6 Vinters Park to Tunbridge Wells via Maidstone, Barming
Operated by Arriva Kent and Surrey. First bus 06:35, last bus 17:40. 23 journeys on weekdays. Fares: adult single £2.00 to £5.10 — more.
Wanted a different 6? 110 other bus routes are numbered 6 elsewhere in the UK — see every 6 bus timetable by area.
| Stop | 06:45 | 06:57 | 09:03 | 09:00 | 10:00 | 11:00 | 12:00 | 13:00 | 14:00 | 15:35 | 16:54 | 16:40 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Invicta Girls' Grammar School (o/s) | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | 15:35 | · | · |
| Chequers Bus Station (Stop H3) | · | 06:57 | · | 09:00 | 10:00 | 11:00 | 12:00 | 13:00 | 14:00 | 15:48 | · | 16:40 |
| Oakwood Park (opp) | · | 07:10 | · | 09:11 | 10:11 | 11:11 | 12:11 | 13:11 | 14:11 | 16:03 | · | 16:52 |
| Fountain Lane (Stop C) | · | 07:16 | · | 09:15 | 10:15 | 11:15 | 12:15 | 13:15 | 14:15 | 16:09 | · | 16:56 |
| The Wateringbury (adj) | · | 07:31 | · | 09:24 | 10:24 | 11:24 | 12:24 | 13:24 | 14:24 | 16:19 | · | 17:06 |
| Church Lane (W-bound) | 06:45 | 07:43 | 09:03 | 09:33 | 10:33 | 11:33 | 12:33 | 13:33 | 14:33 | 16:29 | 16:54 | 17:16 |
| Library (opp) | 06:48 | 07:47 | 09:06 | 09:36 | 10:36 | 11:36 | 12:36 | 13:36 | 14:36 | 16:32 | 16:57 | 17:19 |
| Hop Farm (o/s) | 06:53 | 07:53 | 09:12 | 09:42 | 10:42 | 11:42 | 12:42 | 13:42 | 14:42 | 16:38 | 17:03 | 17:25 |
| Hop Pocket Lane (adj) | 06:56 | 07:57 | 09:15 | 09:45 | 10:45 | 11:45 | 12:45 | 13:45 | 14:45 | 16:42 | 17:07 | 17:29 |
| Mascalls Academy Grounds (in) | · | 08:05 | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · |
| The Poet (opp) | 07:05 | 08:09 | 09:23 | 09:53 | 10:53 | 11:53 | 12:53 | 13:53 | 14:53 | 16:50 | 17:16 | 17:38 |
| The Camden Arms (Stop A) | 07:14 | 08:21 | 09:31 | 10:01 | 11:01 | 12:01 | 13:01 | 14:01 | 15:01 | 16:59 | 17:24 | 17:49 |
| Tunbridge Wells Hospital (o/s) | 07:24 | 08:30 | 09:37 | 10:07 | 11:07 | 12:07 | 13:07 | 14:07 | 15:07 | 17:06 | 17:30 | 17:57 |
| Monson Road (Stop N) | 07:43 | 08:50 | 09:50 | 10:20 | 11:20 | 12:20 | 13:20 | 14:20 | 15:20 | 17:24 | 17:46 | 18:11 |
| Railway Station (Stop S) | 07:47 | 08:54 | 09:53 | 10:23 | 11:23 | 12:23 | 13:23 | 14:23 | 15:23 | 17:28 | 17:50 | 18:16 |
Each column is one journey, headed by the time it sets off; one that finishes short of the usual end says where ("to …") — not every journey on this route runs the whole way. 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 6
Adult single £2.00 to £5.10 · Child single £1.70 to £4.30
Arriva UK Bus's published fares on the Bus Open Data Service, in force from 30 September 2026. A fare stage is a group of neighbouring stops that are priced the same; singles published above £3.00 cost at most £3.00 if the route takes part in the England fare cap. Fares change — check with Arriva Kent and Surrey before you travel.
Tickets on the 6
Arriva Kent and Surrey publishes singles on this route for adults and children.
Adult Single · Child Single
Ticket types come from Arriva Kent and Surrey's own fares data on the Bus Open Data Service, last updated 30 September 2026. Prices for singles and returns are under Fares above; for the others, check with Arriva Kent and Surrey.
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 Arriva Kent and Surrey 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.
- Tuesday, 29 December 2026 towards Tunbridge Wells: 12 journeys, first 06:33 towards Vinters Park: 11 journeys, first 06:30
- Wednesday, 30 December 2026 towards Tunbridge Wells: 12 journeys, first 06:33 towards Vinters Park: 11 journeys, first 06:30
Route map
All stops on route 6
6 towards Tunbridge Wells
All 69 stops
- Invicta Girls' Grammar School (o/s) Vinters Park
- Haynes (opp) Maidstone
- Chequers Bus Station (Stop H3) Maidstone
- Royal Star Arcade (Stop E3) Maidstone
- The Cannon (Stop B) Maidstone
- Maidstone West Railway Station (Stop A2) Maidstone
- Bower Place (adj) Maidstone
- Bower Lane (adj) Maidstone
- St Michael's Church (adj) Maidstone
- The Poplars (opp) Maidstone
- Clare Park (adj) Maidstone
- Oakwood Park (opp) Maidstone
- Western Road (adj) Maidstone
- Cherry Tree (adj) Maidstone
- St Andrew's Church (opp) Barming
- Fountain Lane (Stop C) Barming
- Beverley Road (opp) Barming
- Glebe Lane (adj) Barming
- The Bull (adj) Barming
- The Street (opp) Teston
- Valley Court (adj) Teston
- The Wateringbury (adj) Wateringbury
- Glebe Meadow (opp) Wateringbury
- Railway Station (adj) Wateringbury
- Village Hall (o/s) Nettlestead
- Gibbs Hill (opp) Nettlestead
- The Hop Pole (opp) Nettlestead Green
- Seven Mile Lane (opp) Hale Street
- Church Lane (W-bound) Hale Street
- Primary School (adj) East Peckham
- Westwood Road (opp) East Peckham
- Library (opp) East Peckham
- Orchard Road (adj) East Peckham
- Crown Acres (adj) East Peckham
- Co-op (adj) East Peckham
- Hop Farm (o/s) Beltring Hop Farm
- Garden Centre (opp) Paddock Wood
- Eastlands (opp) Paddock Wood
- Hop Pocket Lane (adj) Paddock Wood
- Whites Corner (S-bound) Paddock Wood
- Police Station (opp) Paddock Wood
- Mascalls Corner (before) Paddock Wood
- Mascalls Academy Grounds (in) Paddock Wood
- Chantler's Hill (adj) Paddock Wood
- The Poet (opp) Matfield
- The Poet (SW-bound) Matfield
- The Wheelwrights Arms (opp) Matfield
- Church (adj) Matfield
- Roundabout (W-bound) Kippings Cross
- Bo-Peep Corner (Stop A) Pembury
- King William IV (opp) Pembury
- Post Office (opp) Pembury
- The Camden Arms (Stop A) Pembury
- The Mews (opp) Pembury
- Woodsgate Corner (W-bound) Pembury
- Mercure Hotel (opp) Pembury
- Tunbridge Wells Hospital (o/s) Pembury
- Mercure Hotel (adj) Pembury
- Woodsgate Corner (SW-bound) Pembury
- Oakley School (adj) Tunbridge Wells
- Seven Springs Cheshire Homes (opp) Tunbridge Wells
- Blackhurst Lane (opp) Tunbridge Wells
- Swing Gates (SW-bound) Tunbridge Wells
- Sandhurst Road South (opp) Sherwood
- Shandon Close (opp) Tunbridge Wells
- Highlands House (o/s) Tunbridge Wells
- Calverley Road (Stop Y2) Tunbridge Wells
- Monson Road (Stop N) Tunbridge Wells
- Railway Station (Stop S) Tunbridge Wells
6 towards Vinters Park
All 70 stops
- Railway Station (Stop C) Tunbridge Wells
- Monson Road (Stop L) Tunbridge Wells
- Calverley Road (Stop Y1) Tunbridge Wells
- Carlton Road (adj) Tunbridge Wells
- Shandon Close (adj) Tunbridge Wells
- Dunorlan Park (opp) Tunbridge Wells
- Sandhurst Road South (adj) Sherwood
- Swing Gates (NE-bound) Tunbridge Wells
- Blackhurst Lane (adj) Tunbridge Wells
- Seven Springs Cheshire Homes (adj) Tunbridge Wells
- Oakley School (opp) Tunbridge Wells
- Mercure Hotel (opp) Pembury
- Tunbridge Wells Hospital (o/s) Pembury
- Mercure Hotel (adj) Pembury
- Woodsgate Corner (E-bound) Pembury
- The Mews (adj) Pembury
- The Camden Arms (Stop B) Pembury
- Post Office (adj) Pembury
- King William IV (o/s) Pembury
- Bo-Peep Corner (Stop C) Pembury
- Roundabout (NE-bound) Kippings Cross
- Church (opp) Matfield
- The Wheelwrights Arms (adj) Matfield
- The Poet (NE-bound) Matfield
- The Poet (adj) Matfield
- Chantler's Hill (opp) Paddock Wood
- Mascalls Academy Grounds (in) Paddock Wood
- Mascalls Corner (after) Paddock Wood
- Police Station (adj) Paddock Wood
- Whites Corner (N-bound) Paddock Wood
- Hop Pocket Lane (opp) Paddock Wood
- Eastlands (adj) Paddock Wood
- Garden Centre (adj) Paddock Wood
- Hop Farm (o/s) Beltring Hop Farm
- Co-op (opp) East Peckham
- Church Lane (W-bound) Hale Street
- Crown Acres (opp) East Peckham
- Orchard Road (opp) East Peckham
- Library (adj) East Peckham
- Westwood Road (adj) East Peckham
- Chidley Cross Road (adj) East Peckham
- Church Lane (E-bound) Hale Street
- Seven Mile Lane (adj) Hale Street
- The Hop Pole (adj) Nettlestead Green
- Gibbs Hill (adj) Nettlestead
- Village Hall (opp) Nettlestead
- Railway Station (opp) Wateringbury
- Glebe Meadow (adj) Wateringbury
- The Wateringbury (opp) Wateringbury
- Valley Court (opp) Teston
- The Street (adj) Teston
- The Bull (nr) Barming
- Glebe Lane (opp) Barming
- Beverley Road (adj) Barming
- Beverley Road (after) Barming
- Fountain Lane (Stop A) Barming
- St Andrew's Church (adj) Barming
- Cherry Tree (opp) Maidstone
- Western Road (opp) Maidstone
- Oakwood Park (adj) Maidstone
- The Poplars (adj) Maidstone
- St Michael's Church (opp) Maidstone
- Bower Lane (opp) Maidstone
- Terrace Road (N-bound) Maidstone
- Rocky Hill (Stop U) Maidstone
- The Cannon (Stop T) Maidstone
- Mill Street (Stop D) Maidstone
- Chequers Bus Station (Stop H3) Maidstone
- Haynes (adj) Maidstone
- Invicta Girls' Grammar School (o/s) Vinters Park
Service registration & registered changes
- Service change effective 19 April 2026 To amend Timetable.
- Service change effective 2 November 2025 To amend Timetable.
- Service change effective 31 August 2025 To amend Timetable.
- Service change effective 23 February 2025 To amend Timetable.
- Service change effective 3 November 2024 To amend Timetable.
From official Traffic Commissioner registrations. Registration PK0000208/6 · Changes in Kent County Council · All service changes →
Towns & areas on this route
Frequently asked questions
What time is the first 6 bus?
The first 6 departure on weekdays leaves at 06:35 (check the full timetable below for your stop, as times vary along the route — weekend times can differ).
What time is the last 6 bus?
The last 6 on weekdays leaves its first stop at 17:40. Always check the timetable for your specific stop — later stops are reached after this time.
How much does the 6 bus cost?
Arriva Kent and Surrey's published fares on the 6: adult single £2.00 to £5.10, child single £1.70 to £4.30. Singles published above £3.00 cost at most £3.00 if the 6 takes part in the England fare cap. Most single fares in England are capped at £3 until 31 December 2026 (then £2 from 1 January 2027). Arriva Kent and Surrey day and weekly tickets can work out cheaper if you travel more than twice a day.
Who runs the 6 bus?
The 6 is operated by Arriva Kent and Surrey.
Timetable data from Arriva Kent and Surrey via the DfT Bus Open Data Service (South East England feed). Registered with the Traffic Commissioner as PK0000208/6. Check before you travel — services can change at short notice.