🎓 Buses to University of Essex (Southend-on-Sea)

28 bus routes serve University of Essex (Southend-on-Sea). 1 runs through the night.

Times are departures from the campus's own stops. Buses towards the campus run earlier and later at stops along the way — open a route for the timetable at your stop.

Every route serving University of Essex (Southend-on-Sea)

• 60 Southend-on-Sea → Heygate Avenue Mon–Fri 08:29–17:32 no Sunday service Stephensons of Essex
• 17 Leigh-on-Sea Railway Stn → Heygate Avenue Mon–Fri 09:29–18:29 no Sunday service Stephensons of Essex
• 17a Woodlands Park → Heygate Avenue Mon–Fri 10:29–13:40 no Sunday service Stephensons of Essex
• 28 Southend, Travel Ce → Basildon Bus Statio 24 hours First Essex
• 1 Travel Centre → Railway Station Mon–Fri 04:53–22:44 Sun 08:18–22:25 Arriva Herts and Essex
• 25 Southend, Travel Ce → Basildon, Bus Stati Mon–Fri 05:37–20:04 Sun 07:07–19:24 First Essex
• 9 East Beach → Railway Station Mon–Fri 05:09–23:39 Sun 08:27–22:11 Arriva Herts and Essex
• 7 Landwick Cottages → Railway Station Mon–Fri 05:51–23:01 Sun 07:47–21:17 Arriva Herts and Essex
• 29 Southend Leisure Centre → Belgrave Road Mon–Fri 06:12–22:14 Sun 08:50–17:53 Arriva Herts and Essex
• 21 Southend, Travel Ce → Furtherwick Rd, Par Mon–Fri 06:54–22:19 Sun 09:54–16:04 First Essex
• 8 Landwick Cottages → Railway Station Mon–Fri 06:34–19:05 no Sunday service Arriva Herts and Essex
• 26 Shoeburyness, East → Hadleigh, The Memor Mon–Fri 08:51–17:42 no Sunday service First Essex
• 20 Southend, Travel Ce → Hullbridge, The Anc Mon–Fri 19:31–22:31 no Sunday service First Essex
• 21S Southend, Travel Ce → Canvey, Newlands, C Mon–Fri 08:45–15:43 no Sunday service First Essex
• 20S Southend, Travel Ce → Hullbridge, The Anc Mon–Fri 08:34–15:30 no Sunday service First Essex
• 825 Southend, Travel Ce → Basildon, Bus Stati Mon–Fri 08:25–15:23 no Sunday service First Essex
• 827 Southend, Travel Ce → Canvey, Leigh Beck Mon–Fri 08:31–15:35 no Sunday service First Essex
• 2 The Renown → Travel Centre Mon–Fri 06:29–23:05 Sun 09:02–18:10 Arriva Herts and Essex
• 14SO Travel Centre → Foulness Courtsend Mon–Fri 06:39–19:13 no Sunday service Stephensons of Essex
• 3 Chelmsford, Bus Stn → Southend, Travel Ce Mon–Fri 06:31–19:24 no Sunday service First Essex
• 61SO Southchurch → Southend-on-Sea Mon–Fri 09:32–13:47 no Sunday service Stephensons of Essex
• 62SO Southend-on-Sea Mon–Fri 09:39–13:43 no Sunday service Stephensons of Essex
• 4 Nth Shoebury, The R → Southend Travel Cen Sun 09:38–18:17 First Essex
• 4A Landwick Cottages → Southend Travel Cen Sun 08:28–19:27 First Essex
• 24SO Southchurch Whittingham → Travel Centre Mon–Fri 06:48–20:48 no Sunday service Stephensons of Essex
• 1X Travel Centre → Leigh Beck Mon–Fri 06:56–20:51 no Sunday service Arriva Herts and Essex
• 60A Westcliff-on-Sea → The Plough and Sail Mon–Fri 13:52–17:42 no Sunday service Stephensons of Essex
• 2A Shoeburyness → Southend-on-Sea Mon–Fri 00:17–23:17 no Sunday service Arriva Herts and Essex

Live times at the campus stops

Night buses to University of Essex

For getting back to halls. Nights are the night you set out on, so a 01:30 bus on Saturday morning is listed under Friday.

• 28 Southend, Travel Ce → Basildon Bus Statio Every night 24 hours runs tonight

See night buses across the UK.

Direct buses to University of Essex from

Places on a route that reaches the campus without changing — worth checking before you sign a housing contract. The bus may take a long way round, so open the route for the time from your own stop.

Other University of Essex campuses

Frequently asked questions

Which buses go to University of Essex (Southend-on-Sea)?

28 routes serve the campus: the 60 (towards Heygate Avenue), the 17 (towards Heygate Avenue), the 17a (towards Heygate Avenue), the 28 (towards Basildon Bus Statio), the 1 (towards Railway Station), the 25 (towards Basildon, Bus Stati), the 9 (towards Railway Station), the 7 (towards Railway Station), the 29 (towards Belgrave Road), the 21 (towards Furtherwick Rd, Par), the 8 (towards Railway Station), the 26 (towards Hadleigh, The Memor) and more. Each route page has the full timetable and a live map.

Is there a campus or university bus at University of Essex?

No route here is branded as a university service, so campus travel is on the ordinary local network — 28 routes call at the campus stops, listed above with their first and last times.

What time is the first bus to University of Essex?

One route serves the campus 24 hours a day. Of the fixed-hours routes, the earliest weekday departure from the campus is 00:17 on the 2A.

Can I get a bus back to campus at night?

1 of the 28 routes run in the small hours, and 1 runs 24 hours. Which nights each one runs is listed above — most night services are Friday and Saturday only.

Do buses run to University of Essex outside term time?

The timetables here are the operators' own published data, so they show what is running now, including any current holiday timetable. Dedicated university services are the ones most likely to stop or thin out in the vacation. Ordinary local routes generally run all year.

How much is the bus to University of Essex, and is there a student fare?

Single fares in England are capped at £3 until 31 December 2026, dropping to £2 from 1 January 2027. Most operators also sell a student term or year pass, which usually beats the cap if you travel in every day — check the operator pages linked against each route.

Other universities nearby

Timetables from the operators via the DfT Bus Open Data Service. Campus locations from OpenStreetMap. See all universities by bus , or every stop and route in Southend-on-Sea.