50 Bournemouth to Swanage via West Cliff, Westbourne

Operated by morebus. Registered as running via Sanbanks Ferry. First bus 06:45, last bus 19:35. 28 journeys on weekdays. Fares: adult single £1.00 to £3.00 — more.

Next towards Swanage from Bournemouth Station (Stand A): 09:35, 10:35, 11:35

Next towards Bournemouth from Bus Station (Stop 1): 10:05, 11:05, 12:05

Wanted a different 50? 42 other bus routes are numbered 50 elsewhere in the UK — see every 50 bus timetable by area.

Timetable

Ends at Swanage · Monday to Friday · 14 journeys
Stop 06:5807:5808:5509:3510:3511:3512:3513:3514:3515:3516:3517:3518:3519:35
Bournemouth Station (Stand A) 06:5807:5808:5509:3510:3511:3512:3513:3514:3515:3516:3517:3518:3519:35
Westover Road (NW-bound) 07:0908:0909:0609:4610:4611:4612:4613:4614:4615:4616:4617:4618:4619:46
Alumhurst Road (S-bound) 07:1808:1909:1909:5910:5911:5912:5913:5914:5915:5916:5917:5918:5619:56
Canford Cliffs Parade (W-bound) 07:2608:2709:2710:0711:0712:0713:0714:0715:0716:0717:0718:0719:0420:04
Ferry Approach (S-bound) 07:3408:3509:3610:1611:1612:1613:1614:1615:1616:1617:1618:1619:1320:13
Shell Bay Ferry (S-bound) 07:4608:4709:4810:2811:2812:2813:2814:2815:2816:2817:2818:2819:2820:28
Beach Road (S-bound) 07:5308:5409:5710:3711:3712:3713:3714:3715:3716:3717:3718:3719:3520:35
Bus Station (Stop 1) 08:0609:0710:1010:5011:5012:5013:5014:5015:5016:5017:5018:5019:4520:45

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.

Most single fares in England are capped at £3 until 31 Dec 2026, then £2 — check with morebus whether this route takes part. Details →

Fares on the 50

Adult single £1.00 to £3.00 · Child single £1.00 to £3.00

Adult single fare table, stage to stage
£1.00 Bournemouth Railway Station
£1.00£1.00 Bournemouth Square
£1.00£1.00£1.00 Top Of Bath Hill
£1.00£1.00£1.00£1.00 West Hill Road
£1.00£1.00£1.00£1.00£1.00 Clarendon Road
£1.00£1.00£1.00£1.00£1.00£1.00 Westbourne all stops
£1.00£1.00£1.00£1.00£1.00£1.00£1.00 Branksome Chine
£1.00£1.00£1.00£1.00£1.00£1.00£1.00£1.00 Canford Cliffs
£1.00£1.00£1.00£1.00£1.00£1.00£1.00£1.00£1.00 St Anns Hospital
£1.00£1.00£1.00£1.00£1.00£1.00£1.00£1.00£1.00£1.00 Shore Road
£1.00£1.00£1.00£1.00£1.00£1.00£1.00£1.00£1.00£1.00£1.00 Sandbanks Pavilion
£1.00£1.00£1.00£1.00£1.00£1.00£1.00£1.00£1.00£1.00£1.00£1.00 Sandbanks Ferry
£3.00£3.00£3.00£3.00£3.00£3.00£3.00£3.00£3.00£3.00£3.00£3.00£1.00 Shell Bay
£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£2.30 Goathorn
£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£3.00£2.30 Knoll House Hotel
£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£3.00£3.00£2.30 Studland Beach Road
£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£3.00£3.00£3.00£2.30 Woodhouse
£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£3.00£3.00£3.00£3.00£2.30 Studland Hill
£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£3.00£3.00£3.00£3.00£3.00£2.30 Ulwell Cottage
£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£3.00£3.00£3.00£3.00£3.00£3.00£2.30 Washpond Lane
£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£3.00£3.00£3.00£3.00£3.00£3.00£2.30£2.30 All Saints Church
£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£3.00£3.00£3.00£3.00£3.00£3.00£2.30£2.30£2.30 Swanage Bus Station

Read along the row of the stage you travel to, to the column below the stage you board at; the first stage is Lansdowne.

Go-Ahead's published fares on the Bus Open Data Service, in force from 1 June 2026. A fare stage is a group of neighbouring stops that are priced the same. Fares change — check with morebus before you travel.

Tickets on the 50

morebus publishes singles on this route for adults and children.

Adult Return · Adult Single · Child Return · Child Single

Ticket types come from morebus's own fares data on the Bus Open Data Service, last updated 3 October 2026. Prices for singles and returns are under Fares above; for the others, check with morebus.

46–70% on time
average delay 7.7 min · the range 63 live GPS observations over 30 days can support

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 morebus before you travel. Everything above is an ordinary week.

Not published yet: Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, Boxing Day, 27 December, 28 December, 29 December, 30 December, New Year's Eve, New Year's Day and 2 January. Operators often publish festive timetables only a few weeks ahead, so check again nearer the date.

Route map

All stops on route 50

50 towards Swanage

All 61 stops
  1. Bournemouth Station (Stand A) Lansdowne
  2. Kilmarnock Road (SE-bound) Lansdowne
  3. St Swithuns Roundabout (W-bound) Lansdowne
  4. Lansdowne (W-bound) Lansdowne
  5. Lansdowne (SW-bound) Lansdowne
  6. Top of Bath Hill (NW-bound) Lansdowne
  7. Westover Road (NW-bound) Bournemouth
  8. St Peters Church (Stop AA2) Bournemouth
  9. Hinton Road Top (SE-bound) Bournemouth
  10. Royal Bath Hotel (SW-bound) Bournemouth
  11. Bournemouth Pier (Stand BB) Bournemouth
  12. Beacon Road (W-bound) Bournemouth
  13. West Hill Road (W-bound) West Cliff
  14. Admirals Walk (W-bound) West Cliff
  15. Chine Crescent Road (W-bound) West Cliff
  16. Clarendon Road (W-bound) West Cliff
  17. St Ambrose Church (NW-bound) Westbourne
  18. Marlborough Road (N-bound) Westbourne
  19. The Westbourne (SW-bound) Westbourne
  20. Post Office (W-bound) Westbourne
  21. Alumhurst Road (S-bound) Westbourne
  22. Alumhurst Day Centre (opp) Westbourne
  23. Western Road (S-bound) Branksome Park
  24. Herbert Road (S-bound) Branksome Park
  25. Tower Road (opp) Branksome Park
  26. Branksome Dene Chine (S-bound) Canford Cliffs
  27. Inn in the Park (SW-bound) Canford Cliffs
  28. Denecote Lodge (W-bound) Canford Cliffs
  29. Branksome Chine (S-bound) Canford Cliffs
  30. Martello Park (W-bound) Canford Cliffs
  31. Canford Cliffs Parade (W-bound) Canford Cliffs
  32. De Mauley Road (SW-bound) Canford Cliffs
  33. Canford Crescent (S-bound) Canford Cliffs
  34. St. Anns Hospital (SW-bound) Sandbanks
  35. Shore Road (S-bound) Sandbanks
  36. Banks Road (o/s 69) Sandbanks
  37. Pavilion (SW-bound) Sandbanks
  38. St. Nicolas Chapel (S-bound) Sandbanks
  39. Shoreacres (o/s 137) Sandbanks
  40. Ferry Approach (S-bound) Sandbanks
  41. Shell Bay Ferry (S-bound) Studland
  42. Jerry's Point (SW-bound) Studland
  43. Goathorn Farm (SE-bound) Studland
  44. Pipley Bridge (SE-bound) Studland
  45. Knoll House Hotel (S-bound) Studland
  46. Wadmore Lane (S-bound) Studland
  47. Beach Road (S-bound) Studland
  48. Heathland House (opp) Studland
  49. Woodhouse Hill (W-bound) Studland
  50. Deans Hill (SW-bound) Studland
  51. Currendon Hill (S-bound) Ulwell
  52. Ulwell Holiday Park (SE-bound) Ulwell
  53. Mill Cottages (SE-bound) Ulwell
  54. Washpond Lane (SE-bound) New Swanage
  55. James Day Mead (opp) New Swanage
  56. All Saints Church (S-bound) Swanage
  57. Crows Nest Inn (S-bound) Swanage
  58. Ivy Cottage (S-bound) Swanage
  59. Banjo Pier (opp) Swanage
  60. Mowlem Court (S-bound) Swanage
  61. Bus Station (Stop 1) Swanage

50 towards Bournemouth

All 58 stops
  1. Bus Station (Stop 1) Swanage
  2. Banjo Pier (N-bound) Swanage
  3. Ivy Cottage (N-bound) Swanage
  4. Crows Nest Inn (N-bound) Swanage
  5. All Saints Church (NW-bound) Swanage
  6. James Day Mead (W-bound) New Swanage
  7. Washpond Lane (NW-bound) New Swanage
  8. Mill Cottages (NW-bound) Ulwell
  9. Ulwell Holiday Park (adj) Ulwell
  10. Currendon Hill (N-bound) Ulwell
  11. Deans Hill (NE-bound) Studland
  12. Woodhouse Hill (E-bound) Studland
  13. Heathland House (adj) Studland
  14. Beach Road (opp) Studland
  15. Wadmore Lane (N-bound) Studland
  16. Knoll House Hotel (N-bound) Studland
  17. Pipley Bridge (N-bound) Studland
  18. Goathorn Farm (N-bound) Studland
  19. Jerry's Point (NE-bound) Studland
  20. Shell Bay Ferry (N-bound) Studland
  21. Ferry Approach (NE-bound) Sandbanks
  22. Royal Motor Yacht Club (E-bound) Sandbanks
  23. St. Nicolas Chapel (opp) Sandbanks
  24. Pavilion (opp) Sandbanks
  25. Banks Road (NE-bound) Sandbanks
  26. Shore Road (opp) Sandbanks
  27. St. Anns Hospital (NE-bound) Sandbanks
  28. Canford Crescent (N-bound) Canford Cliffs
  29. De Mauley Road (NE-bound) Canford Cliffs
  30. Canford Cliffs Parade (E-bound) Canford Cliffs
  31. Martello Park (E-bound) Canford Cliffs
  32. Branksome Chine (E-bound) Canford Cliffs
  33. Denecote Lodge (E-bound) Canford Cliffs
  34. Inn in the Park (N-bound) Canford Cliffs
  35. Branksome Dene Chine (opp) Canford Cliffs
  36. Tower Road (NW-bound) Branksome Park
  37. Herbert Road (opp) Branksome Park
  38. Western Road (NE-bound) Branksome Park
  39. RL Stevenson Avenue (N-bound) Westbourne
  40. The Libertine (W-bound) Westbourne
  41. Westbourne Arcade (E-bound) Westbourne
  42. Grosvenor Road (E-bound) Westbourne
  43. Marlborough Road (S-bound) Westbourne
  44. St Ambrose Church (SE-bound) Westbourne
  45. Clarendon Road (E-bound) West Cliff
  46. Chine Crescent Road (E-bound) West Cliff
  47. Admirals Walk (E-bound) West Cliff
  48. West Hill Road (E-bound) West Cliff
  49. Beacon Road (opp) Bournemouth
  50. Bournemouth Pier (Stand HH) Bournemouth
  51. Westover Road (NW-bound) Bournemouth
  52. St Peter's Church (Stop AA1) Bournemouth
  53. Hinton Road Top (SE-bound) Bournemouth
  54. Top of Bath Hill (NE-bound) Lansdowne
  55. Lansdowne (NE-bound) Lansdowne
  56. Lansdowne (E-bound) Lansdowne
  57. Kilmarnock Road (NW-bound) Lansdowne
  58. Bournemouth Station (Stand A) Lansdowne

Service registration & registered changes

From official Traffic Commissioner registrations. Registration PH1121126/104 · Changes in Bournemouth Christchurch Poole Council · All service changes →

Towns & areas on this route

Frequently asked questions

What time is the first 50 bus?

The first 50 departure on weekdays leaves at 06:45 (check the full timetable below for your stop, as times vary along the route — weekend times can differ).

What time is the last 50 bus?

The last 50 on weekdays leaves its first stop at 19:35. Always check the timetable for your specific stop — later stops are reached after this time.

How much does the 50 bus cost?

morebus's published fares on the 50: adult single £1.00 to £3.00, child single £1.00 to £3.00. Most single fares in England are capped at £3 until 31 December 2026 (then £2 from 1 January 2027). morebus day and weekly tickets can work out cheaper if you travel more than twice a day.

Who runs the 50 bus?

The 50 is operated by morebus.

Timetable data from morebus via the DfT Bus Open Data Service (South West England feed). Registered with the Traffic Commissioner as PH1121126/104. Check before you travel — services can change at short notice.