500 Gatwick Airport to Eastbourne via East Grinstead, Hailsham
Operated by Metrobus. First bus 00:00, last bus 22:00. 36 journeys on weekdays. Today, a Sunday: first 06:00, last 04:00. Fares: adult single £1.70 to £3.00 — more.
Night bus — overnight departures 22:00–07:00. Every night. Nights are the night you set out on, so a 01:30 bus on Saturday morning counts as Friday. All night buses.
Wanted a different 500? 16 other bus routes are numbered 500 elsewhere in the UK — see every 500 bus timetable by area.
| Stop | 00:10 | 02:00 | 04:00 | 06:00 | 08:00 | 09:55 | 11:55 | 13:55 | 15:55 | 17:55 | 19:55 | 21:55 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gatwick South Terminal (S-bound) | 00:10 | 02:00 | 04:00 | 06:00 | 08:00 | 09:55 | 11:55 | 13:55 | 15:55 | 17:55 | 19:55 | 21:55 |
| Gatwick Road North (S-bound) | 00:14 | 02:04 | 04:04 | 06:04 | 08:04 | 09:59 | 11:59 | 13:59 | 15:59 | 17:59 | 19:59 | 21:59 |
| Copthorne Hotel (opp) | 00:20 | 02:10 | 04:10 | 06:10 | 08:10 | 10:06 | 12:06 | 14:06 | 16:06 | 18:05 | 20:05 | 22:05 |
| The Duke's Head (opp) | 00:23 | 02:13 | 04:13 | 06:13 | 08:13 | 10:10 | 12:10 | 14:10 | 16:10 | 18:08 | 20:08 | 22:08 |
| Felbridge Hotel (adj) | 00:28 | 02:18 | 04:18 | 06:18 | 08:19 | 10:16 | 12:16 | 14:16 | 16:16 | 18:14 | 20:14 | 22:14 |
| War Memorial (Stop H) | 00:33 | 02:23 | 04:23 | 06:23 | 08:27 | 10:26 | 12:26 | 14:26 | 16:26 | 18:21 | 20:21 | 22:21 |
| Park Lane (SE-bound) | 00:36 | 02:26 | 04:26 | 06:26 | 08:31 | 10:30 | 12:30 | 14:30 | 16:30 | 18:24 | 20:24 | 22:24 |
| The Brambletye (opp) | 00:39 | 02:29 | 04:29 | 06:29 | 08:34 | 10:33 | 12:33 | 14:33 | 16:33 | 18:27 | 20:27 | 22:27 |
| The Roebuck (adj) | 00:43 | 02:33 | 04:33 | 06:33 | 08:39 | 10:38 | 12:38 | 14:38 | 16:38 | 18:32 | 20:32 | 22:31 |
| School Lane (adj) | 00:47 | 02:37 | 04:37 | 06:37 | 08:44 | 10:43 | 12:43 | 14:43 | 16:43 | 18:37 | 20:37 | 22:35 |
| Newsagents (opp) | 00:52 | 02:42 | 04:42 | 06:42 | 08:50 | 10:49 | 12:49 | 14:49 | 16:49 | 18:43 | 20:43 | 22:41 |
| Bus Station (Stand A) | 00:59 | 02:49 | 04:49 | 06:49 | 08:59 | 11:00 | 13:00 | 15:00 | 17:00 | 18:52 | 20:52 | 22:50 |
| The Blacksmith's Arms (opp) | 01:08 | 02:58 | 04:59 | 06:59 | 09:09 | 11:11 | 13:11 | 15:11 | 17:11 | 19:02 | 21:02 | 23:00 |
| Rectory Close (opp) | 01:11 | 03:01 | 05:02 | 07:02 | 09:12 | 11:14 | 13:14 | 15:14 | 17:14 | 19:05 | 21:05 | 23:03 |
| The Golden Cross (opp) | 01:16 | 03:06 | 05:07 | 07:07 | 09:17 | 11:19 | 13:19 | 15:19 | 17:19 | 19:10 | 21:10 | 23:08 |
| Hackhurst Lane (adj) | 01:18 | 03:08 | 05:10 | 07:10 | 09:20 | 11:22 | 13:22 | 15:22 | 17:22 | 19:12 | 21:12 | 23:10 |
| The Kings Head (opp) | 01:21 | 03:11 | 05:13 | 07:13 | 09:23 | 11:25 | 13:25 | 15:25 | 17:25 | 19:15 | 21:15 | 23:13 |
| High Street (SE-bound) | 01:27 | 03:17 | 05:20 | 07:22 | 09:32 | 11:34 | 13:34 | 15:34 | 17:34 | 19:23 | 21:23 | 23:20 |
| St George's Church (adj) | 01:35 | 03:25 | 05:28 | 07:31 | 09:42 | 11:45 | 13:45 | 15:45 | 17:44 | 19:32 | 21:32 | 23:29 |
| The Triangle (opp) | 01:37 | 03:27 | 05:31 | 07:34 | 09:45 | 11:48 | 13:48 | 15:48 | 17:47 | 19:34 | 21:34 | 23:31 |
| District General Hospital (adj) | 01:42 | 03:32 | 05:36 | 07:39 | 09:50 | 11:54 | 13:54 | 15:54 | 17:52 | 19:39 | 21:39 | 23:36 |
| Cornfield Road (Stop C1) | 01:49 | 03:39 | 05:44 | 07:47 | 09:58 | 12:02 | 14:02 | 16:02 | 17:59 | 19:46 | 21:46 | 23:43 |
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Fares on the 500
Adult single £1.70 to £3.00 · Child single £0.85 to £3.00
Go-Ahead's published fares on the Bus Open Data Service, in force from 3 September 2026. A fare stage is a group of neighbouring stops that are priced the same. Fares change — check with Metrobus before you travel.
Tickets on the 500
Metrobus publishes singles on this route for adults, children and young people.
Adult Week · Child Week · Adult Single · Child Single · 16-20 Link Single · U16 Link Single
…and 3 more tickets on this route.
Ticket types come from Metrobus's own fares data on the Bus Open Data Service, last updated 3 September 2026. Prices for singles and returns are under Fares above; for the others, check with Metrobus.
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 Metrobus before you travel. Everything above is an ordinary week.
Not published yet: 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 500
500 towards Eastbourne
All 114 stops
- Gatwick South Terminal (S-bound) Gatwick Airport
- City Place (S-bound) Manor Royal
- Gatwick Road North (S-bound) Manor Royal
- Gatwick Road Central (SW-bound) Manor Royal
- Gatwick Road South (S-bound) Manor Royal
- Copthorne Hotel (opp) Copthorne
- New Town (adj) Copthorne
- Abergavenny Gardens (adj) Copthorne
- Cottage Place (opp) Copthorne
- The Duke's Head (opp) Copthorne
- Herons Lea (adj) Domewood
- Copthorne Road (E-bound) Domewood
- Mill Lane (adj) Felbridge
- Green (opp) Felbridge
- The Star Inn (before) Felbridge
- Felbridge Hotel (adj) East Grinstead
- Yew Lane (adj) East Grinstead
- Halsford Green (opp) East Grinstead
- Buckhurst Way (adj) East Grinstead
- Lingfield Road (adj) East Grinstead
- Fire Station (Stop T) East Grinstead
- Broadway (Stop E) East Grinstead
- Whitehall (adj) East Grinstead
- War Memorial (Stop H) East Grinstead
- Sackville College (Stop K) East Grinstead
- Sackville School (o/s) East Grinstead
- Woodbury Avenue (adj) East Grinstead
- Worsted Lane (adj) East Grinstead
- Truscott Manor (o/s) Ashurst Wood
- Windmill Lane (adj) Ashurst Wood
- Park Lane (SE-bound) Ashurst Wood
- The Brambletye (opp) Forest Row
- Evelyn Clark Square (adj) Forest Row
- Highgate Road (adj) Highgate
- Ashdown Place (adj) Highgate
- Stone Cottage (adj) Wych Cross
- The Roebuck (adj) Wych Cross
- Ashdown Farmhouse (adj) Wych Cross
- Brooklands Nursing Home (adj) Wych Cross
- Pippingford (adj) Wych Cross
- Millbrook East Car Park (adj) Wych Cross
- School Lane (adj) Nutley
- Whitewood Stores (opp) Nutley
- The Nutley Arms (adj) Nutley
- Telephone Exchange (opp) Nutley
- Crossroads (SE-bound) Cackle Street
- Tylers Lane (adj) Horney Common
- Old Forge Lane (adj) Horney Common
- Lampool Corner (SE-bound) Maresfield Park
- Newsagents (opp) Maresfield
- Budletts Roundabout (SE-bound) Budletts Common
- London Road (S-bound) Budletts Common
- Snatt's Road (opp) Ringles Cross
- Browns Lane (adj) Uckfield
- Uckfield Garage (opp) Uckfield
- Hooke Hall (adj) Uckfield
- High Street (S-bound) Uckfield
- Bus Station (Stand A) Uckfield
- Railway Station (adj) Uckfield
- Framfield Road (adj) Uckfield
- New Place (adj) New Town
- The Highlands (SE-bound) New Town
- Nightingale Rise (adj) Ridgewood
- New Road (opp) Ridgewood
- Cysleys Farm (adj) Uckfield
- Barley Mow Park (adj) Uckfield
- Framfield Turn (adj) Mount Ephraim
- Boarding Kennels (opp) Mount Ephraim
- Sand Hill Lane (adj) Halland
- The Blacksmith's Arms (opp) Halland
- Paddock Green (adj) East Hoathly
- Rectory Close (opp) East Hoathly
- Paine's Oast (adj) East Hoathly
- Whitesmith Lane (adj) Whitesmith
- The Golden Cross (opp) Golden Cross
- Well House (opp) Lower Dicker
- Nash Street (adj) Lower Dicker
- Swallow Business Park (adj) Lower Dicker
- Hackhurst Lane (adj) Lower Dicker
- Coldharbour Road (opp) Lower Dicker
- Baptist Chapel (opp) Lower Dicker
- Pay Gate Cottages (adj) Lower Horsebridge
- The Kings Head (opp) Lower Horsebridge
- Manor Park Road (adj) Upper Horsebridge
- Lepeland (opp) Hailsham
- Leap Close (opp) Hailsham
- Grovelands Road (opp) Hailsham
- Old Railway Bridge (SE-bound) Hailsham
- High Street (SE-bound) Hailsham
- Police Station (o/s) Hailsham
- Church (adj) Hailsham
- Diplocks Way (opp) Hailsham
- Ingrams Way (adj) Hailsham
- Woodside Hall (adj) Coppards
- Natewood (opp) Coppards
- Cophall Roundabout (S-bound) Polegate
- St George's Church (adj) Polegate
- Brightling Road (adj) Polegate
- Broad Road end (opp) Lower Willingdon
- Thurrock Close (opp) Lower Willingdon
- The Triangle (opp) Lower Willingdon
- Coopers Hill (opp) Willingdon
- Church Street (SE-bound) Willingdon
- Woodland Avenue (adj) Willingdon
- Selmeston Road (opp) Upperton
- District General Hospital (adj) Upperton
- Rutland Close (opp) Upperton
- The Hurst Arms (adj) Upperton
- Selwyn Road (adj) Upperton
- Moatcroft Road (opp) Upperton
- Henleaze (opp) Upperton
- Hartfield Road (adj) Eastbourne
- Railway Station (Stop R2) Eastbourne Town Centre
- Cornfield Road (Stop C1) Eastbourne Town Centre
500 towards Gatwick Airport
All 116 stops
- Gildredge Road (Stop G2) Eastbourne Town Centre
- The Goffs (adj) Upperton
- Henleaze (adj) Upperton
- Moatcroft Road (adj) Upperton
- Selwyn Road (opp) Upperton
- The Hurst Arms (opp) Upperton
- Rodmill Drive Top (NE-bound) Downside
- Rutland Close (adj) Upperton
- District General Hospital (opp) Upperton
- Selmeston Road (adj) Upperton
- Park Avenue (adj) Upperton
- Woodland Avenue (opp) Willingdon
- Church Street (NW-bound) Willingdon
- Coopers Hill (adj) Willingdon
- The Triangle (adj) Lower Willingdon
- Thurrock Close (adj) Lower Willingdon
- Broad Road end (adj) Lower Willingdon
- Brightling Road (opp) Polegate
- St George's Church (opp) Polegate
- Cophall Roundabout (N-bound) Polegate
- Natewood (adj) Coppards
- Woodside Hall (opp) Coppards
- Ingrams Way (opp) Hailsham
- Ropemaker Park (adj) Hailsham
- Gordon Road (opp) Hailsham
- Tesco (o/s) Hailsham
- Old Railway Bridge (NW-bound) Hailsham
- Grovelands Road (adj) Hailsham
- Leap Close (adj) Hailsham
- Lepeland (adj) Hailsham
- Manor Park Road (opp) Upper Horsebridge
- The Kings Head (adj) Lower Horsebridge
- Pay Gate Cottages (opp) Lower Horsebridge
- Baptist Chapel (adj) Lower Dicker
- Coldharbour Road (adj) Lower Dicker
- Hackhurst Lane (opp) Lower Dicker
- Swallow Business Park (opp) Lower Dicker
- Nash Street (opp) Lower Dicker
- Well House (adj) Lower Dicker
- The Golden Cross (adj) Golden Cross
- Whitesmith Lane (opp) Whitesmith
- Paine's Oast (opp) East Hoathly
- Rectory Close (adj) East Hoathly
- Paddock Green (opp) East Hoathly
- The Blacksmith's Arms (adj) Halland
- Sand Hill Lane (opp) Halland
- Boarding Kennels (adj) Mount Ephraim
- Framfield Turn (opp) Mount Ephraim
- Barley Mow Park (opp) Uckfield
- Cysleys Farm (opp) Uckfield
- New Road (adj) Ridgewood
- Nightingale Rise (opp) Ridgewood
- The Highlands (NW-bound) New Town
- New Place (opp) New Town
- Catholic Church (adj) New Town
- Railway Station (opp) Uckfield
- Bus Station (Stand B) Uckfield
- High Street (N-bound) Uckfield
- Hooke Hall (opp) Uckfield
- Uckfield Garage (adj) Uckfield
- The Cedars (opp) Uckfield
- Browns Lane (opp) Uckfield
- Snatt's Road (adj) Ringles Cross
- London Road (NW-bound) Budletts Common
- Budletts Roundabout (NW-bound) Budletts Common
- Newsagents (adj) Maresfield
- Lampool Corner (NW-bound) Maresfield Park
- Old Forge Lane (opp) Horney Common
- Tylers Lane (opp) Horney Common
- Crossroads (NW-bound) Cackle Street
- Telephone Exchange (adj) Nutley
- The Nutley Arms (opp) Nutley
- Whitewood Stores (adj) Nutley
- School Lane (opp) Nutley
- Millbrook East Car Park (opp) Wych Cross
- Pippingford (opp) Wych Cross
- Brooklands Nursing Home (opp) Wych Cross
- Ashdown Farmhouse (opp) Wych Cross
- The Roebuck (opp) Wych Cross
- Ashdown Place (opp) Highgate
- Highgate Road (opp) Highgate
- Evelyn Clark Square (opp) Forest Row
- The Brambletye (o/s) Forest Row
- Park Lane (opp) Ashurst Wood
- Windmill Lane (opp) Ashurst Wood
- Truscott Manor (opp) Ashurst Wood
- Worsted Lane (opp) East Grinstead
- Herontye Drive (adj) East Grinstead
- Sackville School (opp) East Grinstead
- Sackville College (Stop L) East Grinstead
- War Memorial (Stop J) East Grinstead
- Whitehall (Stop P) East Grinstead
- Railway Approach (Stop D) East Grinstead
- East Grinstead Station (Stop A) East Grinstead
- Garland Road (Stop U) East Grinstead
- Lingfield Road (opp) East Grinstead
- Gwynne Gardens (adj) East Grinstead
- Halsford Green (adj) East Grinstead
- Yew Lane (opp) East Grinstead
- Felbridge Hotel (opp) East Grinstead
- The Star Inn (after) Felbridge
- Green (adj) Felbridge
- Mill Lane (opp) Felbridge
- Copthorne Road (W-bound) Domewood
- Herons Lea (opp) Domewood
- The Duke's Head (W-bound) Copthorne
- Cottage Place (adj) Copthorne
- Abergavenny Gardens (opp) Copthorne
- New Town (opp) Copthorne
- Copthorne Hotel (adj) Copthorne
- Napier Way (adj) Manor Royal
- Gatwick Road South (NE-bound) Manor Royal
- Gatwick Road Central (NE-bound) Manor Royal
- Gatwick Road North (N-bound) Manor Royal
- City Place (N-bound) Manor Royal
- Gatwick South Terminal (N-bound) Gatwick Airport
Towns & areas on this route
Frequently asked questions
What time is the first 500 bus?
The first 500 departure on weekdays leaves at 00:00 (check the full timetable below for your stop, as times vary along the route — weekend times can differ).
What time is the last 500 bus?
The last 500 on weekdays leaves its first stop at 22:00. Always check the timetable for your specific stop — later stops are reached after this time.
How much does the 500 bus cost?
Metrobus's published fares on the 500: adult single £1.70 to £3.00, child single £0.85 to £3.00. Most single fares in England are capped at £3 until 31 December 2026 (then £2 from 1 January 2027). Metrobus day and weekly tickets can work out cheaper if you travel more than twice a day.
Who runs the 500 bus?
The 500 is operated by Metrobus.
Timetable data from Metrobus via the DfT Bus Open Data Service (South East England feed). Check before you travel — services can change at short notice.