Blyth Vale Bus Guide

Blyth Vale is well located for bus access and has a variety of bus stops serving different routes.

The nearest bus stops are located on Holton Road which are roughly a two minute walk from Blyth Vale, these stops serve route 511 to Holton operated by Halesworth Area Community Transport which runs two buses a day. There are also stops located opposite and adjacent Halesworth Town Park which serve route 99A to Southwold and Bungay operated by First Buses which runs frequent services.

On the following pages you will find information on routes to locations such as Southwold, Bungay, Ilketshall and Holton.

When looking at Google Maps, zoom into an area and this icon will appear showing you where bus stops are located. If you click on this icon, a list of the routes serving that bus stop will come up. Route 511 (Halesworth Area Community Transport) Halesworth - Holton

Source: Suffolk CC

Bus route 511 is operated by Halesworth Area Community Transport from Holton Road bus stops, the route begins at Halesworth and ends at Holton. The buses run twice a day on Monday to Saturday and there is no service on Sundays and Bank Holidays. Find up to date timetables here. TOP TIP On the last page you will find a guide to reading bus timetables! Route 99A Coastal Clipper (First Buses) Bungay - Halesworth - Southwold

Source: First Bus

Bus route 99A Coastal Clipper is operated by First Buses from Saxons Way bus stops, the route begins at Bungay and ends at Southwold. The buses run approximately every two hours Monday to Saturday and there is no service on Sundays and Bank Holidays. Find up to date timetables here. TOP TIP On the last page you will find a guide to reading bus timetables! Route 521 (Border Bus) Halesworth - Saxmundham - Leiston - Aldeburgh

Source: Border Bus

Bus route 521 is operated by Border Bus from Saxons Way bus stops, the route begins at Halesworth and ends at Aldeburgh. The buses run approximately every three hours Monday to Saturday and there is no service on Sundays and Bank Holidays. Find up to date timetables here. TOP TIP On the last page you will find a guide to reading bus timetables! How to read bus timetables - At the bus stop

This is the This tells you key locations the bus visits service number. on this route but not all locations.

This list is of all the places the bus stops, followed by all the times the This informs bus stops there. you if there are any service restrictions in place that may Source: First Bus affect your journey. How to read bus timetables - Online Bus timetables are often easier to read online and are likely to be more up to date than those posted at bus stops. If you know the service number and bus company, simply type this into Google to find the company’s online timetable e.g. ‘Bus 99A First Buses’. If you do not know the service number or bus company but know somewhere you would like to travel to you can also use Google by typing in for example ‘bus Halesworth to Bungay’ and this will list routes that Google has calculated for you as well as webpages offering a bus service that matches your criteria.

If you visit the First Buses website and go to route 99A then you would see something similar to the table to the left, in this case it is pretty similar to the timetables you would see at the bus stop. There will be two tables, one after the other which show the different directions of travel. The table lists all of the places the bus stops in the first column and in the following columns it lists the times the bus will stop there.

From the table you can see that on weekdays, travelling from Southwold to Bungay there are buses roughly every two hours. A bus reaches Halesworth at 0806 which would then arrive in Bungay at 0835.

If you require any further information on buses or timetables from Blyth Vale then please get in touch: [email protected]