8X Westwood Cross Shopping Centre ↔ Canterbury Bus Station

Operated by Stagecoach South East. First bus 05:22, last bus 23:15. 30 journeys on weekdays.

✅ The 8X 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 Canterbury Bus Station · Monday to Friday towards Canterbury Bus Station · Saturday towards Canterbury Bus Station · Sunday towards Westwood Cross Shopping Centre · Monday to Friday towards Westwood Cross Shopping Centre · Saturday towards Westwood Cross Shopping Centre · Sunday
8X towards Canterbury Bus Station — Monday to Friday (17 journeys)
Summerfield Road (adj) 05:22··06:40·············
Shopping Centre (Stop B) ······07:3308:2809:2810:2811:2812:2813:2814:2815:2816:2817:28
Bus Garage (opp) ·06:2106:33··07:2607:3508:3009:3010:3011:3012:3013:3014:3015:3016:3017:30
Gladstone Road (adj) ·06:2806:40··07:3407:4308:3809:3810:3811:3812:3813:3814:3815:3816:3817:38
Pierremont Hall (adj) ·06:3106:44··07:3807:4608:4109:4110:4111:4112:4113:4114:4115:4116:4117:41
Railway Bridge (W-bound) ·06:3606:49··07:4207:5108:4609:4610:4611:4612:4613:4614:4615:4616:4617:46
The Nineteenth Hole (opp) ·06:4106:55··07:4907:5508:5009:5010:5011:5012:5013:5014:5015:5016:5017:50
The Wheatsheaf (opp) 05:2706:4406:5806:46·07:5207:5808:5309:5310:5311:5312:5313:5314:5315:5316:5317:53
Cecil Square (Stop H) 05:4107:0107:1507:0607:0508:1108:1309:0510:0511:0512:0513:0514:0515:0516:0517:0518:05
Walmer Castle (adj) 05:4807:1007:2407:1507:1208:1808:2109:1610:1611:1612:1613:1614:1615:1616:1617:1618:16
The Square (Stop C) ····07:18············
The Square (Stop B) 05:5407:1907:3307:24·08:2908:2909:2410:2411:2412:2413:2414:2415:2416:2417:2418:24
Railway Station (o/s) ····07:2108:31···········
The Length (opp) 06:0007:2507:3907:30··08:3509:3010:3011:3012:3013:3014:3015:3016:3017:3018:30
Crown Inn (adj) 06:0207:2807:4107:33··08:3709:3210:3211:3212:3213:3214:3215:3216:3217:3218:32
Post Office (opp) 06:0707:3307:4607:38··08:4109:3610:3611:3612:3613:3614:3615:3616:3617:3618:36
East View (opp) 06:1107:3707:5007:42··08:4409:4010:4011:4012:4013:4014:4015:4016:4017:4018:40
Railway Station (adj) 06:1907:4908:0407:54··08:5009:4710:4711:4712:4713:4714:4715:4716:4717:4718:47
Bus Station (arrivals) 06:3008:0908:2408:14··09:0210:0211:0212:0213:0214:0215:0216:0217:0218:0219:02

Route map

All stops on route 8X

8X towards Canterbury Bus Station

  1. Summerfield Road (adj) Northdown Park
  2. Eastchurch Road (adj) Northdown Park
  3. Lyngate Court (adj) Northdown Park
  4. Shopping Centre (Stop B) Westwood Cross
  5. Bus Garage (opp) Westwood
  6. Coxes Lane (adj) Northwood
  7. Hare and Hounds (adj) Northwood
  8. St Mark's Church (adj) Northwood
  9. Bookers (adj) Broadstairs
  10. Wilkes Road (adj) Broadstairs
  11. The Ridgeway (opp) Broadstairs
  12. Gladstone Road (adj) Broadstairs
  13. Swinburne Avenue (adj) Broadstairs
  14. East Kent College (opp) Broadstairs
  15. King Edward Avenue (adj) Broadstairs
  16. Baptist Church (opp) Broadstairs
  17. Pierremont Hall (adj) Broadstairs
  18. Railway Station (opp) Broadstairs
  19. Percy Road (adj) Broadstairs
  20. Bairds Hill (opp) Broadstairs
  21. Railway Bridge (W-bound) St Peters
  22. Grange Road (opp) St Peters
  23. Grafton Road (adj) St Peters
  24. Reading Street (opp) Kingsgate
  25. College (opp) Kingsgate
  26. The Nineteenth Hole (opp) Kingsgate
  27. Friends Corner (adj) Northdown Park
  28. The Wheatsheaf (opp) Cliftonville
  29. Palm Bay Garage (adj) Cliftonville
  30. Holly Lane (adj) Cliftonville
  31. Holly Lane Post Office (adj) Cliftonville
  32. Warwick Road (opp) Cliftonville
  33. Sweyn Road (opp) Cliftonville
  34. St Paul's Church (opp) Cliftonville
  35. Athelstan Road (opp) Cliftonville
  36. Dane Hill (adj) Margate
  37. Cecil Square (Stop H) Margate
  38. Marine Terrace (Stop C) Margate
  39. Nayland Rock (opp) Westbrook
  40. Royal Sea Bathing (opp) Westbrook
  41. Waverley Road (adj) Garlinge
  42. The Hussar (adj) Garlinge
  43. St James' Park Road (opp) Garlinge
  44. Walmer Castle (adj) Westgate-on-Sea
  45. Library (adj) Westgate-on-Sea
  46. Domneva Road (opp) Westgate-on-Sea
  47. Hengist Road (opp) Birchington-on-Sea
  48. King Ethelbert School (adj) Birchington-on-Sea
  49. St James's Terrace (opp) Birchington-on-Sea
  50. Epple Road (opp) Birchington-on-Sea
  51. The Square (Stop C) Birchington-on-Sea
  52. The Square (Stop B) Birchington-on-Sea
  53. Railway Station (o/s) Birchington-on-Sea
  54. Park Avenue (adj) Birchington-on-Sea
  55. Broadley Avenue (adj) Birchington-on-Sea
  56. Brooks End (opp) Birchington-on-Sea
  57. Netherhale Farm (opp) Birchington-on-Sea
  58. Crossroads (SW-bound) St Nicholas at Wade
  59. The Length (opp) St Nicholas at Wade
  60. Crown Inn (adj) Sarre
  61. Wall End Farm (opp) Upstreet
  62. Grove Ferry Hill (adj) Upstreet
  63. Post Office (opp) Upstreet
  64. Port Farm (adj) Upstreet
  65. Lakesview Business Park (adj) Hersden
  66. Canterbury Industrial Park (adj) Hersden
  67. East View (opp) Hersden
  68. Chislet Gardens (opp) Hersden
  69. The Sycamores (opp) Hersden
  70. Bredlands Lane (opp) Westbere
  71. Pennington Close (adj) Westbere
  72. Redcot Lane (opp) Sturry
  73. Staines Hill (SW-bound) Sturry
  74. Homewood Road (opp) Sturry
  75. Railway Station (adj) Sturry
  76. Fordwich Road (adj) Sturry
  77. Vauxhall Road (opp) Vauxhall
  78. Reed Avenue (adj) Vauxhall
  79. South Street (adj) Sturry Road
  80. Asda (opp) Sturry Road
  81. Honeywood Close (adj) Sturry Road
  82. Kingsmead Roundabout (SW-bound) Northgate
  83. St Thomas' School (adj) Northgate
  84. Magistrates Court (adj) Canterbury
  85. Bus Station (arrivals) Canterbury

8X towards Westwood Cross Shopping Centre

  1. Bus Station (Bay C2) Canterbury
  2. Magistrates Court (opp) Canterbury
  3. St Thomas' School (opp) Northgate
  4. Kingsmead Roundabout (adj) Northgate
  5. Brymore Road (opp) Sturry Road
  6. Asda (adj) Sturry Road
  7. Reed Avenue (opp) Vauxhall
  8. Sturry Road Park and Ride Terminal (opp) Vauxhall
  9. Fordwich Road (opp) Sturry
  10. Railway Station (opp) Sturry
  11. Homewood Road (adj) Sturry
  12. Staines Hill (NE-bound) Sturry
  13. Redcot Lane (adj) Sturry
  14. Pennington Close (opp) Westbere
  15. Bredlands Lane (adj) Westbere
  16. Chislet Gardens (adj) Hersden
  17. The Sycamores (adj) Hersden
  18. East View (adj) Hersden
  19. Canterbury Industrial Park (opp) Hersden
  20. Lakesview Business Park (opp) Hersden
  21. Port Farm (opp) Upstreet
  22. Post Office (adj) Upstreet
  23. Grove Ferry Hill (opp) Upstreet
  24. Wall End Farm (adj) Upstreet
  25. Crown Inn (opp) Sarre
  26. Crossroads (NE-bound) St Nicholas at Wade
  27. The Length (adj) St Nicholas at Wade
  28. Netherhale Farm (adj) Birchington-on-Sea
  29. Brooks End (adj) Birchington-on-Sea
  30. Broadley Avenue (opp) Birchington-on-Sea
  31. Park Avenue (opp) Birchington-on-Sea
  32. The Square (Stop A) Birchington-on-Sea
  33. Epple Road (adj) Birchington-on-Sea
  34. St James's Terrace (adj) Birchington-on-Sea
  35. King Ethelbert School (opp) Birchington-on-Sea
  36. Hengist Road (adj) Birchington-on-Sea
  37. Domneva Road (adj) Westgate-on-Sea
  38. Library (opp) Westgate-on-Sea
  39. Walmer Castle (opp) Westgate-on-Sea
  40. St James' Park Road (adj) Garlinge
  41. The Hussar (opp) Garlinge
  42. Waverley Road (opp) Garlinge
  43. Royal Sea Bathing (adj) Westbrook
  44. Nayland Rock (adj) Westbrook
  45. Marine Terrace (Stop A) Margate
  46. Cecil Street Council Offices (Stop K) Margate
  47. Cecil Square (Stop F) Margate
  48. Dane Hill (opp) Margate
  49. Athelstan Road (adj) Cliftonville
  50. St Paul's Church (adj) Cliftonville
  51. Sweyn Road (adj) Cliftonville
  52. Warwick Road (adj) Cliftonville
  53. Holly Lane Post Office (opp) Cliftonville
  54. Palm Bay Garage (opp) Cliftonville
  55. Holly Lane (opp) Cliftonville
  56. The Wheatsheaf (adj) Cliftonville
  57. Friends Corner (opp) Northdown Park
  58. The Nineteenth Hole (adj) Kingsgate
  59. Reading Street (adj) Kingsgate
  60. Rosetower Court (opp) Kingsgate
  61. Grafton Road (opp) St Peters
  62. Grange Road (adj) St Peters
  63. Railway Bridge (SW-bound) St Peters
  64. Bairds Hill (adj) Broadstairs
  65. Railway Station (adj) Broadstairs
  66. Percy Road (opp) Broadstairs
  67. Pierremont Hall (opp) Broadstairs
  68. Baptist Church (adj) Broadstairs
  69. King Edward Avenue (opp) Broadstairs
  70. East Kent College (adj) Broadstairs
  71. Swinburne Avenue (opp) Broadstairs
  72. Gladstone Road (opp) Broadstairs
  73. The Ridgeway (adj) Broadstairs
  74. Wilkes Road (opp) Broadstairs
  75. Pysons Road Roundabout (W-bound) Broadstairs
  76. Bookers (opp) Broadstairs
  77. St Mark's Church (opp) Northwood
  78. Hare and Hounds (opp) Northwood
  79. Coxes Lane (opp) Northwood
  80. Stagecoach Bus Garage (at) Westwood
  81. Shopping Centre (Stop A) Westwood Cross

Service history & registered changes

From official Traffic Commissioner registrations. All service changes →

Towns & areas on this route

CanterburyMargateBroadstairsBirchington-on-SeaSt PetersCliftonvilleWestgate-on-SeaWestwoodNorthdown ParkGarlingeWestbrookNorthwood

Frequently asked questions

What time is the first 8X bus?

The first 8X departure on weekdays leaves at 05:22 (check the full timetable below for your stop, as times vary along the route — weekend times can differ).

What time is the last 8X bus?

The last 8X on weekdays leaves its first stop at 23:15. Always check the timetable for your specific stop — later stops are reached after this time.

How much does the 8X bus cost?

The 8X 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 East day and weekly tickets can work out cheaper if you travel more than twice a day.

Who runs the 8X bus?

The 8X is operated by Stagecoach South East.

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