Local Bus Services

Macclesfield Plus Bus
When travelling to Macclesfield by train and then using the bus, consider a Macclesfield PlusBus ticket - it could cut the cost of your journeys to and from the railway station and whilst you are in Macclesfield.

Cheshire Travel Card
If you are travelling on the bus in Cheshire consider a Cheshire Travel Card. It is a more convenient way to pay and you will receive a discount, subject to operator, on most single and return fares.

Visit Travel Northwest for further timetables including those outside Cheshire.

Local Buses Services to and around Macclesfield include:

Arriva Route 1 - Macclesfield to Forest Cottage
Hourly service. Monday to Saturday only.
Effective: 30th August 2009
Timetable courtesy: Arriva

Arriva Route 2, 2A - Macclesfield - Weston
Twice hourly service Monday to Saturday only.
Effective: 19th February 2012
Timetable courtesy: Arriva

Arriva Route 3 - Macclesfield - Weston
Every 30 minutes Monday to Saturday only.
Effective: 1st March 2009
Timetable courtesy: Arriva

Arriva Route 4 - Macclesfield - Upton Priory
Twice hourly service Monday to Saturday only.
Effective: 19th February 2012
Timetable courtesy: Arriva

Arriva Route 5, 6 - Macclesfield - Weston
Twice hourly service Monday - Saturday and Sunday.
Effective: 21st June 2009
Timetable courtesy: Arriva

Arriva Route 9 - Macclesfield - Moss Rose Estate
Twice hourly service Monday to Saturday. Hourly on Sunday.
Effective: 21st June 2009
Timetable courtesy: Arriva

Arriva Route 10,10A - Bollington - Macclesfield
Twice hourly service Monday to Saturday. Hourly on Sundays.
Effective: 29th January 2012
Timetable courtesy: Arriva

Arriva Route 14 - Langley - Macclesfield
Hourly Monday to Saturday. Two services only on Sunday.
Effective: 13th September 2009
Timetable courtesy: Arriva

Arriva Route 21,21A - Macclesfield - Hurdsfield
Twice hourly service Monday to Saturday only.
Effective: 19th February 2012
Timetable courtesy: Arriva

Arriva Route 38 - Macclesfield - Gawsworth -Sandbach - Crewe
Hourly service Monday to Sunday. Service operated by D & G on Sunday.
Effective: 4th September 2011
Timetable courtesy: Arriva

Arriva Route 130 - Manchester - Wilmslow - Macclesfield
Twice Hourly service Monday to Friday. Hourly service Saturday and Sunday.
Effective: 13th March 2011
Timetable courtesy: Arriva

Bakerbus Route 11 - Macclesfield - Tytherington - Kerridge
Hourly service Monday to Saturday only.
Effective: 28th February 2011
Timetable courtesy: Cheshire East Council

BakerBus Route 99, 99A, 99B - Biddulph - Congleton - Macclesfield
Hourly service Monday to Saturday only
Effective: 24th October 2011
Timetable courtesy: BakerBus

BakerBus Route 392,393 - Macclesfield - Tytherington - Poynton - Hazel Grove - Stockport
Hourly service Monday to Saturday.  Three services on Sunday.
Effective: 12th January 2009
Timetable courtesy: BakerBus

Bowers Route 19 - Macclesfield - Prestbury
Hourly service Monday to Saturday only.
Effective: 30th March 2009
Timetable courtesy: Cheshire East Council

Bowers Route 27, 27A, 27B - Macclesfield - Chelford - Knutsford
Hourly service Monday to Saturday only.
Effective: 13th March 2011
Timetable courtesy: Cheshire East Council

Bowers Route 58 - Macclesfield - Buxton - Chatsworth House
Hourly service Monday to Saturday.  Four services on Sunday - two to Chatsworth House.
Effective: 25th October 2009
Timetable courtesy: Cheshire East Council

Bowers Route 60 - Macclesfield - Whaley Bridge - New Mills - Disley
Services Monday to Saturday only. See timetable for fequency.  One service to only on Sunday.
Effective: 31st May 2009
Timetable courtesy: Cheshire East Council

Bowers Route 64 - Glossop - Macclesfield
Limited services Monday to Saturday.  See timetable for frequency.
Timetable courtesy: Cheshire East Council

Clowes Coaches Route 108 - Macclesfield - Leek - Ashbourne
Service Monday to Saturday - see timetable for frequency.
Effective: 17th October 2011
Timetable courtesy: Cheshire East Council

D & G Bus Route 38 - Crewe - Sandbach - Congleton - Macclesfield
Hourly service Sunday only. Service operated by Arriva Monday to Saturday.
Effective: 4th September 2011
Timetable courtesy: D&G Bus

D & G Route 130 - Macclesfield - Wilmslow - East Didsbury
Two late evening services Monday to Saturday only.
Effective: 3rd January 2012
Timetable courtesy: D&G Bus

GHA Coaches Route RR3 - Disley - Macclesfield
One service in each direction on Wednesday only.
Effective: 5th August 2009
Timetable courtesy: Cheshire East Council