401 Canterbury to Tankerton via University of Kent, Whitstable
Operated by Stagecoach South East. First bus 07:08, last bus 23:36. 55 journeys on weekdays. Today, a Sunday: first 06:52, last 18:03. Fares: adult single £1.90 to £3.00 — more.
Wanted a different 401? 19 other bus routes are numbered 401 elsewhere in the UK — see every 401 bus timetable by area.
| Stop | 08:53 | 09:43 | 10:03 | 10:43 | 11:03 | 11:43 | 12:03 | 12:43 | 13:03 | 13:43 | 14:03 | 14:43 | 15:03 | 15:43 | 16:03 | 16:43 | 17:03 | 17:43 | 18:03 |
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| Bus Station (Bay B1) | 08:53 | 09:43 | 10:03 | 10:43 | 11:03 | 11:43 | 12:03 | 12:43 | 13:03 | 13:43 | 14:03 | 14:43 | 15:03 | 15:43 | 16:03 | 16:43 | 17:03 | 17:43 | 18:03 |
| Keynes College (Stop B) | 09:08 | 09:58 | 10:18 | 10:58 | 11:18 | 11:58 | 12:18 | 12:58 | 13:18 | 13:58 | 14:18 | 14:58 | 15:18 | 15:58 | 16:18 | 16:58 | 17:18 | 17:58 | 18:18 |
| Rough Common Turn (NW-bound) | 09:11 | 10:01 | 10:21 | 11:01 | 11:21 | 12:01 | 12:21 | 13:01 | 13:21 | 14:01 | 14:21 | 15:01 | 15:21 | 16:01 | 16:21 | 17:01 | 17:21 | 18:01 | 18:21 |
| Tyler Hill Road (opp) | 09:14 | 10:04 | 10:24 | 11:04 | 11:24 | 12:04 | 12:24 | 13:04 | 13:24 | 14:04 | 14:24 | 15:04 | 15:24 | 16:04 | 16:24 | 17:04 | 17:24 | 18:04 | 18:24 |
| Borstal Hill (N-bound) | 09:22 | 10:12 | 10:32 | 11:12 | 11:32 | 12:12 | 12:32 | 13:12 | 13:32 | 14:12 | 14:32 | 15:12 | 15:32 | 16:12 | 16:32 | 17:12 | 17:32 | 18:12 | 18:32 |
| Horsebridge (adj) | 09:30 | 10:20 | 10:40 | 11:20 | 11:40 | 12:20 | 12:40 | 13:20 | 13:40 | 14:20 | 14:40 | 15:20 | 15:40 | 16:20 | 16:40 | 17:20 | 17:40 | 18:20 | 18:40 |
| Priest and Sow (E-bound) | 09:38 | 10:28 | 10:48 | 11:28 | 11:48 | 12:28 | 12:48 | 13:28 | 13:48 | 14:28 | 14:48 | 15:28 | 15:48 | 16:28 | 16:48 | 17:28 | 17:48 | 18:28 | 18:48 |
Each column is one journey, headed by the time it sets off. 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.
Fares on the 401
Adult single £1.90 to £3.00 · Child single £1.10 to £3.00
Adult single fare table, stage to stage
| £1.90 | 2StDunsLdnRd | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £2.70 | £1.90 | 2WgateCtAv | ||||||||||||||
| £2.70 | £2.70 | £1.90 | 2UniOfKent | |||||||||||||
| £3.00 | £2.70 | £1.90 | £1.90 | 2RoughCmonTn | ||||||||||||
| £3.00 | £2.70 | £2.70 | £1.90 | £1.90 | BleanSch | |||||||||||
| £3.00 | £3.00 | £2.70 | £2.70 | £1.90 | £1.90 | BleanChLa | ||||||||||
| £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £2.70 | £2.70 | £2.70 | £1.90 | BleanROak | |||||||||
| £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £2.70 | £2.70 | £2.70 | £1.90 | PeanHill | ||||||||
| £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £2.70 | £2.70 | £1.90 | PyAlleyFm | |||||||
| £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £2.70 | £1.90 | LongReach | ||||||
| £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £2.70 | £1.90 | BorstalHl | |||||
| £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £2.70 | £1.90 | £1.90 | Tollgate | ||||
| £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £2.70 | £2.70 | £1.90 | Whitstable | |||
| £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £2.70 | £2.70 | £2.70 | £1.90 | BeachWkStn | ||
| £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £2.70 | £2.70 | £1.90 | TktnCirTsc | |
| £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £2.70 | £2.70 | £1.90 | PriestSow |
Read along the row of the stage you travel to, to the column below the stage you board at; the first stage is 2CburyBusStn.
Stagecoach's published fares on the Bus Open Data Service, in force from 1 September 2026. A fare stage is a group of neighbouring stops that are priced the same. Fares change — check with Stagecoach South East before you travel.
Tickets on the 401
Stagecoach South East publishes singles, day tickets and season tickets on this route for adults, children, young people and students.
Single · Discovery · Dover DayRider · Swale DayRider · Discovery Group · Thanet DayRider · Ashford DayRider
…and 78 more tickets on this route.
Ticket types come from Stagecoach South East's own fares data on the Bus Open Data Service, last updated 2 September 2026. Prices for singles and returns are under Fares above; for the others, check with Stagecoach South East.
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 Stagecoach South East before you travel. Everything above is an ordinary week.
Not published yet: Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, Boxing Day, 28 December, New Year's Eve and New Year's Day. Operators often publish festive timetables only a few weeks ahead, so check again nearer the date.
Route map
All stops on route 401
401 towards Tankerton
All 38 stops
- Bus Station (Bay B1) Canterbury
- Canterbury East Railway Station (adj) Canterbury
- Westgate Towers (after) St Dunstans
- St Dunstan's Church (o/s) St Dunstans
- Westgate Court Avenue (adj) Canterbury
- Cherry Garden Road (adj) Canterbury
- University Road St Edmund's School (adj) University of Kent
- Innovation Centre (adj) University of Kent
- Keynes College (Stop B) University of Kent
- Innovation Centre (opp) University of Kent
- St Edmund's School (opp) University of Kent
- Rough Common Turn (NW-bound) Rough Common
- Blean School (opp) Blean
- Blean Tavern (opp) Blean
- Hillside Farm (opp) Blean
- Tyler Hill Road (opp) Blean
- Chapel Lane (opp) Blean
- The Royal Oak (opp) Blean
- Druidstone (opp) Blean
- Red Lion House (opp) Pean Hill
- Greycot (NW-bound) Pean Hill
- Court Lees (NW-bound) Pean Hill
- Pye Alley (N-bound) Pean Hill
- Clapham Hill (N-bound) Whitstable
- Long Reach (adj) Whitstable
- Borstal Hill (N-bound) Whitstable
- Tollgate (NE-bound) Whitstable
- Harwich Street (opp) Whitstable
- Library (opp) Whitstable
- St Alphege Church (opp) Whitstable
- Horsebridge (adj) Whitstable
- Harbour (adj) Whitstable
- Beach Walk (adj) Whitstable
- Telephone Exchange (adj) Tankerton
- Tankerton Circus (E-bound) Tankerton
- Graystone Road (E-bound) Tankerton
- Pier Avenue (E-bound) Tankerton
- Priest and Sow (E-bound) Tankerton
401 towards Canterbury
All 38 stops
- Priest and Sow (W-bound) Tankerton
- Pier Avenue (W-bound) Tankerton
- Graystone Road (W-bound) Tankerton
- Tankerton Circus (W-bound) Tankerton
- Telephone Exchange (opp) Tankerton
- Beach Walk (opp) Whitstable
- Harbour (opp) Whitstable
- Harbour Street (S-bound) Whitstable
- St Alphege Church (adj) Whitstable
- Library (o/s) Whitstable
- Harwich Street (adj) Whitstable
- Tollgate (SW-bound) Whitstable
- Borstal Hill (S-bound) Whitstable
- Long Reach (opp) Whitstable
- Clapham Hill (S-bound) Whitstable
- Pye Alley (S-bound) Pean Hill
- Court Lees (S-bound) Pean Hill
- Greycot (SE-bound) Pean Hill
- Red Lion House (o/s) Pean Hill
- Druidstone (adj) Blean
- The Royal Oak (adj) Blean
- Chapel Lane (adj) Blean
- Tyler Hill Road (adj) Blean
- Blean Tavern (adj) Blean
- Blean School (adj) Blean
- Rough Common Turn (SE-bound) Rough Common
- St Edmund's School (adj) University of Kent
- University Road St Edmund's School (adj) University of Kent
- Innovation Centre (adj) University of Kent
- Keynes College (Stop A) University of Kent
- Innovation Centre (opp) University of Kent
- Cherry Garden Road (opp) Canterbury
- Westgate Court Avenue (opp) Canterbury
- St Dunstan's Church (adj) St Dunstans
- Temple Road (opp) Canterbury
- Queens Avenue (adj) Canterbury
- Canterbury East Railway Station (opp) Canterbury
- Bus Station (arrivals) Canterbury
Service registration & registered changes
- Service change effective 7 June 2026 To amend Timetable.
- Service change effective 19 April 2026 To amend Route and Timetable.
- Service change effective 20 April 2025 To amend Route and Timetable.
- Service change effective 1 September 2024 To amend Route and Timetable.
- Service change effective 5 May 2024 To amend Route and Timetable.
From official Traffic Commissioner registrations. Registration PK0000098/332 · Changes in Kent County Council · All service changes →
Towns & areas on this route
Frequently asked questions
What time is the first 401 bus?
The first 401 departure on weekdays leaves at 07:08 (check the full timetable below for your stop, as times vary along the route — weekend times can differ).
What time is the last 401 bus?
The last 401 on weekdays leaves its first stop at 23:36. Always check the timetable for your specific stop — later stops are reached after this time.
How much does the 401 bus cost?
Stagecoach South East's published fares on the 401: adult single £1.90 to £3.00, child single £1.10 to £3.00. The 401 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 South East day and weekly tickets can work out cheaper if you travel more than twice a day.
Who runs the 401 bus?
The 401 is operated by Stagecoach South East.
Timetable data from Stagecoach South East via the DfT Bus Open Data Service (South East England feed). Registered with the Traffic Commissioner as PK0000098/332. Check before you travel — services can change at short notice.