Gateshead Buses
About: The school bus service is managed by and paid for by Nexus. Various bus operators then bid for the contracts. The bus operators may therefore change between years or terms. The Nexus website is kept up to date with information regarding which operator is running each service.
Tickets and Passes: A single fare for students with an Under 16 POP card it is 60p. A Child All-Day Ticket with an Under 16 POP card is £1.10. If students are travelling via public transport in Tyne and Wear every day, you can apply to Nexus for a School Pass. This means you will pay in advance for travel to / from school. Students may qualify for help with travel costs from the Local Authority. For further information please contact the Local Authority directly on 0191 433 4848. For further information on fares, Under 16 POP cards, and School Passes please contact Nexus directly online (nexus.org.uk) or via phone on 0191 20 20 747.
Lost Property: If a student leaves anything on the bus, families should contact the operator directly. The Nexus website contains a full list of operators and their contact details.
Times & Routes
840 Service (Morning)
07:35
Lobley Hill Road, Whickham Highway, MALVERN GARDENS (0740), Moorfoot Gardens, Cotswold Gardens, Malvern Gardens, Chiltern Gardens, Lobley Hill Road, turn at Kingsway roundabout, Lobley Hill Road, Beechwood Gardens, Rowanwood Gardens, Rothbury Gardens, ALWINTON GARDENS (0750), Consett Road, Whickham Highway, Front Street, BRIDLE PATH (0803), Whickham Bank, Swalwell Bank, Hexham Road, SWALWELL (0810), Shibdon Road, Blaydon Bank, Wylam View, Heddon View, Back Lane, Croftdale Road. Set down at bus stop
841 Service (Morning)
07:30
Hobson, PICKERING NOOK (0732), Syke Road, Leazes Church, BURNOPFIELD (0737), Front Street, Crookgate, Byermoor, Marley Hill, SUNNISIDE CO-OP (0745), Sunniside Road, Hole Lane, Kingsway, GLADELEY WAY (0749), Sunniside Road, Whaggs Lane, Rectory Lane, Front Street, BRIDLE PATH (0759), Whickham Bank, Swalwell Bank, Hexham Road, SWALWELL RUGBY CLUB (0805), Shibdon Road, Blaydon Bank, Wylam View, Heddon View Back Lane, Croftdale Road.
842 Service (Morning)
07:57
Knightside Gardens, Maple Avenue, Cypress Crescent, Wilson Street, Ellison Road, DUNSTON DUN COW (0807), Ravensworth Road, Wellington Road, DUNSTON CROSS KEYS (0815), Dunston Road, Park Terrace, Market Lane, SWALWELL (0825), Hexham Road, Shibdon Road, Blaydon Bank, Wylam View, Heddon View, Back Lane, Croftdale Road
843 Service (Morning)
08:00
Saltwell Road, RAWLING ROAD (0808), Field House Road, Saltwell View, Rectory Road, Bensham Road, Victoria Road, Angus Road, BOLAM STREET (0820), Slip Road, Consett Route (A184), Western By-Pass (A1) Slip road A694 Derwenthaugh Road, A695, Chainbridge Road, Blaydon Highway, Shibdon Road, Blaydon Bank, Wylam View, Heddon View, Back Lane, Croftdale Road
844 Service (Morning)
07:30
Hertford, slip road, Durham Road, LOW FELL NEW CANNON INN (0738), Durham Road, SHIPCOTE (0741), Prince Consort Road, SHIPLEY ART GALLERY (0742), Whitehall Road, Coatsworth Road, Bensham Road, Cuthbert Street, Tyne Road East, CLASPER VILLAGE TYNE VIEW SCHOOL (0752), Rose Street, Yetholm Road, TEAMS JOHNSON STREET (0755), Derwentwater Road, Clockmill Road, Colliery Road, St Omers Road, HANDY DRIVE (0800), Riversideway, A695,CHAINBRIDGE Road (0805), Blaydon Roundabout, Blaydon Bank, Wylam View, Heddon View, Back Lane, Croftdale Road
850 Service (Morning)
07:35
Broadway, Sunniside Road, Whaggs Lane, Oakfield Road, FELLSIDER (0747), Fellside Road, FELLSIDE PARKWAY/FELLSIDE ROAD (0758), Fellside Road, Lobley Hill Road, PACK HORSE INN (0807) Front Street, New Road, Busty Bank, Burnopfield Lane, Stirling Lane, ST BARNABAS CHURCH /TESCO (0815) Station Road, Rowlands Gill, Lockhaugh Road, Spa Well Road, Noel Avenue, WINLATON MILL (0823), Holly Avenue, Mill Lane, Thornley Lane, Scotland Head, Church Street, North Street, Back Lane, Croftdale Road
854 Service (Morning)
07:35
Dipwood Road A694, Lintzford Road, HAMSTERLEY MILL (0740) Lintzford Road, Chopwell Road, Mill Road, Derwent Street, CHOPWELL BUS STAND (0751), Hall Road, Ramsay Road, Clayton Terrace Road, Glossop Street, HIGH SPEN BUTE ARMS (0800), Hookergate Lane, Smailes Lane, HIGHFIELD CLUB (0809) Strathmore Road, ROWLANDS GILL WAR MEMORIAL (0816), Station Road, Lockhaugh Road, LOCKHAUGH (0821), Thornley Lane, Scotland Head, Church Street, North Street, Back Lane, Croftdale Road
861 Service (Morning)
08:00
CRAWCROOK FOX & HOUNDS (0800), Main Road, Barmoor, Main Road, THORP ACADEMY (0805), RYTON HOTEL (0808), Stella Road, STELLA (0815), Blaydon Bank, Wylam View, Heddon View, Croftdale Road
891 Service (Morning)
07:30
HIGH SPEN BUS STAND (0730), Rogues Lane, Spen Lane, Lead Road, ROCKWOOD HILL ESTATE (0735), Rockwood Hill Road, GREENSIDE PACK HORSE (0737), Lead Road, FOLLY (0740), Folly Lane, Woodside Lane (B6315), WOODSIDE (0747), Ryton-Crawcrook By-Pass (A695), Greenside Road, Crawcrook Lane, Stannerford Road, CLARA VALE (0758), Stannerford Road, Crawcrook Lane, Main Road, CRAWCROOK FOX & HOUNDS (0803), THORP SCHOOL (0807), SET DOWN PUPILS, Main Road, RYTON HOTEL (0810), Stella Road, STELLA (0819), Blaydon Bank, Wylam View, Heddon View, Back Lane, Croftdale Road
839 Service (Afternoon)
15:35
Croftdale Road, Blaydon Bank, Shibdon Road, Hexham Road, SWALWELL (1545), Swalwell Bank, Whickham Bank, Fellside Road, Fellside Parkway (1551), Fellside Road, Oakfield Road, Whaggs Lane, Sunniside Road, Broadway
840 Service (Afternoon)
15:35
Croftdale Road, Blaydon Bank, Shibdon Road, Hexham Road, Swalwell Bank, Whickham Bank, Front Street, BRIDLE PATH (1550), Whickham Highway, MALVERN GARDENS (1557), Moorfoot Gardens, Cotswold Gardens, Malvern Gardens, Chiltern Gardens, Lobley Hill Road, Beechwood Gardens, Rowanwood Gardens, Rothbury Gardens, Alwinton Gardens, CRAGSIDE GARDENS (1605), Rothbury Gardens, Lobley Hill Roundabout, Lobley Hill Road.
841 Service (Afternoon)
15:35
Croftdale Road, Blaydon Bank, Shibdon Road, Hexham Road, SWALWELL RUGBY CLUB (1545) , Swalwell Bank, Whickham Bank, Front Street, BRIDLEPATH (1550), Rectory Lane, Whaggs Lane, Sunniside Road, Broadway, Burnthouse Lane, Kingsway, GLADELY WAY (1600), Kingsway, Sunniside Road, Sun Street, SUNNISIDE CO-OP (1604), Church Street, Marley Hill, Byermoor, Crookgate, BURNOPFIELD (1614) Front Street, Leazes Church (1619), Syke Road, PICKERING NOOK, Hobson
842 Service (Afternoon)
15:35
Croftdale Road, Blaydon Bank, Shibdon Road, Hexham Road, SWALWELL (1543), Market Lane, Park Terrace, Dunston Road, Wellington Road, DUNSTON CROSS KEYS (1550), Ravensworth Road, DUNSTON DUN COW (1552), Ellison Road, Wilson Street, Cypress Crescent, Maple Avenue, Knightside Gardens, Whickham Highway
843 Service (Afternoon)
15:35
Croftdale Road, Blaydon Bank, Blaydon Roundabout, Chain Bridge Road, Derwenthaugh Road, Riverside Way (1552), Handy Drive, Clockmill Road (1558), Derwentwater Road, BOLAM STREET (1559), Angus Road, Victoria Road, Bensham Road, Saltwell Road, WHITEHALL ROAD (1604), Rectory Road, Saltwell View, Field House Road, RAWLING ROAD (1609), Saltwell Road, Saltwell Road South, PORCUPINE PARK (1613), Hertford, ALLERDENE TRAFFORD (1615), Slip Road, Durham Road, JOLLY MILLER (1620), Durham Road
844 Service (Afternoon)
15:35
Croftdale Road, Blaydon Bank, Blaydon Roundabout, Chain Bridge Road, Derwenthaugh Road, Riverside Way, Handy Drive, Clockmill Road, Derwentwater Road, JOHNSON STREET (1550), Yetholm Road, Rose Street, Tyne Road East, CLASPER VILLAGE (1553), Cuthbert Street, Bensham Road, Coatsworth Road Whitehall Road, Prince Consort Road, SHIPLEY ART GALLERY (1604), Durham Road, LOW FELL NEW CANNON INN (1606), Durham Road
845 Service (Afternoon)
15:35
Blaydon Bank, Mount Pleasant, Winlaton Bus Station, Sandhill, Church Street, Scotland Head, Mill Lane, Mundle Avenue, May Avenue, Noel Avenue, WINLATON MILL (1545), Spa Well Road, Lockhaugh Road, Station Road, ROWLANDS GILL (1550), Dipwood Road, Lintzford Road, LINTZFORD
854 Service (Afternoon)
15:35
Croftdale Road, Blaydon Bank, Mount Pleasant, Front Street, Church Street, Scotland Head, Thornley Lane, Lockhaugh Road, LOCKHAUGH (1545), Station Road, ROWLANDS GILL WAR MEMORIAL (1550), Strathmore Road, Smailes Lane, Hookergate Lane, HIGH SPEN BUTE ARMS (1600), Glossop Street, Clayton Terrace Road, Ramsay Road, Hall Road, Derwent Street, CHOPWELL (1606), Mill Road, Chopwell Road, River View
861 Service (Afternoon)
15:35
PICK UP AT BUS STOP, Croftdale Road, Blaydon Bank, Stella Road, RYTON (1545), Main Road, Barmoor, Main Street, CRAWCROOK, (1550) Crawcrook Lane, Stannerford Road
891 Service (Afternoon)
15:35
Croftdale Road, Blaydon Bank, Stella Road, Ryton Main Street, RYTON CHURCH (1545), Emmaville, Crawcrook Main Street, CRAWCROOK (1522), Greenside Road, Woodside Lane, GREENSIDE PACK HORSE (1600), Lead Road, ROCKWOOD HILL ESTATE (1601), Rockwood Hill Road, Greenside, Lead Road, FOLLY ROSE & CROWN (1604), Folly Lane, Woodside Lane.
Northumberland Buses
About: There are 2 buses which operate for pupils living in Northumberland, the 550 and the 551. These are provided for students who are in Year 9 and above, are Catholic, and have a bus pass supplied by Northumberland Council. This is because the Local Authority will provide transport for students attending a school out of the catchment area when the family has expressed a preference for their child to be educated at a school with a particular ethos, because they adhere to a particular faith. In Northumberland, transport will only be provided to the nearest faith school to home, provided that it is the faith to which the family adheres and that such religious education is not available within the catchment school. For Catholic children in Northumberland, St Thomas More School only becomes the nearest faith school at Year 9, due to the Catholic Middle School in Hexham which students could attend up to Year 8. Both services are managed by Northumberland Council. Various bus operators bid for the contracts. The bus operators may therefore change between years or terms. Please note that if your child lives in Northumberland and does not adhere to the Catholic faith, there is no transport provision from Northumberland Local Authority, and students will therefore need to make their own arrangements or use public transport. If you have any queries regarding school transport from Northumberland please contact the Northumberland School Transport Team on 0345 600 6400 or email transport@northumberland.gov.uk.
Tickets and Passes: Students using the 550, or 551, need a bus pass from Northumberland Council. In order to apply for this pass families should call 01670 624 839. They will have to complete an application form, or an online application, and submit a photograph and copy of their Baptism Certificate.
Lost Property: If a pupil leaves anything on the bus, families should contact the operator directly. Alternatively the Local Authority can be contacted on 0345 600 6400.
Times & Routes
550 Service (Morning)
7.15am – Chollerford Roundabout 7.25am – Hexham, Causey Hill Rd / Valebrook 7.30am – Hexham, Causey Hill Rd 7.35am –Hexham Bus Station 7.50am – Riding Mill, Wellington inn 7.55am – Stocksfield Rail Station 8.05am – Prudhoe, Dr Syntax 8.20am – St Thomas More Catholic School
551 Service (Morning)
8.00am – Prudhoe, Beaumont Terrace 8.03am – Prudhoe, Dr Syntax 8.04am – Prudhoe, Sanderson’s Shop 8.05am – Prudhoe, The Falcon 8.20am – St Thomas More School
550 Service (Afternoon)
3.55pm – St Thomas More School – Front of School 4.10pm – Prudhoe, Dr Syntax 4.20pm – Stocksfield Rail Station 4.25pm – Riding Mill, Wellington Inn 4.40pm – Hexham Bus Station 4.45pm – Hexham, Causey Hill Rd 4.50pm – Hexham, Causey Hill Rd / Valebrook 5.00pm – Chollerford Roundabout
551 Service (Afternoon)
3.55pm – St Thomas More School – Front of School 4.10pm – Prudhoe, The Falcon 4.11pm – Prudhoe, Sanderson’s Shop 4.12pm – Prudhoe, Dr Syntax 4.15pm – Prudhoe, Beaumont Terrace