Poster for printing: BttP 2015 Interchange Points Poster

You've heard about the Star, Salford’s first co-operatively-owned pub, but never got round to going? What about Holt’s Duke of York or Union Tavern, the Royal Oak in Eccles or the Royal Oak in Gorton, all well off the beaten track? Then there's Urmston's Prairie Schooner, Stretford's Sip Club and in Levenshulme, Fred's, amongst the newbies. How about getting to them all, and in just one day. Ambitious, certainly, but possible on Saturday May 23rd, when CAMRA's Bus to the Pub again runs its hourly service, linking these and many others. For only £5 (£4.50 members) your ticket allows you to travel all day, getting off and on where you choose on our 30 mile route. Buy in advance from any of the pubs on the route and it’s only £4.50 for each passenger.

We offer this bus service to remind everyone who loves pubs and good beer that not everything is concentrated in the city centre. The outer districts are not always well linked with each other, but for this one day you can get from Eccles to Higher Broughton, from Gorton to Urmston or Fallowfield to inner Salford with our Bus to the Pub. And home again, right round the circle. Passengers each receive a free booklet giving full details of each pub, its beers and prices, and where to eat, in or nearby.

You can join us at any of the pub stops shown in the timetable, plus Stevenson Square, outside Rosy Lee Tea Rooms! But you don’t need to come into the city centre. Our route crosses all Manchester radial bus, rail and tram routes, so wherever you’re travelling from, you will intersect our route. The full details of these interchange points are shown below. Just look out for our red double-deckers.

A two hour circuit, lots of pubs, but don’t even think of trying them all at one go. They’re all too good for that, and we want everyone to be left only with memories of a great day out.

Interchange points from Manchester-bound bus, train and tram services

from Ashton New Road: get off in Great Ancoats Street at Ducie Street for Jolly Angler

from Ashton Old Road: use Pottery Lane s/b opposite Ashbury’s Station

from Hyde Road: get off at Waggon & Horses for Vale Cottage, or opposite Plough

from Stockport Road: get off at Levenshulme Tesco for Fred’s Ale House. Our bus stop is opposite in Albert Road heading towards Fallowfield

from Kingsway: board our bus in Moseley Road opposite the Kingsway, towards Fallowfield

from Wilmslow Road: in Fallowfield use the stop in Wilbraham Road towards Chorlton

from Princess Road: use the stop in Wilbraham Road towards Chorlton

from Barlow Moor Road: walk back along Wilbraham Road towards Chorlton Station, outside The Bar, or use the stop outside Oddbins

from Chester Road: use the stop opposite Stretford station, or the 23A etc stop at the Mall,or walk round the corner to Sip Club, where we stop right outside

from Liverpool Road: get off at Patricroft Green Lane and walk 5 minutes to Queens Arms or continue to Eccles Library then walk to Royal Oak and Eccles town centre

from Bolton Road/Chorley Road (A6): a bit tricky, depending on the bridge works in OldfieldRoad. If these are complete as planned, we will pick up at the stop in Oldfield Road, justbefore the traffic lights. But if Oldfield Road is not re-opened we will have to use the Inner Relief Road and no safe stopping place is available here. So, either walk round to the Union in Liverpool Road to board, or go instead into Eccles, or continue into Manchester for Stevenson Square or the Jolly Angler

from Bury New Road: get off (98) at the first stop in Great Clowes Street and walk to the Star, or alight (X41/43) at the Rialto/Macdonalds stop and walk 8 minutes to the Duke of York, or continue into Manchester as below

from Cheetham Hill Road: continue into the city centre and find us either at Stevenson Square or the Jolly Angler

from Rochdale Road: as above from Oldham Road: as above

Poster for printing: BttP 2015 Poster

Timetable - operates clockwise only (printable version: BttP 2015 Poster):