:2122:0922:2123:0923:2100:0400:09
Banks Avenue (adj) 09:1608:1610:1611:1612:1613:1614:1615:1616:1617:1618:1619:1620:1619:5220:2821:1621:2822:1622:2823:1623:28··
West Kirby Interchange (Stop A) 09:2808:2810:2811:2812:2813:2814:2815:2816:2817:2818:2819:2820:2820:0320:3921:2821:3922:2822:3923:2823:39··

Route map

All stops on route 38A

38A towards West Kirby Station

  1. Clifton Avenue (adj) Eastham Rake
  2. Delamere Avenue (adj) Eastham Rake
  3. Calveley Avenue (adj) Eastham Rake
  4. Eastham Rake (adj) Eastham Rake
  5. Eastham Village Road (adj) Eastham Rake
  6. Church Lane (adj) Eastham
  7. Vicarage Row (N-bound) Eastham
  8. St David Road (opp) Carlett Park
  9. Stanley Lane (nr) Eastham
  10. Carlett Boulevard (opp) Eastham
  11. Glenburn Avenue (opp) Eastham Rake
  12. Mill Park Drive (adj) Eastham Rake
  13. Eastham Rake (nr) Plymyard
  14. Sutherland Drive (adj) Plymyard
  15. Gorsefield Avenue (adj) Plymyard
  16. Appleby Grove (adj) Plymyard
  17. Bromborough Interchange (Stop C) Bromborough
  18. Bromborough Interchange (Stop D) Plymyard
  19. Allport Road (adj) Bromborough
  20. Brancote Gardens (adj) Bromborough
  21. Meadowside Road (adj) Bromborough
  22. Dawpool Drive (adj) Bromborough
  23. Hawthorn Lane (adj) Bromborough
  24. The Avenue (opp) Bromborough
  25. Bromborough Rake Interchange (Stop A) Bromborough
  26. Belmont Avenue (adj) Bromborough
  27. Palatine Road (opp) Bromborough
  28. Ludlow Grove (adj) Bromborough
  29. Bromborough Village (adj) Bromborough
  30. Mark Rake (adj) Bromborough
  31. Croft Avenue (adj) Bromborough
  32. Hardknott Road (opp) Bromborough
  33. Pilgrims (NE-bound) Bromborough
  34. Croft Retail Park (In) Bromborough
  35. Croft Retail Park (In) Bromborough
  36. Terminus Road (adj) Bromborough
  37. Eastern Avenue (adj) Bromborough
  38. Bromborough Pool Village (NW-bound) Bromborough Pool
  39. New Chester Road (NE-bound) Bromborough Pool
  40. Shore Drive (opp) New Ferry
  41. Willowbank Road (opp) New Ferry
  42. Circular Drive (adj) Port Sunlight
  43. Brook Street (adj) Port Sunlight
  44. Boundary Road (adj) New Ferry
  45. Bebington Station (Stop A) Bebington
  46. College Drive (opp) Higher Bebington
  47. Town Lane (adj) Woodhey
  48. Kings Lane (adj) Egerton Park
  49. Birkett Road (opp) Egerton Park
  50. Allcot Avenue (adj) Tranmere
  51. Mount Road (adj) Tranmere
  52. Stuart Road (adj) Devonshire Park
  53. North Road (adj) Devonshire Park
  54. St Catherine's Gardens (adj) Tranmere
  55. Aspendale Road (adj) Tranmere
  56. Maple Street (opp) Tranmere
  57. Whetstone Lane (adj) Tranmere
  58. Whetstone Lane (adj) Birkenhead
  59. Borough Road (adj) Tranmere
  60. Clifton Crescent (adj) Birkenhead
  61. Birkenhead Bus Station (Stand 1) Birkenhead
  62. Catherine Street (Stop B) Birkenhead
  63. Cole Street (adj) Birkenhead Park
  64. St Helens Close (adj) Birkenhead Park
  65. Egerton Road (adj) Birkenhead Park
  66. Slatey Road (adj) Birkenhead Park
  67. St Albans Road (adj) Claughton
  68. Shrewsbury Road (adj) Claughton
  69. Tollemache Road (opp) Claughton
  70. Bidston Avenue (opp) Claughton
  71. Flaybrick Close (adj) Birkenhead
  72. Arkle Road (adj) Birkenhead
  73. Challis Street (opp) Bidston
  74. Hoblyn Road (adj) Bidston
  75. Hurrell Road (opp) Bidston
  76. Bidston Village Road (adj) Bidston
  77. Bidston Interchange (Stop B) Bidston
  78. Reeds Lane (opp) Moreton
  79. Oxholme Close (adj) Moreton
  80. Sedgefield Road (adj) Moreton
  81. Farmfield Grove (adj) Moreton
  82. Cherry Tree Road (adj) Moreton
  83. Sandbrook Lane (adj) Moreton
  84. Wyvern Road (adj) Moreton
  85. Glebelands Road (SW-bound) Moreton
  86. Chadwick Street (adj) Moreton
  87. Rosslyn Drive (adj) Moreton
  88. Borrowdale Road (adj) Moreton
  89. Cobham Road (adj) Moreton
  90. Ely Avenue (opp) Moreton
  91. Acton Lane (nr) Moreton
  92. Acton Lane (adj) Saughall Massie
  93. Poplar Farm Close (adj) Saughall Massie
  94. Kingfisher Way (adj) Upton
  95. Kingfisher Way (adj) Upton
  96. Brookside Crescent (adj) Saughall Massie
  97. Garden Hey Road (adj) Saughall Massie
  98. Westbrook Road (adj) Saughall Massie
  99. Garden Hey Road (adj) Saughall Massie
  100. Greenfield Kennels (opp) Carr Houses
  101. Heron Road (adj) Meols
  102. Meols Interchange (Stop B) Meols
  103. Banks Avenue (adj) Meols
  104. Bertram Drive (adj) Meols
  105. Bertram Drive (adj) Sandhey
  106. Manor Road Interchange (Stop B) Hoylake
  107. Melrose Avenue (adj) Hoylake
  108. Alderley Road (adj) Hoylake
  109. Hoylake Interchange (Stop A) Hoylake
  110. Morpeth Road (adj) Hoylake
  111. Winnington Road (adj) West Kirby
  112. Graham Road (adj) West Kirby
  113. West Lodge Drive (opp) West Kirby
  114. Bridge Road (adj) West Kirby
  115. West Kirby Interchange (Stop A) West Kirby

38A towards Clifton Avenue

  1. West Kirby Interchange (Stop B) West Kirby
  2. Lingdale Road (adj) West Kirby
  3. Graham Road (opp) West Kirby
  4. West Lodge Drive (adj) West Kirby
  5. Winnington Road (opp) West Kirby
  6. Morpeth Road (opp) Hoylake
  7. Hoylake Interchange (Stop B) Hoylake
  8. Alderley Road (adj) Hoylake
  9. Manor Road Interchange (Stop A) Hoylake
  10. Shaw Street (adj) Hoylake
  11. Bertram Drive (opp) Sandhey
  12. Bertram Drive (opp) Meols
  13. Brosters Lane (adj) Meols
  14. Meols Interchange (Stop A) Meols
  15. Greenfield Kennels (o/s) Carr Houses
  16. Barn Hey Crescent (adj) Meols
  17. Millhouse Lane (adj) Moreton
  18. Acton Lane (adj) Saughall Massie
  19. Poplar Farm Close (adj) Saughall Massie
  20. Kingfisher Way (adj) Upton
  21. Brookside Crescent (opp) Saughall Massie
  22. Garden Hey Road (adj) Saughall Massie
  23. Westbrook Road (adj) Saughall Massie
  24. Meadowbrook Road (opp) Moreton
  25. Bermuda Road (nr) Moreton
  26. Rosslyn Drive (opp) Moreton
  27. Joan Avenue (adj) Moreton
  28. Knutsford Road (adj) Moreton
  29. Carnsdale Road (adj) Moreton
  30. Sandbrook Lane (adj) Moreton
  31. Fender View Road (opp) Moreton
  32. Cherry Tree Road (opp) Moreton
  33. Oxholme Close (opp) Moreton
  34. Sedgefield Road (opp) Moreton
  35. Reeds Lane (adj) Moreton
  36. Bidston Interchange (Stop A) Bidston
  37. Compton Road (adj) Bidston
  38. Gautby Road (adj) Bidston
  39. Hurrell Road (adj) Bidston
  40. St James Road (nr) Birkenhead
  41. Egan Road (opp) Bidston
  42. Bidston Avenue (adj) Claughton
  43. Lansdowne Road (adj) Birkenhead
  44. Flaybrick Close (opp) Claughton
  45. Foxglove Road (adj) Claughton
  46. Alderley Avenue (adj) Claughton
  47. St Albans Road (opp) Birkenhead Park
  48. Ashville Road (adj) Birkenhead Park
  49. Park Road West (adj) Birkenhead Park
  50. St Hugh's Close (opp) Birkenhead Park
  51. Francis Avenue (opp) Birkenhead Park
  52. Paterson Street (adj) Birkenhead Park
  53. Bentinck Street (adj) Birkenhead Park
  54. Birkenhead Bus Station (Stand 8) Birkenhead
  55. Catherine Street (Stop D) Birkenhead
  56. Maple Street (adj) Clifton Park
  57. Elm Grove (adj) Tranmere
  58. Victoria Road (adj) Tranmere
  59. Harrowby Road (opp) Tranmere
  60. Elm Road (adj) Devonshire Park
  61. Prenton Road East (adj) Devonshire Park
  62. St Georges Avenue (opp) Tranmere
  63. Allcot Avenue (opp) Tranmere
  64. Birkett Road (adj) Egerton Park
  65. Woodland Road (adj) Rock Ferry
  66. Town Lane (opp) Higher Bebington
  67. College Drive (adj) Higher Bebington
  68. Bebington Station (Stop B) Bebington
  69. Sandringham Close (adj) Port Sunlight
  70. Bebington Road (adj) New Ferry
  71. Beaconsfield Road (adj) New Ferry
  72. Portbury Close (adj) New Ferry
  73. Shore Drive (adj) New Ferry
  74. Bromborough Pool Village (SE-bound) Bromborough Pool
  75. Thermal Road (adj) Bromborough Pool
  76. Crossways (opp) Bromborough
  77. Croft Retail Park (In) Bromborough
  78. Croft Retail Park (In) Bromborough
  79. Plantation Road (adj) Bromborough
  80. Pilgrims (SW-bound) Bromborough
  81. Hardknott Road (adj) Bromborough
  82. Spital Road (adj) Bromborough
  83. Stanhope Drive (opp) Bromborough
  84. Croft Avenue East (adj) Bromborough
  85. Bromborough Village (adj) Bromborough
  86. Oteley Avenue (adj) Bromborough
  87. Mark Rake (adj) Bromborough
  88. Belmont Avenue (opp) Bromborough
  89. Bromborough Rake Interchange (Stop B) Bromborough
  90. The Avenue (adj) Bromborough
  91. Ashfield Crescent (adj) Bromborough
  92. Forwood Road (adj) Bromborough
  93. Neville Road (adj) Bromborough
  94. Allport Road (adj) Bromborough
  95. Brancote Gardens (opp) Bromborough
  96. Westminster Drive (adj) Bromborough
  97. Bromborough Interchange (Stop E) Plymyard
  98. The Woodcotes (adj) Plymyard
  99. Langfield Grove (adj) Plymyard
  100. Heygarth Road (adj) Plymyard
  101. Lyndale Avenue (adj) Plymyard
  102. Plymyard Avenue (adj) Eastham Rake
  103. Hatton Avenue (adj) Eastham Rake
  104. Clifton Avenue (adj) Eastham Rake

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Frequently asked questions

What time is the first 38A bus?

The first 38A departure on weekdays leaves at 07:35 (check the full timetable below for your stop, as times vary along the route — weekend times can differ).

What time is the last 38A bus?

The last 38A on weekdays leaves its first stop at 23:42. Always check the timetable for your specific stop — later stops are reached after this time.

How much does the 38A bus cost?

The 38A 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. Stagecoach Merseyside and South Lancashire day and weekly tickets can work out cheaper if you travel more than twice a day.

Who runs the 38A bus?

The 38A is operated by Stagecoach Merseyside and South Lancashire.

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