A Arle Court to Cheltenham via Hesters Way, Alstone

Operated by Stagecoach West. Registered as running via GCHQ & Cheltenham Town Centre. First bus 05:48, last bus 00:44. 141 journeys on weekdays. Fares: adult single £2.40 to £3.00 — more.

Next towards Cheltenham from Arle Court Tpt Hub (Bay 1): 13:24, 13:36, 13:48

Next towards Arle Court from Ladysmith Road (opp): 13:27, 13:39, 13:51

Night bus — overnight departures 22:00–01:24. Friday & Saturday nights. Nights are the night you set out on, so a 01:30 bus on Saturday morning counts as Friday. All night buses.

Timetable

Ends at Cheltenham Cemetery · Monday to Thursday · 67 journeys
Stop 05:4806:0906:3407:0507:0707:1807:2707:3807:5008:0408:1908:3108:4409:0009:1209:2409:3609:4810:0010:1210:2410:3610:4811:0011:1211:2411:3611:4812:0012:1212:2412:3612:4813:0013:1213:2413:3613:4814:0014:1214:2414:3614:4815:0015:1215:2415:3915:5416:0916:2416:3916:5417:0917:2517:4518:0518:2518:4519:0519:4020:1020:4321:1321:4322:1322:4323:13
Arle Court Tpt Hub (Bay 1) ·06:0906:34·07:0707:1807:2707:3807:5008:0408:1908:3108:4409:0009:1209:2409:3609:4810:0010:1210:2410:3610:4811:0011:1211:2411:3611:4812:0012:1212:2412:3612:4813:0013:1213:2413:3613:4814:0014:1214:2414:3614:4815:0015:1215:2415:3915:5416:0916:2416:3916:5417:0917:2517:4518:0518:2518:4519:0519:4020:1020:4321:1321:4322:1322:4323:13
GCHQ Entrance (o/s) ·06:1306:38·07:1107:2207:3107:4307:5508:0908:2408:3608:4909:0409:1609:2809:4009:5210:0410:1610:2810:4010:5211:0411:1611:2811:4011:5212:0412:1612:2812:4012:5213:0413:1613:2813:4013:5214:0414:1614:2814:4014:5215:0515:1715:2915:4415:5916:1416:2916:4416:5917:1417:3017:4918:0918:2918:4919:0819:4320:1320:4621:1621:4622:1622:4623:16
Coronation Square 05:4806:1706:4207:0507:1507:2607:3607:4808:0008:1408:2908:4108:5409:0809:2009:3209:4409:5610:0810:2010:3210:4410:5611:0811:2011:3211:4411:5612:0812:2012:3212:4412:5613:0813:2013:3213:4413:5614:0814:2014:3214:4414:5615:1015:2215:3415:4916:0416:1916:3416:4917:0417:1917:3417:5318:1318:3318:5319:1119:4620:1620:4921:1921:4922:1922:4923:19
Sovereign House (just before) 05:5806:2706:5207:1507:2507:3607:4808:0008:1208:2608:4108:5309:0609:1809:3009:4209:5410:0610:1810:3010:4210:5411:0611:1811:3011:4211:5412:0612:1812:3012:4212:5413:0613:1813:3013:4213:5414:0614:1814:3014:4214:5415:0615:2215:3415:4616:0116:1616:3116:4617:0117:1617:3117:4418:0318:2318:4319:0319:1919:5420:2420:5721:2721:5722:2722:5723:27
Clarence Street (Stop 1) 06:1206:4107:0607:2907:4107:5308:0508:1708:2908:4308:5809:1009:2209:3409:4609:5810:1010:2210:3410:4610:5811:1011:2211:3411:4611:5812:1012:2212:3412:4612:5813:1013:2213:3413:4613:5814:1014:2214:3414:4614:5815:1015:2315:3915:5116:0316:1816:3316:4817:0317:1817:3317:4718:0018:1918:3918:5919:1619:3320:0820:3621:0821:3822:0822:3823:0823:38
Ladysmith Road (opp) 06:2106:5007:1507:3807:5108:0308:1508:2708:3908:5309:0809:2009:3209:4409:5610:0810:2010:3210:4410:5611:0811:2011:3211:4411:5612:0812:2012:3212:4412:5613:0813:2013:3213:4413:5614:0814:2014:3214:4414:5615:0815:2215:3515:5116:0316:1516:3016:4517:0017:1517:3017:4517:5718:1018:2918:4919:0919:2519:4220:1720:4521:1721:4722:1722:4723:1723:47

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.

The A 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 →

Fares on the A

Adult single £2.40 to £3.00 · Child single £1.80 to £2.30

Adult single fare table, stage to stage
– GCHQ Benhall
£2.40£2.40 Badgeworth,Arle Ct
––£2.40 Coronation Square
£3.00–£2.40– Scott House
£3.00£3.00£3.00–– Umbrella
£3.00£3.00£3.00£3.00£3.00– Arle Drive
£3.00£3.00£3.00£3.00£3.00£3.00– Honeybourne Way
£3.00£3.00£3.00£3.00£3.00£3.00£3.00– Elim Church
£3.00£3.00£3.00£3.00£3.00£3.00£3.00£3.00– Cheltenham
£3.00£3.00£3.00£3.00£3.00£3.00£3.00£3.00£3.00– Pittville Gates
£3.00£3.00£3.00£3.00£3.00£3.00£3.00£3.00£3.00–– Whaddon Road
£3.00£3.00£3.00£3.00£3.00£3.00£3.00£3.00£3.00£3.00–– Cat & Fiddle
£3.00£3.00£3.00£3.00£3.00£3.00£3.00£3.00£3.00£3.00£3.00£3.00– Cemetery
£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– Prestbury

Read along the row of the stage you travel to, to the column below the stage you board at; the first stage is Arle Court P&R.

Stagecoach's published fares on the Bus Open Data Service, in force from 1 September 2026. A fare stage is a group of neighbouring stops that are priced the same. Fares change — check with Stagecoach West before you travel.

Tickets on the A

Stagecoach West publishes singles, day returns, day tickets and season tickets on this route for adults, children, young people and students.

Return Bristol · Single Bristol · Adult MyBus Day · Adult MyBus Week · Jobseeker Single · West Gold DayRider · Cheltenham DayRider · Chippenham DayRider

…and 55 more tickets on this route.

A multi-operator ticket covers this route — it's valid on other companies' buses in the area too, which usually beats buying singles if you change buses.

Ticket types come from Stagecoach West's own fares data on the Bus Open Data Service, last updated 29 August 2026. Prices for singles and returns are under Fares above; for the others, check with Stagecoach West.

63–80% on time
average delay 2.1 min · the range 109 live GPS observations over 30 days can support

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 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 A

A towards Cheltenham

All 31 stops
  1. Arle Court Tpt Hub (Bay 1) Arle Court
  2. Arle Court (opp) Arle Court
  3. GCHQ Entrance (o/s) Benhall
  4. Australia House (opp) Hesters Way
  5. College (o/s) Hesters Way
  6. Coronation Square Hesters Way
  7. Berkeley House (opp) Hesters Way
  8. Bramley Road (opp) Hesters Way
  9. St Thomas More (before) Hesters Way
  10. The Umbrella (opp) Hesters Way
  11. Brooklyn Road (on) Arle
  12. Merriville Road (opp) Arle
  13. Saxon Quarter (opp) Arle
  14. Central Way (before) Alstone
  15. Alstone Avenue (after) Alstone
  16. Sovereign House (just before) Cheltenham
  17. Western Road (after) Cheltenham
  18. Royal Well Lane (N-bound) Cheltenham
  19. St James's House (o/s) Cheltenham
  20. Crescent Place (opp) Cheltenham
  21. Clarence Street (Stop 1) Cheltenham
  22. North Place (Stop 1) Cheltenham
  23. Holy Trinity Church (opp) Cheltenham
  24. Pittville Gates (before) Cheltenham
  25. Whaddon Road (before) Cheltenham
  26. Hine Gardens (o/s) Whaddon
  27. Wyman's Road (after) Whaddon
  28. The Cat and Fiddle (by) Whaddon
  29. Windrush Road (before) Whaddon
  30. Community Centre (after) Whaddon
  31. Ladysmith Road (opp) Cheltenham

A towards Arle Court

All 41 stops
  1. Ladysmith Road (opp) Cheltenham
  2. Whitethorn Drive (opp) Prestbury
  3. Chiltern Road (after) Prestbury
  4. Women's Institute (nr) Prestbury
  5. Priors Road (before) Prestbury
  6. Prescott Walk (by) Prestbury
  7. Chiltern Road (corner of) Prestbury
  8. Cotswold Road (before) Prestbury
  9. Lynworth Place (by) Prestbury
  10. Cromwell Road (opp) Cheltenham
  11. Bouncer's Lane (corner of) Whaddon
  12. Community Centre (opp) Whaddon
  13. Mersey Road (after) Whaddon
  14. The Cat and Fiddle (nr) Whaddon
  15. Whaddon Drive (opp) Whaddon
  16. Whaddon Road (after) Cheltenham
  17. Malden Road (opp) Cheltenham
  18. Wellington Road (after) Cheltenham
  19. Holy Trinity Church (after) Cheltenham
  20. Pittville Street (Stop 2) Cheltenham
  21. High Street (Stop 2) Cheltenham
  22. Ambrose Street (on) Cheltenham
  23. St James's House (opp) Cheltenham
  24. George Hotel (opp) Cheltenham
  25. Western Road (before) Cheltenham
  26. Sovereign House (just after) Cheltenham
  27. Alstone Avenue (before) Alstone
  28. Central Way (after) Alstone
  29. Saxon Quarter (before) Arle
  30. Merriville Road (after) Arle
  31. Brooklyn Road (in) Arle
  32. The Umbrella (o/s) Hesters Way
  33. St Thomas More (after) Hesters Way
  34. Bramley Road (after) Hesters Way
  35. Berkeley House (nr) Hesters Way
  36. Coronation Square (in) Hesters Way
  37. College (opp) Hesters Way
  38. Australia House (by) Hesters Way
  39. GCHQ (opp) Benhall
  40. Arle Court (by) Arle Court
  41. Arle Court P & R (inside) Arle Court

Service registration & registered changes

From official Traffic Commissioner registrations. Registration PH0005031/180 · Changes in Gloucestershire County Council · All service changes →

Towns & areas on this route

CheltenhamPrestburyHesters WayArleAlstoneWhaddonArle CourtBenhall

Frequently asked questions

What time is the first A bus?

The first A departure on weekdays leaves at 05:48 (check the full timetable below for your stop, as times vary along the route — weekend times can differ).

What time is the last A bus?

The last A on weekdays leaves its first stop at 00:44. Always check the timetable for your specific stop — later stops are reached after this time.

How much does the A bus cost?

Stagecoach West's published fares on the A: adult single £2.40 to £3.00, child single £1.80 to £2.30. The A 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 West day and weekly tickets can work out cheaper if you travel more than twice a day.

Who runs the A bus?

The A is operated by Stagecoach West.

Timetable data from Stagecoach West via the DfT Bus Open Data Service (South West England feed). Registered with the Traffic Commissioner as PH0005031/180. Check before you travel — services can change at short notice.