Valid from 19 April 2021

Bus timetable

297 St Helens - These services are provided by Hatton’s Transport and Cumfybus

ST HELENS Bickerstaffe Street

GRANGE PARK Upland Road

Alder Road

PRESCOT Road

Thomas Drive

PRESCOT Bus Station

KNOWSLEY VILLAGE Knowsley Lane

KIRKBY ADMIN South Boundary Road

KIRKBY CIVIC CENTRE www..gov.uk What’s changed?

From Kirkby to St Helens the service is rerouted from Derby Street via High Street, Warrington Road, Kemble Street to Sewell Street, so currently not serving the High Street or Prescot Bus Station. The service is re-routed in both directions along Dragon Lane and Warrington Road (missing out Beechwood Close, Willow Grove and Ash Grove). Times are changed. Any comments about this service?

If you’ve got any comments or suggestions about the services shown in this timetable, please contact the bus company who runs the service:

Hatton’s 19 Barrow Street, St.Helens, , WA10 1RX Tel: 01744 811818 Cumfybus 178 Cambridge Road, Churchtown, , PR9 7LW Tel: 01704 227 321

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2 297 St Helens - Kirkby Hatton’s Transport and Cumfybus Route 297 between St Helens and Kirkby: from ST HELENS (BICKERSTAFFE STREET) via Bickerstaffe Street, Victoria Square, Cotham Street, Street, Bridge Street, Linkway, Westfield Street, Borough Road, Prescot Road (the 1505 and 1605 journeys divert via Scafell Avenue and Lowther Crescent to serve Carmel College before rejoining the main route on Penrith Road) Grange Park Road, Upland Road, Penrith Road, Scholes Lane, Portico Lane, Old Lane, Alder Road, St James Road, St Helens Road, Warrington Road, Dragon Lane, Shaw Lane, Saunders Avenue, Molyneux Drive, Cross Lane, Thomas Drive, Coronation Drive, Florida Way, Cross Lane, Hall Lane, Road, Sewell Street, Market Place, Prescot Bus Station, Church Street, Derby Street, Liverpool Road, Knowsley Lane, Sugar Lane, Frederick Lunt Avenue, Tithebarn Road, Knowsley Lane, Ormskirk Road, Coopers Lane, South Boundary Road, County Road, Webster Road, Cherryfield Drive to KIRKBY BUS STATION (CHERRYFIELD DRIVE).

Mondays to Fridays CF St Helens Bickerstaffe Street - 0900 00 1400 1505 1605 Prescot Road (for Carmel College) - - - - 1515 1615 Upland Road - 0910 10 1410 - - then Alder Road - 0915 15 1415 1521 1621 at Prescot Pennington Gardens - 0919 19 1419 1525 1625 these until Thomas Drive - 0926 26 1426 1532 1632 mins Prescot Bus Station 0732 0932 32 1432 1538 1638 past Knowsley Village 0749 0948 48 1448 1554 1654 Knowsley Industrial Park Admin Road 0752 0952 52 1452 1558 1658 Kirkby Bus Station Cherryfield Drive 0758 0958 58 1458 1604 1704 Code used on this page: CF - journey operated by Cumfybus.

3 297 Kirkby - St Helens Hatton’s Transport

Route 297 between Kirkby and St Helens: from KIRKBY BUS STATION (CHERRYFIELD DRIVE) via Cherryfield Drive, Webster Road, County Road, South Boundary Road, Coopers Lane, Ormskirk Road, Knowsley Lane, Tithebarn Road, Frederick Lunt Avenue, Sugar Lane, Knowsley Lane, Liverpool Road, Derby Street, High Street, Warrington Road, Kemble Street, Sewell Street, Manchester Road, Hall Lane, Cross Lane, Thomas Drive, Coronation Drive, Hughes Avenue, Florida Way, Cross Lane, Saunders Avenue, Shaw Lane, Dragon Lane, Warrington Road, St Helens Road, St James Road, Old Lane, Portico Lane, Scholes Lane, Penrith Road, Upland Road, Grange Park Road, Prescot Road, Westfield Street, Cotham Street, Victoria Square, Library Street, Corporation Street, Hall Street to ST HELENS BUS STATION (BICKERSTAFFE STREET).

Mondays to Fridays Kirkby Bus Station Cherryfield Drive 0805 0900 00 1500 1605 1705 South Boundary Road, Lees Road 0811 0906 06 1506 1611 1711 Knowsley Village 0815 0911 then 11 1511 1616 1716 Supermarket 0830 0925 at 25 1525 1630 1730 Thomas Drive 0833 0928 these 28 until 1528 1633 1733 Prescot Pennington Gardens 0842 0937 mins 37 1537 1642 - Alder Road 0848 0943 past 43 1543 1648 - Upland Road 0853 0948 48 1548 1653 - St Helens Bickerstaffe Street 0903 0958 58 1558 1703 -

Saturdays and Sundays - No Service For a Saturday service between Prescot and Kirkby, please see the Route 289 timetable booklet.

4 KIRKBY Route 297: BUS STATION St Helens - Kirkby County Road

CHERRYFIELD DRIVE C OUNT

WEBSTER DRIVE Y St Helens

RO Knowsley A D Lees Road Industrial Park ST HELENS BUS STATION CORPORATION STREET Moorgate SOUTH

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WESTFIELD ST TITHEBARN LINKWAY ROAD KNOWSLEY Dunriding Lane D R VILLAGE BOROUGH FREDERICK LUNT AVENUE D A O R T KEY SUGAR O Toll C S LANE E R Bar P Timetable Carmel ALDER ROAD

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L RD Bus Station A UPLAND N UPLAND ROAD P E Stockbridge E N R Lane IT H Merseytravel Centre RD E LAN Prescot PRESCOT OLES S RD ECCLESTON H HELEN C BUS STATION ST S S Shopping Centre T PARK

J D A S R N M STATION E M57 HIGH E L E N E S Portico

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OO R L ERP O IV CHURCH A ALDER ROAD D STREET KE MBLE ST SEWELL STREET W ARR Delph NGTOI Lane 'Hail and Ride'

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ROAD N A If you want to get on the bus please give a clear signal to the bus driver. MOLYNEUX L Road N CROSS LANE DRIVE O G If you want to get off the bus please tell the driver in good time. A R SHAW LANE D Bus drivers will only stop the bus where they think it is safe to do so, THOMAS DRIVE IVE DR AS so please don't wait near junctions, crossings or bends in the road. OM TH FLORIDA WAY C O SAUNDERS R NO AVENUE NAT HUGHES ION DR AVENUE