Bus & Coach

Buses through Winster

PLEASE NOTE - bus timetables in Matlock (including our route 172) changed on 4th October 2007

Winster has a reasonable bus service (No 172) - about 8 trips per day each way (Monday-Saturday) to Matlock (via Wensley) in one direction and Bakewell (via Elton, Birchover and Stanton-in-the-Peak) in the other direction.

Some Winster buses leave from Matlock's new Rail/Bus station, but not all. All Winster buses call at Matlock's old bus station, now shown on the timetable as "Bakewell Road".

There are three buses to Bakewell (and four to Matlock) on a Bank Holiday, but none on a Sunday. Nearest Sunday services are at Darley Dale and Youlgrave, the latter offering a direct bus (181) from Sheffield on a Sunday morning, returning in the late afternoon.

Most buses on route 172 are run by Hulleys of Baslow: see the printed timetable dated 13/9/07 (PDF format). Derbyshire now offer PDF copies of all bus timetables - go to their index page to find the timetable you need.

If you want to plan a trip online, the situation is disappointing. The online Timetable provided by Traveline is generally accurate, but sometimes ignores the best options. The national TransportDirect is slower but better if you are crossing regional boundaries - eg into Staffordshire or towards Sheffield.

Note for ramblers fancying a one-way walk: One late-afternoon bus from Bakewell comes via Middleton-by-Youlgreave and Youlgreave, and it is even possible to get back from Hartington, Parsley Hay or Arbor Low by combining this bus with the twice-a-day link between Youlgreave and Hartington (part of the Bakewell-Youlgrave-Middleton route 171).

There is a good-value "Derbyshire Wayfarer" day ticket (May 2007: £8.40 per adult but only £13.10 for up to two adults and three children) covering most buses (and the Transpeak coach) and trains in Derbyshire.

There is a useful bus map available in PDF format.

Further Afield

The Transpeak service runs hourly for much of the day on the route Nottingham-Derby-Matlock-Darley Dale-Bakewell-Buxton-Manchester. The timetable notes which services are normally run by coaches, and which by low-floor buses. But be warned that punctuality can be very poor.

National Express run a daily coach from Matlock to London - leaving around 10am and taking about 5 hours. The return trip leaves London around 4pm.

 

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