7 High Heaton Freeman Road-Hambledon Gardens ↔ Metrocentre Metrocentre Interchange

Operated by Stagecoach North East. First bus 05:28, last bus 20:20. 58 journeys on weekdays.

✅ The 7 is confirmed in the national fare cap — single fares cost at most £3 until 31 Dec 2026, then £2 from 1 January 2027. Source: GOV.UK. Details →

Timetable

Times are shown at the route's main timing stops — buses serve all stops in between. For times at your exact stop, open the stop's own page.

towards Metrocentre Metrocentre Interchange · Monday to Friday towards Metrocentre Metrocentre Interchange · Saturday towards Metrocentre Metrocentre Interchange · Sunday towards High Heaton Freeman Road-Hambledon Gardens · Monday to Friday towards High Heaton Freeman Road-Hambledon Gardens · Saturday towards High Heaton Freeman Road-Hambledon Gardens · Sunday
7 towards Metrocentre Metrocentre Interchange — Monday to Friday (30 journeys)
Freeman Road-Hambledon Gardens (N-Bound) ·05:3005:5506:2007:17·08:3008:4009:3509:3510:3510:3511:3511:3512:3512:3513:3513:4014:3514:5015:3515:5516:4017:1017:1517:4018:1018:2019:1520:15
Edgefield Avenue - The Meadows (S-Bound) ·05:4106:0606:3107:31·08:4408:5109:4909:4910:4910:4911:4911:4912:4912:4913:4913:5414:4915:0415:4916:0916:5217:2017:2917:5018:2018:3419:2720:25
Ponteland Road - Kenton Lane (S-Bound) 05:2805:5106:1706:4207:4207:5908:5508:5910:0010:0011:0011:0012:0012:0013:0013:0014:0014:0515:0015:1516:0016:2517:0117:2917:4517:5918:2918:4519:3620:34
Blakelaw Road-Sunnyway (W-Bound) 05:3005:5306:1906:4407:5208:0109:0509:0110:0510:0511:0511:0512:0512:0513:0513:0514:0514:1015:0515:2516:0516:3517:0317:3117:5518:0118:3118:4719:3820:36
Trevelyan Drive - Eastgarth (W-Bound) 05:3505:5806:2406:5007:5808:0609:1109:0610:1110:1111:1111:1112:1112:1113:1113:1114:1114:1615:1115:3116:1116:4117:0917:3618:0118:0618:3618:5319:4420:41
West Denton Way - Shops (W-Bound) 05:4606:0906:3507:0108:1108:1709:2409:1710:2410:2411:2411:2412:2412:2413:2413:2414:2414:2915:2415:4416:2416:5417:2017:4518:1418:1518:4519:0419:5520:50
Combe Drive-Hamsterley Crescent (W-Bound) ·······················17:51····20:01·
Dumpling Hall (SW-Bound) 05:5106:1506:4107:0908:1908:2309:3209:2310:3210:3211:3211:3212:3212:3213:3213:3214:3214:3715:3215:5216:3217:0217:2617:5518:22···20:05·
Tyne View - Montague Street (E-Bound) 05:5406:1906:4507:1308:2808:2609:3609:2610:3610:3611:3611:3612:3612:3613:3613:3614:3614:4115:3615:5616:3617:0617:3017:5918:26···20:09·
Interchange (Stand B) 06:0206:2706:5307:2108:3608:3409:4409:3410:4410:4411:4411:4412:4412:4413:4413:4414:4414:4915:4416:0416:4417:1417:3818:0718:34···20:17·

Route map

All stops on route 7

7 towards Metrocentre Metrocentre Interchange

  1. Freeman Road-Hambledon Gardens (N-Bound) High Heaton
  2. Freeman Hospital (B) High Heaton
  3. Freeman Road-Castle Farm Road (NW-Bound) South Gosforth
  4. Freeman Road-Lilburn Gardens (N-Bound) South Gosforth
  5. South Gosforth Roundabout (W-Bound) South Gosforth
  6. Church Avenue-Church Road (SW-Bound) South Gosforth
  7. Church Avenue-Rectory Grove (NW-Bound) Gosforth
  8. Church Road - Moor Road North (W-Bound) Gosforth
  9. Salters Road-Linden Road (SW-Bound) Gosforth
  10. Salter's Road - High Street (SW-Bound) Gosforth
  11. Jubilee Road-Jubilee Mews (NW-Bound) Gosforth
  12. Jubilee Road-Farnon Road (NW-Bound) Coxlodge
  13. Jubilee Road (NW-Bound) Coxlodge
  14. Jubilee Road-Redesdale Avenue (NW-Bound) Coxlodge
  15. Edgefield Avenue - The Meadows (S-Bound) Fawdon
  16. Edgefield Avenue - Overfield Road (S-Bound) North Kenton
  17. Edgefield Avenue - Kirkwood Drive (S-Bound) North Kenton
  18. Kenton Shops (S-Bound) North Kenton
  19. Hillsview Avenue (W-Bound) North Kenton
  20. Hillsview Avenue-Bradwell Road (N-Bound) North Kenton
  21. Hazeldene Avenue-Castle Close (N-Bound) North Kenton
  22. Kenton Bar Estate (SW-Bound) Kenton Bar
  23. Hazeldene Avenue-Mallowburn Crescent (S-Bound) Kenton Bar
  24. Hazeldene Avenue-Apperley Avenue (S-Bound) Kenton Bar
  25. Hazeldene Avenue (E-Bound) Kenton Bar
  26. Ponteland Road - Kenton Lane (S-Bound) Kenton Bar
  27. Kenton Lane - Ashover Road (W-Bound) Kenton Bar
  28. Blakelaw Road-Wilbury Place (W-Bound) Blakelaw
  29. Blakelaw Road-Sunnyway (W-Bound) Blakelaw
  30. Cragstone Avenue (N-Bound) Blakelaw
  31. Etal Lane-Cragston Avenue (W-Bound) Kenton Bar
  32. Cragston Avenue (NE-Bound) Blakelaw
  33. Etal Lane-Etal Way (W-Bound) Newbiggin Hall
  34. Etal Lane-Haggerston Crescent (W-Bound) Newbiggin Hall
  35. Etal Lane-Kyloe Place (W-Bound) Newbiggin Hall
  36. Trevelyan Drive-Kidlandlee Green (NE-Bound) Newbiggin Hall
  37. Trevelyan Drive-School (N-Bound) Newbiggin Hall
  38. Trevelyan Drive-Eastgarth (W-Bound) Newbiggin Hall
  39. Trevelyan Drive - Eastgarth (W-Bound) Newbiggin Hall
  40. Bedeburn Road-Hareydene (W-Bound) Newbiggin Hall
  41. Bedeburn Road (S-Bound) Newbiggin Hall
  42. Bedeburn Road-Deneside (E-Bound) Newbiggin Hall
  43. Newbiggin Lane-Trevelyan Drive (S-Bound) Newbiggin Hall
  44. Stamfordham Road - Wheatfield Road (SE-Bound) Westerhope
  45. Newbiggin Lane - Stamfordham Road (S-Bound) Westerhope
  46. Stamfordham Road-Denton Grove (SE-Bound) Westerhope
  47. Stamfordham Road-Windsor Crescent (SE-Bound) Westerhope
  48. West Denton Way-Fenton Walk (S-Bound) West Denton
  49. West Denton Way-Northumbria Walk (W-Bound) West Denton
  50. West Denton Way-Social Club (W-Bound) West Denton
  51. West Denton Way - Shops (W-Bound) West Denton
  52. West Denton Way-Fire Station (W-Bound) West Denton
  53. Hillhead Road-Ashdale Crescent (S-Bound) West Denton
  54. Lemington Road Ends (S-Bound) West Denton
  55. Union Hall Road-West Denton Road (S-Bound) Lemington
  56. Hospital Lane (W-Bound) Lemington
  57. Combe Drive-Tewksbury Road (W-Bound) Lemington
  58. Combe Drive-Hamsterley Crescent (W-Bound) Lemington
  59. Valley View - Tedham Rd (E-Bound) Lemington
  60. Valley View - Park Rise (E-Bound) Lemington
  61. Valley View - Kielder Rd (E-Bound) Lemington
  62. Kirkston Avenue-Union Hall Road (E-Bound) Lemington
  63. Kirkston Avenue-Claremont Avenue (E-Bound) Lemington
  64. Dumpling Hall (SW-Bound) Lemington
  65. Neptune Road (NW-Bound) Lemington
  66. Kirkston Avenue-Dene Avenue (W-Bound) Lemington
  67. Kirkston Avenue-Union Hall Road (W-Bound) Lemington
  68. Union Hall Road-Hartside (S-Bound) Lemington
  69. Union Hall Road-Bewick Crescent (S-Bound) Lemington
  70. Tyne View - Montague Street (E-Bound) Lemington
  71. Scotswood Road-St Georges (E-Bound) Lemington
  72. Scotswood Road-Bells Close (E-Bound) Lemington
  73. Scotswood Road - Bells Close (E-Bound) Lemington
  74. Scotswood Road-B&q (E-Bound) Scotswood
  75. Derwenthaugh Road-Marina (SE-Bound) Blaydon
  76. Riverside Way-Clasper Way (E-Bound) Metrocentre
  77. Derwenthaugh Bridge Approach (SE-Bound) Metrocentre
  78. Interchange (Stand B) Metrocentre

7 towards High Heaton Freeman Road-Hambledon Gardens

  1. Interchange (Stand D) Metrocentre
  2. Derwenthaugh Bridge Approach (NW-Bound) Metrocentre
  3. Yellow Car Park (W-Bound) Metrocentre
  4. Riverside Way-Clasper Way (W-Bound) Metrocentre
  5. Derwenthaugh Road-Bridge (W-Bound) Blaydon
  6. Scotswood Road-B&q (W-Bound) Scotswood
  7. Scotswood Road-Bells Close (W-Bound) Lemington
  8. Scotswood Road-St Georges Terrace (W-Bound) Lemington
  9. Lemington (W-Bound) Lemington
  10. Union Hall Road-Bewick Crescent (N-Bound) Lemington
  11. Kirkston Avenue-Union Hall Road (E-Bound) Lemington
  12. Kirkston Avenue-Claremont Avenue (E-Bound) Lemington
  13. Dumpling Hall (SW-Bound) Lemington
  14. Neptune Road (NW-Bound) Lemington
  15. Union Hall Road-Hartside (S-Bound) Lemington
  16. Kirkston Avenue-Dene Avenue (W-Bound) Lemington
  17. Kirkston Avenue-Union Hall Road (W-Bound) Lemington
  18. Valley View - Kielder Rd (W-Bound) Lemington
  19. Valley View - Tedham Rd (W-Bound) Lemington
  20. Valley View - Park Rise (W-Bound) Lemington
  21. Combe Drive-Tewksbury Road (NE-Bound) Lemington
  22. Union Hall Road-Hospital Lane (N-Bound) Lemington
  23. Union Hall Road-West Road (N-Bound) Lemington
  24. Lemington Road Ends (N-Bound) West Denton
  25. Hillhead Road-Ashdale Crescent (N-Bound) West Denton
  26. West Denton Way-Fire Station (E-Bound) West Denton
  27. West Denton Way - Shops (E-Bound) West Denton
  28. West Denton Way-Social Club (E-Bound) West Denton
  29. West Denton Way-Northumbria Walk (E-Bound) West Denton
  30. Stamfordham Road-Denton Way (NW-Bound) Westerhope
  31. West Denton Way-Gofton Walk (NE-Bound) West Denton
  32. Stamfordham Road-Queens Road (NW-Bound) Westerhope
  33. Stamfordham Road-Highfield Close (NW-Bound) Westerhope
  34. Stamfordham Road - Beaumont Terrace (NW-Bound) Westerhope
  35. Newbiggin Lane - Crispin Court (N-Bound) Westerhope
  36. Newbiggin Lane-Redburn Road (N-Bound) Newbiggin Hall
  37. Bedeburn Road-Westgarth (W-Bound) Newbiggin Hall
  38. Newbiggin Hall Bedeburn Road (N-Bound) Newbiggin Hall
  39. Bedeburn Road-East Thorpe (E-Bound) Newbiggin Hall
  40. Trevelyan Drive - Eastgarth (W-Bound) Newbiggin Hall
  41. Trevelyan Drive-Eastgarth (S-Bound) Newbiggin Hall
  42. Trevelyan Drive-Langleeford Road (S-Bound) Newbiggin Hall
  43. Etal Lane-Haggerston Crescent (E-Bound) Newbiggin Hall
  44. Etal Lane-Kyloe Place (E-Bound) Newbiggin Hall
  45. Etal Lane-Etal Way (E-Bound) Newbiggin Hall
  46. Cragston Avenue-Craigmillar Avenue (S-Bound) Kenton Bar
  47. Cragstone Avenue (S-Bound) Blakelaw
  48. Blakelaw Road-Sunnyway (E-Bound) Blakelaw
  49. Blakelaw Road-Wilbury Place (E-Bound) Blakelaw
  50. Ponteland Road - Antrim Close (N-Bound) Kenton Bar
  51. Hazeldene Avenue-Apperley Avenue (N-Bound) Kenton Bar
  52. Kenton Lane - Hazeldene Avenue (E-Bound) Kenton Bar
  53. Hazeldene Avenue (W-Bound) Kenton Bar
  54. Hazeldene Avenue-Mallowburn Crescent (N-Bound) Kenton Bar
  55. Kenton Bar Estate (NE-Bound) Kenton Bar
  56. Hazeldene Avenue-Castle Close (S-Bound) North Kenton
  57. Hillsview Avenue-Bradwell Road (S-Bound) North Kenton
  58. Hillsview Avenue (E-Bound) North Kenton
  59. Kenton Shops (N-Bound) North Kenton
  60. Edgefield Avenue - Overfield Road (N-Bound) North Kenton
  61. Edgefield Avenue - Kirkwood Drive (N-Bound) North Kenton
  62. Edgefield Avenue - Willowfield Avenue (N-Bound) Fawdon
  63. Jubilee Road-Redesdale Avenue (SE-Bound) Coxlodge
  64. Jubilee Road (SE-Bound) Coxlodge
  65. Jubilee Road-Farnon Road (SE-Bound) Coxlodge
  66. Jubilee Road-Lansdowne Court (SE-Bound) Gosforth
  67. Church Road - Rotherwell Road (E-Bound) Gosforth
  68. Salter's Road - Hedley Street (NE-Bound) Gosforth
  69. Church Avenue-Church Road (NE-Bound) South Gosforth
  70. South Gosforth Roundabout (E-Bound) South Gosforth
  71. South Gosforth Roundabout (S-Bound) South Gosforth
  72. Freeman Road-Castle Dene School (S-Bound) South Gosforth
  73. Freeman Hospital High Heaton
  74. Freeman Road-Hambledon Gardens (S-Bound) High Heaton

Service history & registered changes

From official Traffic Commissioner registrations. All service changes →

Towns & areas on this route

GosforthLemingtonBlaydonWesterhopeMetrocentreNewbiggin HallHigh HeatonScotswoodKenton BarSouth GosforthWest DentonNorth Kenton

Frequently asked questions

What time is the first 7 bus?

The first 7 departure on weekdays leaves at 05:28 (check the full timetable below for your stop, as times vary along the route — weekend times can differ).

What time is the last 7 bus?

The last 7 on weekdays leaves its first stop at 20:20. Always check the timetable for your specific stop — later stops are reached after this time.

How much does the 7 bus cost?

The 7 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 North East day and weekly tickets can work out cheaper if you travel more than twice a day.

Who runs the 7 bus?

The 7 is operated by Stagecoach North East.

Timetable data from the operator via the DfT Bus Open Data Service. Check before you travel — services can change at short notice.