5C Exeter to Chulmleigh via Cowley, Crediton
Operated by Stagecoach South West. First bus 06:15, last bus 19:25. 15 journeys on weekdays. Fares: adult single £2.50 to £3.00 — more.
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| Stop | 06:15 | 08:40 | 10:35 | 12:35 | 14:05 | 17:15 | 18:10 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bus Station (Stand 7) | 06:15 | 08:40 | 10:35 | 12:35 | 14:05 | 17:15 | 18:10 |
| Cowley Bridge Roundabout (N-bound) | 06:23 | 08:53 | 10:49 | 12:49 | 14:19 | 17:30 | 18:23 |
| Newton St Cyres (W-bound) | 06:30 | 09:00 | 10:56 | 12:56 | 14:26 | 17:37 | 18:29 |
| Railway Station (NW-bound) | 06:36 | 09:07 | 11:03 | 13:03 | 14:33 | 17:44 | 18:35 |
| Museum (opp) | 06:40 | 09:11 | 11:08 | 13:08 | 14:38 | 17:50 | 18:39 |
| Stone (W-bound) | 06:49 | 09:20 | 11:18 | 13:18 | 14:48 | 18:00 | 18:49 |
| Devonshire Dumpling (adj) | 06:53 | 09:24 | 11:22 | 13:22 | 14:52 | 18:04 | 18:53 |
| Lapford Cross (NW-bound) | 06:58 | 09:29 | 11:28 | 13:28 | 14:58 | 18:09 | 18:58 |
| Rail Station (NW-bound) | 07:05 | · | · | · | · | · | · |
| Industrial Estate (NE-bound) | · | 09:29 | 11:28 | 13:28 | 14:58 | 18:09 | 18:58 |
| Shelter (NW-bound) | · | 09:32 | 11:31 | 13:31 | 15:01 | 18:12 | 19:01 |
| Earl of Portsmouth (opp) | · | 09:44 | 11:43 | 13:43 | 15:13 | 18:23 | 19:12 |
| New Health Centre (S-bound) | 07:12 | 09:54 | 11:53 | 13:53 | 15:23 | 18:33 | 19:21 |
Each column is one journey, headed by the time it sets off. A · means that journey does not stop there. 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.
Fares on the 5C
Adult single £2.50 to £3.00 · Child single £1.60 to £3.00
Adult single fare table, stage to stage
| £2.50 | Exeter Bus St | |||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £2.50 | £2.50 | Kilbarran Rise | ||||||||||||||||||||
| £2.50 | £2.50 | £2.50 | Lower Argyll Rd | |||||||||||||||||||
| £2.50 | £2.50 | £2.50 | £2.50 | Cowley Bridge | ||||||||||||||||||
| £2.50 | £3.00 | £2.50 | £2.50 | £2.50 | Cowley (Church) | |||||||||||||||||
| £2.50 | £3.00 | £2.50 | £2.50 | £2.50 | £2.50 | The Stables | ||||||||||||||||
| £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £2.50 | £2.50 | £2.50 | Half Moon Village | |||||||||||||||
| £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £2.50 | Newton St Cyres | ||||||||||||||
| £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £2.50 | £2.50 | Smallbrook and Dunsc | |||||||||||||
| £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £2.50 | £2.50 | Hookway Lane | ||||||||||||
| £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £2.50 | £2.50 | Downes Lodge/Tesco | |||||||||||
| £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £2.50 | £2.50 | £2.50 | Station Cross | ||||||||||
| £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £2.50 | £2.50 | £2.50 | £2.50 | Billiard Hall | |||||||||
| £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £2.50 | £2.50 | £2.50 | £2.50 | Crediton High St | ||||||||
| £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £2.50 | £2.50 | £2.50 | £2.50 | Q.E. School | |||||||
| £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £2.50 | £2.50 | £2.50 | £2.50 | £2.50 | Barnstaple Cross | ||||||
| £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 | Copplestone | |||||
| £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 | £2.50 | Morchard 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 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | Lapford | |||
| £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 | £3.00 | Chulmleigh | ||
| £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 | £3.00 | £3.00 | Chawleigh | |
| – | – | – | – | – | – | – | £2.50 | £2.50 | £2.50 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | Langford Lane |
Read along the row of the stage you travel to, to the column below the stage you board at; the first stage is Exeter College.
Stagecoach's published fares on the Bus Open Data Service, in force from 3 October 2026. A fare stage is a group of neighbouring stops that are priced the same. Fares change — check with Stagecoach South West before you travel.
Tickets on the 5C
Stagecoach South West publishes singles, day returns, day tickets and season tickets on this route for adults and children.
Return · Single · Devon Day · Torbay Day · Plymouth Day · Torbay 7 Day · Torbay 28 Day · South West Day
…and 16 more tickets on this route.
Ticket types come from Stagecoach South West's own fares data on the Bus Open Data Service, last updated 29 September 2026. Prices for singles and returns are under Fares above; for the others, check with Stagecoach South West.
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 Stagecoach South West before you travel. Everything above is an ordinary week.
Not published yet: Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, Boxing Day, 28 December, New Year's Eve and New Year's Day. Operators often publish festive timetables only a few weeks ahead, so check again nearer the date.
Route map
All stops on route 5C
5C towards Chulmleigh
All 46 stops
- Bus Station (Stand 7) Exeter City Centre
- Paris Street (Stop 16) Exeter City Centre
- New North Road (Stop 28) Exeter City Centre
- Prison (W-bound) Exeter City Centre
- The Imperial (N-bound) Exeter City Centre
- Harefield Close (N-bound) Red Cow
- Birks Grange (N-bound) Red Cow
- Lower Argyll Road (N-bound) Duryard
- Thomas Hall (N-bound) Duryard
- West Garth Road (N-bound) Cowley Bridge
- Cowley Bridge Roundabout (N-bound) Cowley Bridge
- Chapel (adj) Cowley
- Bernaville Nurseries (N-bound) Cowley
- New Bridge (NW-bound) Half Moon Village
- Half Moon (NW-bound) Half Moon Village
- Ashfields (NW-bound) Half Moon Village
- Sand Down Lane (adj) Newton St Cyres
- Newton St Cyres (W-bound) Newton St Cyres
- Sherwood Turn (NW-bound) Newton St Cyres
- Smallbrook Cottages (NW-bound) Newton St Cyres
- Dunscombe Farm (NW-bound) Newton St Cyres
- Hookway Lane (W-bound) Hookway
- Downes Mill (opp) Hookway
- Well Park (opp) Crediton
- Redlands/Tesco (opp) Crediton
- Railway Station (NW-bound) Crediton
- Park Road (N-bound) Crediton
- Parish Church (W-bound) Crediton
- Union Terrace (W-bound) Crediton
- Museum (opp) Crediton
- Green (W-bound) Crediton
- Barnstaple Cross (NW-bound) West Sandford
- Shirley Corner (W-bound) Copplestone
- Stone (W-bound) Copplestone
- Copple Court (NW-bound) Copplestone
- Devonshire Dumpling (adj) Morchard Road
- Lapford Cross (NW-bound) Lapford Cross
- Rail Station (NW-bound) Eggesford
- Industrial Estate (NE-bound) Lapford Cross
- Highfield Estate (opp) Lapford Cross
- Old Post Office (adj) Lapford
- Shelter (NW-bound) Lapford
- Labbett's Cross (NW-bound) Chawleigh
- Earl of Portsmouth (opp) Chawleigh
- Red Lion (opp) Chulmleigh
- New Health Centre (S-bound) Chulmleigh
5C towards Exeter
All 48 stops
- New Health Centre (S-bound) Chulmleigh
- Rail Station (SE-bound) Eggesford
- Red Lion (S-bound) Chulmleigh
- Earl of Portsmouth (SE-bound) Chawleigh
- Labbett's Cross (SE-bound) Chawleigh
- Shelter (opp) Lapford
- Old Post Office (opp) Lapford
- Highfield Estate (S-bound) Lapford Cross
- Industrial Estate (opp) Lapford Cross
- Lapford Cross (SE-bound) Lapford Cross
- Devonshire Dumpling (SE-bound) Morchard Road
- Hedge Row Close (SE-bound) Copplestone
- Sunnymead (SE-bound) Copplestone
- Stone (E-bound) Copplestone
- Shirley Corner (E-bound) Copplestone
- Barnstaple Cross (SE-bound) West Sandford
- Queen Elizabeth Drive (E-bound) Crediton
- Green (E-bound) Crediton
- Museum (E-bound) Crediton
- Memorial (SE-bound) Crediton
- Snooker Hall (E-bound) Crediton
- Park Road (S-bound) Crediton
- Station Cross (SE-bound) Crediton
- Railway Station (SE-bound) Crediton
- Redlands/Tesco (nr) Crediton
- Well Park (E-bound) Crediton
- Downes Mill (SE-bound) Hookway
- Dunscombe Farm (opp) Newton St Cyres
- Smallbrook Cottages (opp) Newton St Cyres
- Sherwood Turn (SE-bound) Newton St Cyres
- Quicke's Farm (adj) Newton St Cyres
- Newton St Cyres (E-bound) Newton St Cyres
- Sand Down Lane (opp) Newton St Cyres
- Ashfields (SE-bound) Half Moon Village
- Half Moon (SE-bound) Half Moon Village
- New Bridge (SE-bound) Half Moon Village
- Three Horse Shoes (opp) Cowley
- Chapel (opp) Cowley
- Cowley Bridge Roundabout (S-bound) Cowley Bridge
- West Garth Road (S-bound) Cowley Bridge
- Lower Argyll Road (S-bound) Duryard
- Birks Grange (S-bound) Red Cow
- Kilbarran Rise (S-bound) Red Cow
- The Imperial (S-bound) Exeter City Centre
- College (SE-bound) Exeter City Centre
- New North Road (E-bound) Exeter City Centre
- Sidwell Street (Stop 19) Exeter City Centre
- Bus Station (Stand 7) Exeter City Centre
Towns & areas on this route
Frequently asked questions
What time is the first 5C bus?
The first 5C departure on weekdays leaves at 06:15 (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 19:25. Always check the timetable for your specific stop — later stops are reached after this time.
How much does the 5C bus cost?
Stagecoach South West's published fares on the 5C: adult single £2.50 to £3.00, child single £1.60 to £3.00. 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. Stagecoach South West 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 Stagecoach South West.
Timetable data from Stagecoach South West via the DfT Bus Open Data Service (South West England feed). Check before you travel — services can change at short notice.