3a Tesco ↔ Park Terminus

Operated by Blackpool Transport. First bus 06:44, last bus 21:41. 141 journeys on weekdays.

✅ The 3a 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.

towards Park Terminus · Monday to Friday towards Park Terminus · Saturday towards Park Terminus · Sunday towards Tesco · Monday to Friday towards Tesco · Saturday towards Tesco · Sunday
3a towards Park Terminus — Monday to Friday (72 journeys)
Tesco (by) ····07:4007:40··08:1008:1008:1008:3008:4008:4009:1009:1009:3009:4009:4010:1010:1010:3010:4010:4011:1011:1011:3011:4011:4012:1012:1012:3012:4012:4013:1013:1013:3013:4013:4014:1014:1014:3014:4014:4015:1015:1015:1015:3015:4015:4016:1016:1016:3016:4016:4017:1017:1017:3017:4017:4018:3018:3018:3019:3019:3019:3020:3020:3020:3021:3021:3021:30
Metropolitan Business Park (opp) ········08:17·····································15:17·························
Meadowbrook (by) ····07:4707:47···08:1708:1708:3708:4708:4709:1709:1709:3709:4709:4710:1710:1710:3710:4710:4711:1711:1711:3711:4711:4712:1712:1712:3712:4712:4713:1713:1713:3713:4713:4714:1714:1714:3714:4714:4715:1715:17·15:3715:4715:4716:1716:1716:3716:4716:4717:1717:1717:3717:4717:4718:3718:3718:3719:3719:3719:3720:3720:3720:3721:3721:3721:37
The Saddle (o/s) ····07:5907:59··08:2908:2908:2908:4908:5908:5909:2909:2909:4909:5909:5910:2910:2910:4910:5910:5911:2911:2911:4911:5911:5912:2912:2912:4912:5912:5913:2913:2913:4913:5913:5914:2914:2914:4914:5914:5915:2915:2915:2915:4915:5915:5916:2916:2916:4916:5916:5917:2917:2917:4917:5917:5918:4918:4918:4919:4919:4919:4920:4920:4920:4921:4921:4921:49
Abingdon Street (AB2) 06:4406:4407:1407:1408:1408:1407:4407:4408:4408:4408:4409:0409:1409:1409:4409:4410:0410:1410:1410:4410:4411:0411:1411:1411:4411:4412:0412:1412:1412:4412:4413:0413:1413:1413:4413:4414:0414:1414:1414:4414:4415:0415:1415:1415:4415:4415:4416:0416:1416:1416:4416:4417:0417:1417:1417:4417:4418:0418:1418:1419:0419:0419:0420:0420:0420:0421:0421:0421:0422:0422:0422:02
Gynn Square (by) 06:5406:5407:2407:2408:2408:2407:5407:5408:5008:5408:5409:1409:2409:2409:5409:5410:1410:2410:2410:5410:5411:1411:2411:2411:5411:5412:1412:2412:2412:5412:5413:1413:2413:2413:5413:5414:1414:2414:2414:5414:5415:1415:2415:2415:5415:5415:5016:1416:2416:2416:5416:5417:1417:2417:2417:5417:5418:1418:2418:2419:1419:1419:1420:1420:1420:1421:1421:1421:1422:1422:14·
Bispham Hotel (o/s) 06:5906:5907:2907:2908:2908:2907:5907:5908:5608:5908:5909:1909:2909:2909:5909:5910:1910:2910:2910:5910:5911:1911:2911:2911:5911:5912:1912:2912:2912:5912:5913:1913:2913:2913:5913:5914:1914:2914:2914:5914:5915:1915:2915:2915:5915:5915:5616:1916:2916:2916:5916:5917:1917:2917:2917:5917:5918:1918:2918:2919:1919:1919:1920:1920:1920:1921:1921:1921:1922:1922:19·
Norbreck Shops (opp) 07:0307:0307:3307:3308:3308:3308:0308:0309:0009:0309:0309:2309:3309:3310:0310:0310:2310:3310:3311:0311:0311:2311:3311:3312:0312:0312:2312:3312:3313:0313:0313:2313:3313:3314:0314:0314:2314:3314:3315:0315:0315:2315:3315:3316:0316:0316:0016:2316:3316:3317:0317:0317:2317:3317:3318:0318:0318:2318:3318:3319:2319:2319:2320:2320:2320:2321:2321:2321:2322:2322:23·
Crescent (by) 07:1307:1307:4307:4308:4308:4308:1308:1309:1209:1309:1309:3409:4309:4310:1310:1310:3410:4310:4311:1311:1311:3411:4311:4312:1312:1312:3412:4312:4313:1313:1313:3413:4313:4314:1314:1314:3414:4314:4315:1315:1315:3415:4315:4316:1316:1316:1216:3416:4316:4317:1317:1317:3417:4317:4318:1318:1318:3418:4318:4319:3319:3419:3320:3320:3420:3321:3321:3321:3422:3322:33·
Park Terminus (opp) 07:2007:2007:5007:5008:5008:5008:2008:2009:2009:2009:2009:4109:5009:5010:2010:2010:4110:5010:5011:2011:2011:4111:5011:5012:2012:2012:4112:5012:5013:2013:2013:4113:5013:5014:2014:2014:4114:5014:5015:2015:2015:4115:5015:5016:2016:2016:2016:4116:5016:5017:2017:2017:4117:5017:5018:2018:2018:4118:5018:5019:4019:4119:4020:4020:4120:4021:4021:4021:41···

Route map

All stops on route 3a

3a towards Park Terminus

  1. Tesco (by) Mereside
  2. Branstree Road (by) Mereside
  3. Windmill (opp) Mereside
  4. Langdale Road Shops (o/s) Mereside
  5. Kentmere Drive (by) Mereside
  6. Paddock Drive (opp) Mereside
  7. Metropolitan Business Park (opp) Mereside
  8. Norfolk Road (by) Little Marton
  9. Paddock Drive (by) Little Marton
  10. Meadowbrook (by) Little Marton
  11. Kipling Court (by) Little Marton
  12. Kipling Manor (o/s) Little Marton
  13. Stanley School (opp) Little Marton
  14. Suffolk Road (by) Little Marton
  15. Dalkeith Avenue (opp) Marton
  16. Doncaster Road (by) Marton
  17. Worcester Road Shops (o/s) Marton
  18. Preston Old Road (by) Marton
  19. Lomond Avenue (by) Marton
  20. Dunmail Avenue (opp) Marton
  21. Oxford Square (by) Oxford Square
  22. The Saddle (o/s) Marton
  23. Elmslie Gardens (by) Stanley Park
  24. Condor Grove (by) Stanley Park
  25. Health Centre (by) Stanley Park
  26. Gloucester Avenue (by) Stanley Park
  27. Palatine Road (by) Stanley Park
  28. Devonshire Square (by) Devonshire Square
  29. Devonshire Square (by) Devonshire Square
  30. Buchanan Street (opp) Central
  31. Church Street (CH1) Blackpool Town Centre
  32. Abingdon Street (AB2) Blackpool Town Centre
  33. Dickson Road (DI1) Blackpool Town Centre
  34. Mount Street (by) Egerton Square
  35. Egerton Square (by) Egerton Square
  36. Cheltenham Road (by) Claremont
  37. Sherbourne Road (by) Claremont
  38. Carshalton Road (by) Claremont
  39. Gynn Square (by) Promenade
  40. Gynn Gardens (by) Promenade
  41. Empress Drive (by) North Shore
  42. Carlin Gate (by) North Shore
  43. Lowther Avenue (by) North Shore
  44. Pembroke Avenue (by) North Shore
  45. Cranleigh Avenue (opp) North Shore
  46. Bispham Hotel (o/s) Bispham
  47. Red Bank Road (by) Bispham
  48. Madison Avenue (by) Bispham
  49. Leyburn Avenue (by) Norbreck
  50. Chatsworth Avenue (by) Norbreck
  51. Norbreck Shops (opp) Norbreck
  52. Guildford Avenue (by) Norbreck
  53. Mossom Lane (opp) Norbreck
  54. Wilson Square (opp) Norbreck
  55. Shore Road (by) Norbreck
  56. Norbreck School (opp) Anchorsholme
  57. Lyddesdale Avenue (by) Anchorsholme
  58. All Saints Church (opp) Anchorsholme
  59. Luton Road (by) Anchorsholme
  60. North Drive (by) Anchorsholme
  61. Cresswood Avenue (by) Anchorsholme
  62. Anchorsholme Lane Shops (o/s) Anchorsholme
  63. Lauderdale Avenue (opp) Anchorsholme
  64. Anchorsholme Lane (opp) Anchorsholme
  65. Crescent (by) Cleveleys
  66. Victoria Square (Stop A) Cleveleys
  67. Library (by) Cleveleys
  68. Dorset Avenue (by) Cleveleys
  69. Westmorland Avenue (by) Cleveleys Park
  70. Oxenholme Avenue (by) Cleveleys Park
  71. Blythe Avenue (by) Cleveleys Park
  72. Park Terminus (opp) Cleveleys Park

3a towards Tesco

  1. Park Terminus (opp) Cleveleys Park
  2. Newcastle Avenue (opp) Cleveleys Park
  3. Belford Avenue (by) Cleveleys Park
  4. Croasdale Avenue (by) Cleveleys Park
  5. Halton Avenue (opp) Cleveleys Park
  6. Lincoln Avenue (by) Cleveleys Park
  7. Dorset Avenue (opp) Cleveleys
  8. Beach Road (opp) Cleveleys
  9. Rough Lea Road (opp) Cleveleys
  10. Victoria Square (Stop D) Cleveleys
  11. Lauderdale Avenue (by) Anchorsholme
  12. Anchorsholme Lane Shops (opp) Anchorsholme
  13. Cresswood Avenue (opp) Anchorsholme
  14. North Drive (adj) Anchorsholme
  15. Luton Road (by) Anchorsholme
  16. All Saints Church (o/s) Anchorsholme
  17. Lyddesdale Avenue (opp) Anchorsholme
  18. Russell Avenue (by) Anchorsholme
  19. Norbreck School (o/s) Anchorsholme
  20. Shore Road (opp) Norbreck
  21. Wilson Square (by) Norbreck
  22. Mossom Lane (by) Norbreck
  23. Guildford Avenue (by) Norbreck
  24. Norbreck Shops (o/s) Norbreck
  25. Chatsworth Avenue (opp) Norbreck
  26. Leyburn Avenue (opp) Norbreck
  27. Madison Avenue (opp) Bispham
  28. Beaufort Avenue (by) Bispham
  29. Bispham Hotel (opp) Bispham
  30. Cranleigh Avenue (by) North Shore
  31. Pembroke Avenue (opp) North Shore
  32. Lowther Avenue (opp) North Shore
  33. Carlin Gate (opp) North Shore
  34. Empress Drive (opp) North Shore
  35. Warbreck Hill (by) North Shore
  36. Gynn Square (by) Promenade
  37. Ormond Avenue (by) Promenade
  38. Warley Road (by) Claremont
  39. Claremont School (o/s) Claremont
  40. Ashburton Road (by) Claremont
  41. Egerton Square (by) Claremont
  42. Mount Street (by) Egerton Square
  43. Dickson Road (DI2) Blackpool Town Centre
  44. Clifton Street (CL2) Blackpool Town Centre
  45. Buchanan Street (by) Central
  46. Devonshire Square (by) Devonshire Square
  47. Palatine Road (opp) Stanley Park
  48. Gloucester Avenue (opp) Stanley Park
  49. Health Centre (by) Stanley Park
  50. Condor Grove (by) Stanley Park
  51. Elmslie Gardens (by) Stanley Park
  52. The Saddle (o/s) Marton
  53. St Paul's Church (o/s) Oxford Square
  54. Oxford Square (adj) Oxford Square
  55. Dunmail Avenue (by) Marton
  56. Halifax Street (by) Marton
  57. Preston Old Road (by) Marton
  58. Worcester Road Shops (o/s) Marton
  59. Doncaster Road (by) Marton
  60. Dalkeith Avenue (by) Marton
  61. Norfolk Road (opp) Little Marton
  62. Preston Old Road (by) Marton
  63. Metropolitan Business Pk (by) Little Marton
  64. Stanley School (opp) Little Marton
  65. Kipling Manor (o/s) Little Marton
  66. Meadowbrook (opp) Little Marton
  67. Paddock Drive (by) Little Marton
  68. Paddock Drive (by) Little Marton
  69. Kentmere Drive (by) Mereside
  70. Langdale Road Shops (o/s) Mereside
  71. Windmill (by) Mereside
  72. Branstree Road (by) Mereside
  73. Tesco (by) Mereside

Service history & registered changes

From official Traffic Commissioner registrations. All service changes →

Towns & areas on this route

CleveleysAnchorsholmeMartonCentralPromenadeNorth ShoreBisphamMeresideNorbreckBlackpool Town CentreStanley ParkCleveleys Park

Frequently asked questions

What time is the first 3a bus?

The first 3a departure on weekdays leaves at 06:44 (check the full timetable below for your stop, as times vary along the route — weekend times can differ).

What time is the last 3a bus?

The last 3a on weekdays leaves its first stop at 21:41. Always check the timetable for your specific stop — later stops are reached after this time.

How much does the 3a bus cost?

The 3a 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 3a bus?

The 3a is operated by Blackpool Transport.

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