5c Knott End on Sea to Blackpool via Poulton-le-Fylde, Central
Operated by Blackpool Transport. First bus 05:20, last bus 23:06. 60 journeys on weekdays. Fares: singles capped at £3 — more.
Wanted a different 5c? 10 other bus routes are numbered 5c elsewhere in the UK — see every 5c bus timetable by area.
| Stop | 06:10 | 07:04 | 07:44 | 08:14 | 08:44 | 09:14 | 09:44 | 10:14 | 10:44 | 11:14 | 11:44 | 12:14 | 12:44 | 13:14 | 13:44 | 14:14 | 14:44 | 15:14 | 15:44 | 16:14 | 16:44 | 17:14 | 17:44 | 18:14 | 18:44 | 19:16 | 20:06 | 21:06 | 22:06 |
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| Bourne Arms (o/s) | 06:10 | 07:04 | 07:44 | 08:14 | 08:44 | 09:14 | 09:44 | 10:14 | 10:44 | 11:14 | 11:44 | 12:14 | 12:44 | 13:14 | 13:44 | 14:14 | 14:44 | 15:14 | 15:44 | 16:14 | 16:44 | 17:14 | 17:44 | 18:14 | 18:44 | 19:16 | 20:06 | 21:06 | 22:06 |
| Ryecroft Corner (by) | 06:26 | 07:20 | 08:00 | 08:30 | 09:00 | 09:30 | 10:00 | 10:30 | 11:00 | 11:30 | 12:00 | 12:30 | 13:00 | 13:30 | 14:00 | 14:30 | 15:00 | 15:30 | 16:00 | 16:30 | 17:00 | 17:30 | 18:00 | 18:30 | 19:00 | 19:31 | 20:21 | 21:21 | 22:21 |
| St Chads Church (Stand 1) | 06:42 | 07:36 | 08:16 | 08:46 | 09:16 | 09:46 | 10:16 | 10:46 | 11:16 | 11:46 | 12:16 | 12:46 | 13:16 | 13:46 | 14:16 | 14:46 | 15:16 | 15:46 | 16:16 | 16:46 | 17:16 | 17:46 | 18:16 | 18:46 | 19:16 | 19:43 | 20:33 | 21:33 | 22:33 |
| Hospital Entrance (Stand A) | 07:01 | 07:55 | 08:35 | 09:05 | 09:35 | 10:05 | 10:35 | 11:05 | 11:35 | 12:05 | 12:35 | 13:05 | 13:35 | 14:05 | 14:35 | 15:05 | 15:35 | 16:05 | 16:35 | 17:05 | 17:35 | 18:05 | 18:35 | 19:05 | 19:35 | 19:59 | 20:49 | 21:49 | 22:49 |
| Market Street (Stop MA3) | 07:16 | 08:10 | 08:50 | 09:20 | 09:50 | 10:20 | 10:50 | 11:20 | 11:50 | 12:20 | 12:50 | 13:20 | 13:50 | 14:20 | 14:50 | 15:20 | 15:55 | 16:25 | 16:55 | 17:25 | 17:55 | 18:25 | 18:55 | 19:20 | 19:50 | 20:11 | 21:01 | 22:01 | 23:01 |
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.
Tickets on the 5c
Blackpool Transport publishes singles, day tickets and season tickets on this route for adults and children.
Child Day · Day Adult · 3 Day Adult · 3 Day Child · 7 Day Adult · 7 Day Child · 1 Hour Adult · 1 Hour Child
…and 1 more ticket on this route.
Ticket types come from Blackpool Transport's own fares data on the Bus Open Data Service, last updated 25 September 2026. That dataset lists what's sold, not what it costs, so check prices with Blackpool Transport.
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 Blackpool Transport before you travel. Everything above is an ordinary week.
- Christmas Eve — Thursday, 24 December 2026 The operator’s data lists more buses on this date than on an ordinary Thursday (43 journeys each way, against 29), which usually means two timetables have been added together by mistake. Check with Blackpool Transport before you travel.
- Christmas Day — Friday, 25 December 2026 The operator’s data lists more buses on this date than on an ordinary Friday (43 journeys each way, against 30), which usually means two timetables have been added together by mistake. Check with Blackpool Transport before you travel.
- Boxing Day — Saturday, 26 December 2026 The operator’s data lists more buses on this date than on an ordinary Saturday (86 journeys in both directions together, against 59), which usually means two timetables have been added together by mistake. Check with Blackpool Transport before you travel.
- Monday, 28 December 2026 The operator’s data lists more buses on this date than on an ordinary Monday (43 journeys each way, against 29), which usually means two timetables have been added together by mistake. Check with Blackpool Transport before you travel.
- New Year's Eve — Thursday, 31 December 2026 The operator’s data lists more buses on this date than on an ordinary Thursday (43 journeys each way, against 29), which usually means two timetables have been added together by mistake. Check with Blackpool Transport before you travel.
- New Year's Day — Friday, 1 January 2027 The operator’s data lists more buses on this date than on an ordinary Friday (43 journeys each way, against 30), which usually means two timetables have been added together by mistake. Check with Blackpool Transport before you travel.
Route map
All stops on route 5c
5c towards Blackpool
All 64 stops
- Bourne Arms (o/s) Knott End on Sea
- Esplanade (by) Knott End on Sea
- Barton Square (opp) Knott End on Sea
- Library (opp) Knott End on Sea
- Grasmere Road (by) Knott End on Sea
- Pilling Lane (by) Preesall
- Police Stn (by) Preesall
- Ash Grove (by) Preesall
- Fordstone Avenue (by) Preesall
- Daggers Lane (by) Preesall
- Cartgate (by) Preesall
- The Ferns (opp) Preesall
- Mill House (opp) Preesall
- Cemetery Lane (opp) Preesall
- Moss House Lane (by) Preesall
- Seven Stars (by) Stalmine
- Moss Side Lane (by) Stalmine
- Back Lane (by) Stalmine
- Neds Lane (by) Stalmine
- Staynall Lane (opp) Stalmine
- Sower Carr Lane (by) Sower Carr
- Rydal Road (opp) Hambleton
- Ryecroft Corner (by) Hambleton
- Shovels Inn (opp) Hambleton
- Green Meadow Lane (by) Hambleton
- Shard Bridge Inn (o/s) Hambleton
- Shard Road (by) Little Singleton
- Leonard Place (by) Little Singleton
- Wyre Hotel (by) Skippool
- Skippool Avenue (opp) Poulton-le-Fylde
- Moorland Road End (by) Poulton-le-Fylde
- Park Road (opp) Poulton-le-Fylde
- Station Road (by) Poulton-le-Fylde
- St Chads Church (Stand 1) Poulton-le-Fylde
- Wyresdale Avenue (by) Poulton-le-Fylde
- Mossbourne Road (by) Poulton-le-Fylde
- Lawnswood Avenue (by) Poulton-le-Fylde
- Kingfisher Drive (by) Poulton-le-Fylde
- Fairway (by) Carleton
- Blackpool Sixth Form College (by) Carleton
- Aspire Academy (o/s) Carleton
- Poulton Old Road (by) Boundary Park
- Pilling Crescent (opp) Grange Park
- Cockerham Walk (by) Grange Park
- Easington Crescent (by) Grange Park
- Marlhill Road (by) Dinmore
- Dinmore Place (o/s) Dinmore
- Boundary Library (by) Grange Park
- Gateside Drive (by) Grange Park
- Gateside Drive (by) Grange Park
- Fulwood Ave (by) Grange Park
- St. Mary's School (o/s) Grange Park
- Regency Lodge (by) St Walburgas
- Hospital Entrance (Stand A) Victoria Hospital
- Victoria Hospital (To Blackpool) (o/s) Victoria Hospital
- Lakeway (opp) St Walburgas
- Torsway Avenue (opp) Kingscote
- Milton Avenue (by) Kingscote
- Layton Road (by) Layton
- Collingwood Avenue (opp) Layton
- Devonshire Square (by) Devonshire Square
- Buchanan Street (opp) Central
- Church Street (CH1) Blackpool Town Centre
- Market Street (Stop MA3) Blackpool Town Centre
5c towards Knott End on Sea
All 63 stops
- Corporation Street C4 (Stop CO 4) Blackpool Town Centre
- Buchanan Street (by) Central
- Devonshire Square (by) Devonshire Square
- Collingwood Avenue (by) Layton
- Layton Rd (by) Layton
- Milton Avenue (opp) Kingscote
- Torsway Avenue (by) Kingscote
- Lakeway (by) St Walburgas
- Regency Lodge (by) St Walburgas
- Hospital Entrance (Stand B) Victoria Hospital
- Victoria Hospital (To Poulton) (o/s) Victoria Hospital
- St. Mary's School (opp) Kingscote
- Fulwood Ave (by) Grange Park
- Chepstow Road (by) Grange Park
- Gateside Drive (by) Grange Park
- Boundary Library (opp) Grange Park
- Furness Avenue (o/s) Dinmore
- Marlhill Road (by) Dinmore
- Easington Crescent (by) Grange Park
- Cockerham Walk (by) Grange Park
- Glencoe Avenue (by) Grange Park
- Boundary Court (by) Boundary Park
- Poulton Old Road (by) Boundary Park
- Aspire Academy (opp) Carleton
- Blackpool Sixth Form College (opp) Carleton
- Fairway (opp) Carleton
- Kingfisher Drive (opp) Poulton-le-Fylde
- Lawnswood Avenue (opp) Poulton-le-Fylde
- Mossbourne Rd (opp) Poulton-le-Fylde
- Wyresdale Ave (opp) Poulton-le-Fylde
- Booths (Stand 5) Poulton-le-Fylde
- Rail Station (by) Poulton-le-Fylde
- Moorland Road End (opp) Poulton-le-Fylde
- Skippool Avenue (by) Poulton-le-Fylde
- Wyre Hotel (opp) Skippool
- Leonard Place (opp) Little Singleton
- Shard Road (by) Little Singleton
- Mains Lane (by) Little Singleton
- Shard Bridge Inn (opp) Hambleton
- Green Meadow Lane (adj) Hambleton
- Shovels Inn (o/s) Hambleton
- Ryecroft Corner (opp) Hambleton
- Rydal Road (by) Hambleton
- Sower Carr Lane (opp) Sower Carr
- Staynall Lane (by) Stalmine
- Neds Lane (opp) Stalmine
- Back Lane (opp) Stalmine
- Moss Side Lane (opp) Stalmine
- Seven Stars (opp) Stalmine
- Moss House Lane (opp) Preesall
- Cemetery Lane (by) Preesall
- Mill House (by) Preesall
- Cartgate (opp) Preesall
- Daggers Lane (opp) Preesall
- Fordstone Avenue (opp) Preesall
- Hampson Grove (opp) Preesall
- Village Hall (opp) Preesall
- Pilling Lane (opp) Preesall
- Grasmere Road (opp) Knott End on Sea
- Library (by) Knott End on Sea
- Barton Square (by) Knott End on Sea
- Esplanade (adj) Knott End on Sea
- Bourne Arms (opp) Knott End on Sea
Service registration & registered changes
- Service change effective 29 March 2026 To amend Timetable.
- Service change effective 31 August 2025 To amend Timetable.
- Service change effective 14 April 2024 To amend Timetable.
- Service change effective 7 January 2024 To amend Timetable.
- Service change effective 23 July 2023 To amend Timetable.
From official Traffic Commissioner registrations. Registration PC0001061/173 · Changes in Blackpool Borough Council · All service changes →
Towns & areas on this route
Frequently asked questions
What time is the first 5c bus?
The first 5c departure on weekdays leaves at 05:20 (check the full timetable below for your stop, as times vary along the route — weekend times can differ).
What time is the last 5c bus?
The last 5c on weekdays leaves its first stop at 23:06. Always check the timetable for your specific stop — later stops are reached after this time.
How much does the 5c bus cost?
The 5c 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. Blackpool Transport day and weekly tickets can work out cheaper if you travel more than twice a day.
Who runs the 5c bus?
The 5c is operated by Blackpool Transport.
Timetable data from Blackpool Transport via the DfT Bus Open Data Service (North West England feed). Blackpool Transport last updated their Bus Open Data publications on 24 August 2026. Registered with the Traffic Commissioner as PC0001061/173. Check before you travel — services can change at short notice.