487 Hood street ↔ Ness Botanic Gardens
Operated by Arriva North West. First bus 06:34, last bus 23:35. 89 journeys on weekdays.
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Timetable
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towards Ness Botanic Gardens · Monday to Friday towards Ness Botanic Gardens · Saturday towards Ness Botanic Gardens · Sunday towards Hood street · Monday to Friday towards Hood street · Saturday towards Hood street · Sunday
| Whitechapel (Stop SD) | · | · | · | 07:52 | 08:29 | · | 09:00 | 09:29 | 09:30 | 10:00 | 10:29 | 10:30 | 11:00 | 11:29 | 11:30 | 12:00 | 12:29 | 12:30 | 13:00 | 13:29 | 13:30 | 14:00 | 14:29 | 14:30 | 15:00 | 15:29 | 15:30 | 16:00 | 16:29 | 16:35 | 17:05 | 17:29 | 17:35 | 18:05 | 18:29 | 18:35 | 19:29 | 19:35 | 20:29 | 20:35 | 21:29 | 21:35 | 22:29 | 22:35 |
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| Hinson Street (opp) | · | · | · | 08:03 | 08:40 | · | 09:11 | 09:39 | 09:41 | 10:11 | 10:39 | 10:41 | 11:11 | 11:39 | 11:41 | 12:11 | 12:39 | 12:41 | 13:11 | 13:39 | 13:41 | 14:11 | 14:39 | 14:41 | 15:11 | 15:39 | 15:41 | 16:11 | 16:39 | 16:46 | 17:16 | 17:39 | 17:46 | 18:16 | 18:39 | 18:46 | 19:39 | 19:46 | 20:39 | 20:46 | 21:39 | 21:46 | 22:39 | 22:46 |
| Birkenhead Bus Station (Stand 8) | 06:34 | 07:23 | 07:33 | 08:06 | 08:43 | 08:41 | 09:14 | 09:41 | 09:44 | 10:14 | 10:41 | 10:44 | 11:14 | 11:41 | 11:44 | 12:14 | 12:41 | 12:44 | 13:15 | 13:41 | 13:45 | 14:15 | 14:41 | 14:45 | 15:15 | 15:41 | 15:45 | 16:15 | 16:41 | 16:50 | 17:20 | 17:41 | 17:50 | 18:19 | 18:41 | 18:49 | 19:41 | 19:49 | 20:41 | 20:49 | 21:41 | 21:49 | 22:41 | 22:49 |
| Borough Road (nr) | 06:45 | 07:36 | 07:48 | 08:20 | 08:55 | 08:49 | 09:25 | 09:49 | 09:55 | 10:25 | 10:49 | 10:55 | 11:25 | 11:49 | 11:55 | 12:25 | 12:49 | 12:55 | 13:26 | 13:49 | 13:56 | 14:26 | 14:49 | 14:56 | 15:26 | 15:49 | 15:56 | 16:26 | 16:49 | 17:01 | 17:31 | 17:49 | 18:01 | 18:30 | 18:49 | 18:59 | 19:49 | 19:59 | 20:49 | 20:59 | 21:49 | 21:59 | 22:49 | 22:59 |
| Quarry Road East (adj) | 06:55 | 07:49 | 08:03 | 08:34 | 09:05 | 08:56 | 09:35 | 09:56 | 10:05 | 10:35 | 10:56 | 11:05 | 11:35 | 11:56 | 12:05 | 12:35 | 12:56 | 13:05 | 13:36 | 13:56 | 14:06 | 14:36 | 14:56 | 15:06 | 15:40 | 15:56 | 16:10 | 16:40 | 16:56 | 17:13 | 17:42 | 17:56 | 18:12 | 18:40 | 18:56 | 19:08 | 19:56 | 20:08 | 20:56 | 21:08 | 21:56 | 22:07 | 22:56 | 23:07 |
| Clatterbridge Hospital (Stop A) | 07:01 | 07:56 | 08:11 | 08:41 | 09:11 | 09:04 | 09:41 | 10:04 | 10:11 | 10:41 | 11:04 | 11:11 | 11:41 | 12:04 | 12:11 | 12:41 | 13:04 | 13:11 | 13:42 | 14:04 | 14:12 | 14:42 | 15:04 | 15:12 | 15:46 | 16:04 | 16:16 | 16:46 | 17:04 | 17:20 | 17:49 | 18:04 | 18:18 | 18:46 | 19:04 | 19:13 | 20:04 | 20:13 | 21:04 | 21:13 | 22:04 | 22:12 | 23:04 | 23:12 |
| Church Road (adj) | 07:05 | 08:00 | 08:15 | 08:45 | 09:15 | 09:10 | 09:45 | 10:10 | 10:15 | 10:45 | 11:10 | 11:15 | 11:45 | 12:10 | 12:15 | 12:45 | 13:10 | 13:15 | 13:46 | 14:10 | 14:16 | 14:46 | 15:10 | 15:16 | 15:50 | 16:10 | 16:20 | 16:50 | 17:10 | 17:25 | 17:54 | 18:10 | 18:23 | 18:51 | 19:10 | 19:18 | 20:10 | 20:18 | 21:10 | 21:18 | 22:10 | 22:16 | 23:10 | 23:16 |
| Tesco (o/s) | 07:15 | 08:10 | 08:25 | 08:55 | 09:25 | 09:20 | 09:55 | 10:20 | 10:25 | 10:55 | 11:20 | 11:25 | 11:55 | 12:20 | 12:25 | 12:55 | 13:20 | 13:25 | 13:56 | 14:20 | 14:26 | 14:56 | 15:20 | 15:26 | 16:00 | 16:20 | 16:30 | 17:00 | 17:20 | 17:35 | 18:04 | 18:20 | 18:33 | 19:00 | 19:20 | 19:27 | 20:20 | 20:27 | 21:20 | 21:27 | 22:20 | 22:25 | 23:20 | 23:25 |
| Parkgate Square (o/s) | · | · | · | · | · | 09:26 | · | · | · | · | 11:26 | · | · | · | · | · | 13:26 | · | · | · | · | · | 15:26 | · | · | · | · | · | 17:26 | · | · | 18:26 | · | · | 19:26 | · | 20:26 | · | 21:26 | · | 22:26 | · | 23:26 | · |
| Royal Oak (opp) | 07:20 | · | 08:30 | 09:00 | 09:30 | · | 10:00 | · | 10:30 | 11:00 | · | 11:30 | 12:00 | · | 12:30 | 13:00 | · | 13:30 | 14:01 | · | 14:31 | 15:01 | · | 15:31 | 16:05 | · | 16:35 | 17:05 | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · |
| Royal Oak (o/s) | · | 08:20 | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | 17:45 | 18:14 | · | 18:42 | 19:09 | · | 19:31 | · | 20:31 | · | 21:31 | · | 22:29 | · | 23:29 |
| Ness Botanic Gardens (opp) | 07:29 | · | 08:39 | 09:09 | 09:39 | · | 10:09 | 10:24 | 10:39 | 11:09 | · | 11:39 | 12:09 | 12:24 | 12:39 | 13:09 | · | 13:39 | 14:10 | 14:24 | 14:40 | 15:10 | · | 15:40 | 16:14 | 16:24 | 16:44 | 17:14 | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · |
| Neston Road Turning Circle (cnr) | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | 10:25 | · | · | · | · | · | 12:25 | · | · | · | · | · | 14:25 | · | · | · | · | · | 16:25 | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · |
Route map
All stops on route 487
487 towards Ness Botanic Gardens
- Whitechapel (Stop SD) Liverpool
- Hinson Street (opp) Birkenhead
- Birkenhead Bus Station (Stand 8) Birkenhead
- Catherine Street (Stop D) Birkenhead
- Maple Street (adj) Clifton Park
- Frodsham Street (adj) Tranmere
- Seymour Street (adj) Tranmere
- Elm Road (adj) Mersey Park
- Dial Road (opp) Mersey Park
- Bebington Road (adj) Tranmere
- Cressington Avenue (adj) Tranmere
- St Georges Avenue (adj) Tranmere
- Borough Road (nr) Tranmere
- Cavendish Drive (adj) Rock Ferry
- Thornton Avenue (opp) Higher Bebington
- Kings Lane (adj) Higher Bebington
- Bentfield Gardens (opp) Higher Bebington
- Roland Avenue (adj) Higher Bebington
- Waterfield Close (opp) Higher Bebington
- Gorseyville Road (adj) Higher Bebington
- Brackenwood Junior School (o/s) Higher Bebington
- Cross Lane (opp) Heathfield
- Pulford Road (adj) Bebington
- The Village (adj) Lower Bebington
- Civic Way (opp) Lower Bebington
- Port Sunlight Interchange (Stop C) Lower Bebington
- Quarry Road East (adj) Stanton
- Parkfield Road (adj) Bebington
- Beechway (opp) Bebington
- Old Clatterbridge Road (adj) Clatterbridge
- M53 (adj) Clatterbridge
- Clatterbridge Hospital (Stop A) Clatterbridge
- Willaston Road (adj) Thornton Hough
- Ivy Cottage (W-bound) Thornton Hough
- Church Road (adj) Thornton Hough
- Oxford Drive (opp) Thornton Hough
- Parkgate Lane (opp) Thornton Hough
- Liverpool Road (adj) Thornton Hough
- Red Gates (opp) Neston
- Chester High Road (cnr) Neston
- Westlands Close (cnr) Neston
- Clayhill (opp) Neston
- New Hayes (opp) Neston
- Drake Road (cnr) Neston
- Railway Station (o/s) Neston
- Malt Shovel Inn (opp) Neston
- Tesco (o/s) Neston
- Talbot Avenue (cnr) Little Neston
- Bull Hill (nr) Little Neston
- United Reformed Church (o/s) Neston
- Earle Drive (opp) Neston
- Springcroft (opp) Parkgate
- The Old Quay (o/s) Parkgate
- Ship Hotel (opp) Parkgate
- Parkgate Square (o/s) Parkgate
- Breezehill Road (0pp) Neston
- The Quillet (cnr) Neston
- Health Centre (o/s) Neston
- Royal Oak (opp) Little Neston
- Talbot Avenue (opp) Little Neston
- West Vale Shops (o/s) Little Neston
- Thirlmere Road (nr) Little Neston
- West Vale (cnr) Little Neston
- Marshlands Road (cnr) Little Neston
- Colliery Green Close (opp) Little Neston
- Brook Well (cnr) Little Neston
- Turrocks Croft (cnr) Little Neston
- The Court (cnr) Little Neston
- Bull Hill (opp) Little Neston
- Royal Oak (o/s) Little Neston
- School Lane (cnr) Ness Holt
- The Wheatsheaf (nr) Ness
- Ness Botanic Gardens (opp) Ness
- Neston Road Turning Circle (cnr) Ness
487 towards Hood street
- Parkgate Square (o/s) Parkgate
- The Old Quay (opp) Parkgate
- Ship Hotel (o/s) Parkgate
- Earle Drive (cnr) Neston
- Springcroft (cnr) Parkgate
- United Reformed Church (opp) Neston
- Neston Road Turning Circle (cnr) Ness
- Ness Botanic Gardens (o/s) Ness
- The Wheatsheaf (o/s) Ness
- School Lane (opp) Ness Holt
- Bull Hill (opp) Little Neston
- Talbot Avenue (opp) Little Neston
- Primary School (o/s) Neston
- Neston Cross (by) Neston
- Railway Station (o/s) Neston
- Turrocks Croft (opp) Little Neston
- The Court (opp) Little Neston
- Brook Well (opp) Little Neston
- Marshlands Road (nr) Little Neston
- Colliery Green Close (cnr) Little Neston
- West Vale (nr) Little Neston
- Thirlmere Road (opp) Little Neston
- West Vale Shops (opp) Little Neston
- Talbot Avenue (cnr) Little Neston
- Royal Oak (o/s) Little Neston
- Health Centre (opp) Neston
- The Quillet (opp) Neston
- Blackey's Lane (nr) Neston
- Raby Park Road (opp) Neston
- Tesco (o/s) Neston
- Malt Shovel Inn (o/s) Neston
- Drake Road (nr) Neston
- Drake Road (opp) Neston
- Westlands Close (opp) Neston
- Clayhill (cnr) Neston
- Chester High Road (nr) Neston
- Red Gates (o/s) Neston
- LIverpool Road (adj) Thornton Hough
- Parkgate Lane (adj) Thornton Hough
- Oxford Drive (adj) Thornton Hough
- Manor Road (adj) Thornton Hough
- Ivy Cottage (opp) Thornton Hough
- Clatterbridge Road (adj) Thornton Hough
- Clatterbridge Hospital (Stop A) Clatterbridge
- Beechway (adj) Bebington
- Needwood Drive (adj) Bebington
- Tudor Avenue (adj) Bebington
- Stanton Road (adj) Stanton
- Port Sunlight Interchange (Stop D) Lower Bebington
- Civic Way (adj) Lower Bebington
- Abbots Drive (adj) Bebington
- Brackenwood Junior School (opp) Higher Bebington
- Wirral Grammar School for Girls (o/s) Bebington
- Brackenwood Road (adj) Higher Bebington
- Waterfield Close (adj) Higher Bebington
- Village Road (adj) Higher Bebington
- Bentfield Gardens (adj) Higher Bebington
- Regents Way (adj) Higher Bebington
- Broadway (adj) Higher Bebington
- Brimstage Avenue (adj) Higher Bebington
- Borough Road (adj) Tranmere
- Cressington Avenue (opp) Tranmere
- Irvine Road (adj) Tranmere
- Prenton Road East (adj) Tranmere
- Dial Road (adj) Devonshire Park
- Church Terrace (opp) Mersey Park
- Whetstone Lane (adj) Tranmere
- Whitfield Street (adj) Tranmere
- Maple Street (opp) Tranmere
- Whetstone Lane (adj) Birkenhead
- Clifton Crescent (adj) Birkenhead
- Grange Road (adj) Birkenhead
- Birkenhead Bus Station (Stand 7) Birkenhead
- Queen Square (adj) Liverpool
Service history & registered changes
- ❌ Withdrawn effective 25 Oct 2026 Operating between Neston and Liverpool given service number 487 / 487 / 487 / 487 / 487 / 487 effective from 25 October 2026.
From official Traffic Commissioner registrations. All service changes →
Towns & areas on this route
LiverpoolBirkenheadNestonBebingtonTranmereRock FerryHigher BebingtonLittle NestonThornton HoughParkgateDevonshire ParkMersey Park
Frequently asked questions
What time is the first 487 bus?
The first 487 departure on weekdays leaves at 06:34 (check the full timetable below for your stop, as times vary along the route — weekend times can differ).
What time is the last 487 bus?
The last 487 on weekdays leaves its first stop at 23:35. Always check the timetable for your specific stop — later stops are reached after this time.
How much does the 487 bus cost?
Most single fares in England are capped at £3 until 31 December 2026 (then £2 from 1 January 2027). Arriva North West day and weekly tickets can work out cheaper if you travel more than twice a day.
Who runs the 487 bus?
The 487 is operated by Arriva North West.
Timetable data from the operator via the DfT Bus Open Data Service. Check before you travel — services can change at short notice.