5 Haymarket Bus Station ↔ Tinkers Dell

Operated by Arriva Midlands. First bus 05:04, last bus 23:15. 107 journeys on weekdays.

✅ The 5 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 Tinkers Dell · Monday to Friday towards Tinkers Dell · Saturday towards Tinkers Dell · Sunday towards Haymarket Bus Station · Monday to Friday towards Haymarket Bus Station · Saturday towards Haymarket Bus Station · Sunday
5 towards Tinkers Dell — Monday to Friday (51 journeys)
Haymarket Bus Station (Stand HN) 05:3006:4008:0008:3009:0009:3009:4510:0010:1510:3010:4511:0011:1511:3011:4512:0012:1512:3012:4513:0013:1513:3013:4514:0014:1514:3014:4515:0015:1515:3015:4516:0016:1516:3516:4517:0517:1517:3517:4518:1018:1518:4519:0519:1520:1520:2021:1521:2022:1522:2023:15
Sainsbury's (opp) 05:4206:5508:1608:4509:1509:4510:0010:1510:3010:4511:0011:1511:3011:4512:0012:1512:3012:4513:0013:1513:3013:4514:0014:1514:3014:4515:0015:2015:3015:5016:0016:1816:3016:5317:0017:2217:3017:5218:0018:2518:3019:0019:2019:3020:2820:3321:2821:3322:2822:3323:28
Canal Street (adj) 05:4707:0108:2208:5109:2109:5110:0610:2110:3610:5111:0611:2111:3611:5112:0612:2112:3612:5113:0613:2113:3613:5114:0614:2114:3614:5115:0615:2615:3615:5616:0616:2416:3616:5917:0617:2817:3617:5818:0618:3118:3619:0619:2619:3620:3320:3821:3321:3822:3322:3823:33
Health Centre (outside) 05:5407:0908:3209:0009:3010:0010:1510:3010:4511:0011:1511:3011:4512:0012:1512:3012:4513:0013:1513:3013:4514:0014:1514:3014:4515:0015:1515:3515:4516:0516:1516:3316:4517:0817:1517:3717:4518:0718:1518:3918:4519:1419:3419:4520:4120:4621:4121:4622:4122:4623:41
Primrose Way (adj) 05:5807:1308:3709:0409:3410:0410:1910:3410:4911:0411:1911:3411:4912:0412:1912:3412:4913:0413:1913:3413:4914:0414:1914:3414:4915:0415:1915:3915:4916:0916:1916:3716:4917:1217:1917:4117:4918:1118:1918:4318:4919:1819:3819:4920:4420:5021:4421:5022:4422:5023:44
Tinkers Dell (opp) 06:0307:1808:4209:0909:3910:0910:2410:3910:5411:0911:2411:3911:5412:0912:2412:3912:5413:0913:2413:3913:5414:0914:2414:3914:5415:0915:2415:4415:5416:1416:2416:4216:5417:1717:2417:4617:5418:1618:2418:4818:5419:2319:4319:5420:4920:5421:4921:5422:4922:5423:49
Horse & Groom (opp) ················12:58·····················18:28············
Pump Lane (opp) ················13:10·····················18:40············
Windsor Street (Stand W2) ················13:22·····················18:52············

Route map

All stops on route 5

5 towards Tinkers Dell

  1. Haymarket Bus Station (Stand HN) Leicester
  2. Orchard Street (Stand BF) Leicester
  3. George Street (opp) Leicester
  4. Leicester College (adj) Belgrave
  5. Abbey Park Street (adj) Belgrave
  6. Donaldson Road (opp) Belgrave
  7. Law Street (adj) Belgrave
  8. Doncaster Road (opp) Belgrave
  9. Lexham Street (adj) Belgrave
  10. Arbour Road (opp) Belgrave
  11. Moores Road (opp) Belgrave
  12. Lancashire Street (opp) Belgrave
  13. Belgrave Police Station (opp) Belgrave
  14. Rushey Mead School (opp) Belgrave
  15. Uxbridge Road (adj) Belgrave
  16. Oakland Avenue (adj) Leicester
  17. Sainsbury's (opp) Leicester
  18. Alderton Close (adj) Leicester
  19. Manor Medical Centre (opp) Thurmaston
  20. Dorothy Avenue (adj) Thurmaston
  21. Bridge Park Road (corner) Thurmaston
  22. Lea Close (opp) Thurmaston
  23. Forest Avenue (adj) Thurmaston
  24. Canal Street (adj) Thurmaston
  25. Costco (adj) Thurmaston
  26. Roundhill College (opp) Thurmaston
  27. Barkby Lane (outside) Syston
  28. Wanlip Road (outside) Syston
  29. Rail Station (adj) Syston
  30. Albert Street (opp) Syston
  31. Brookside (adj) Syston
  32. Health Centre (outside) Syston
  33. Tentercroft Avenue (opp) Syston
  34. Wreake Valley College (adj) Syston
  35. New Zealand Lane (adj) Queniborough
  36. Syston Road (opp) Queniborough
  37. Avenue Road (opp) Queniborough
  38. Primrose Way (adj) Queniborough
  39. Long Furrow (W Bound) East Goscote
  40. Ploughmans Lea (opp) East Goscote
  41. Tinkers Dell (opp) East Goscote
  42. Countrymans Way (adj) East Goscote
  43. Willowbrook Way (opp) East Goscote
  44. Long Furrow (E Bound) East Goscote
  45. Broome Lane (adj) East Goscote
  46. Grange Avenue (opp) Rearsby
  47. Horse & Groom (opp) Rearsby
  48. The Wheel (outside) Rearsby
  49. Brookside (adj) Rearsby
  50. Hives Farm (outside) Rearsby
  51. Brooksby Road (adj) Brooksby
  52. Gaddesby Lane (opp) Rotherby
  53. Great Lane (adj) Frisby-on-the-Wreake
  54. Station Lane (N Bound) Kirby Bellars
  55. All Saints Close (opp) Asfordby
  56. Pump Lane (opp) Asfordby
  57. Hall Drive (opp) Asfordby
  58. Parish Hall (outside) Asfordby
  59. Jubilee Avenue (adj) Asfordby
  60. Roseberry Avenue (adjacent) Asfordby Hill
  61. Primary School (adjacent) Asfordby Hill
  62. Collingwood Crescent (adj) Melton Mowbray
  63. Brooksby College (opposite) Melton Mowbray
  64. Dorothy Avenue (adj) Melton Mowbray
  65. King Street (adj) Melton Mowbray
  66. Windsor Street (Stand W2) Melton Mowbray

5 towards Haymarket Bus Station

  1. Windsor Street (Stand W2) Melton Mowbray
  2. Egerton View (near) Melton Mowbray
  3. Aldi (adj) Melton Mowbray
  4. Valiant Way (adj) Melton Mowbray
  5. B&Q (opp) Melton Mowbray
  6. Kennet Way (adj) Melton Mowbray
  7. Valley Road Shops (adj) Melton Mowbray
  8. Severn Hill (adj) Melton Mowbray
  9. Hartland Drive (adj) Melton Mowbray
  10. Tudor Hill (opp) Melton Mowbray
  11. Swallowdale School (opposite) Melton Mowbray
  12. Queensway (adj) Melton Mowbray
  13. Princess Drive (opp) Melton Mowbray
  14. Dorset Drive (opp) Melton Mowbray
  15. Cotswold Close (adj) Melton Mowbray
  16. Gloucester Avenue (adj) Melton Mowbray
  17. Victoria Street (adj) Melton Mowbray
  18. Baldocks Lane (opp) Melton Mowbray
  19. Rail Station (adj) Melton Mowbray
  20. Crown Inn (outside) Melton Mowbray
  21. College of Further Education (outside) Melton Mowbray
  22. Brooksby College (outside) Melton Mowbray
  23. Dorothy Avenue (opp) Melton Mowbray
  24. Collingwood Crescent (opp) Melton Mowbray
  25. Primary School (opposite) Asfordby Hill
  26. Roseberry Avenue (opposite) Asfordby Hill
  27. Parish Hall (opposite) Asfordby
  28. Jubilee Avenue (opp) Asfordby
  29. Pump Lane (adj) Asfordby
  30. All Saints Close (adj) Asfordby
  31. Hall Drive (adj) Asfordby
  32. Station Lane (S Bound) Kirby Bellars
  33. Great Lane (opp) Frisby-on-the-Wreake
  34. Gaddesby Lane (adj) Rotherby
  35. Brooksby Road (opp) Brooksby
  36. Hives Farm (opp) Rearsby
  37. Brookside (opp) Rearsby
  38. Horse & Groom (outside) Rearsby
  39. The Wheel (opp) Rearsby
  40. Broome Lane (opp) East Goscote
  41. Grange Avenue (adj) Rearsby
  42. Long Furrow (W Bound) East Goscote
  43. Ploughmans Lea (opp) East Goscote
  44. Tinkers Dell (opp) East Goscote
  45. Countrymans Way (adj) East Goscote
  46. Long Furrow (E Bound) East Goscote
  47. Willowbrook Way (adj) East Goscote
  48. Barkby Road (adj) Queniborough
  49. Primrose Way (opp) Queniborough
  50. Avenue Road (adj) Queniborough
  51. Syston Road (adj) Queniborough
  52. New Zealand Lane (opp) Queniborough
  53. Wreake Valley College (opp) Syston
  54. Health Centre (opp) Syston
  55. Tentercroft Avenue (adj) Syston
  56. Brookside (opp) Syston
  57. Albert Street (adj) Syston
  58. Rail Station (opp) Syston
  59. Wanlip Road (opp) Syston
  60. Barkby Lane (adj) Syston
  61. Roundhill College (adj) Thurmaston
  62. Costco (opp) Thurmaston
  63. Canal Street (opp) Thurmaston
  64. Forest Avenue (opp) Thurmaston
  65. Lea Close (adj) Thurmaston
  66. Dorothy Avenue (opp) Thurmaston
  67. Manor Medical Centre (adj) Thurmaston
  68. Alderton Close (opp) Leicester
  69. Sainsbury's (adj) Leicester
  70. Oakland Avenue (opposite) Leicester
  71. Uxbridge Road (opp) Belgrave
  72. Belgrave Police Station (adj) Belgrave
  73. Lancashire Street (adj) Belgrave
  74. Moores Road (adj) Belgrave
  75. Arbour Road (adj) Belgrave
  76. Lexham Street (opp) Belgrave
  77. Doncaster Road (adj) Belgrave
  78. Brandon Street (adj) Belgrave
  79. Dysart Way (adj) Belgrave
  80. Leicester College (opp) Belgrave
  81. George Street (adj) Leicester
  82. Orchard Street (Stand BG) Leicester
  83. Haymarket Bus Station (Stand HN) Leicester

Service history & registered changes

From official Traffic Commissioner registrations. All service changes →

Towns & areas on this route

LeicesterMelton MowbrayBelgraveThurmastonSystonAsfordbyEast GoscoteRearsbyQueniboroughFrisby-on-the-WreakeKirby BellarsAsfordby Hill

Frequently asked questions

What time is the first 5 bus?

The first 5 departure on weekdays leaves at 05:04 (check the full timetable below for your stop, as times vary along the route — weekend times can differ).

What time is the last 5 bus?

The last 5 on weekdays leaves its first stop at 23:15. Always check the timetable for your specific stop — later stops are reached after this time.

How much does the 5 bus cost?

The 5 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. Arriva Midlands day and weekly tickets can work out cheaper if you travel more than twice a day.

Who runs the 5 bus?

The 5 is operated by Arriva Midlands.

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