Guildford Buses & Park and Ride: Routes and Where to Board

Start here: the bus station is being rebuilt

Guildford Friary bus station is being refurbished from 1 September 2026. Surrey County Council expects the work to finish in late 2027. While it goes on, some buses leave from different stands and from temporary stops.

According to the county council's notice:

• The seven stands on Commercial Road are closed in the first phase.
• Stands 3 to 15 inside the bus station stay in use for now, though some services have moved.
• There are extra stops on North Street, by and opposite the library.
• There are temporary stops on Onslow Street, in the bus lane.
• Pedestrian access to the bus station is kept open.

The arrangements have already changed more than once since September. Before you travel, check the county council's temporary changes page, which links to a map of where to board each service.

Where to find timetables

Surrey County Council lists every service in the area on one page: Guildford, Godalming and Haslemere bus timetables. Each route number links to its timetable. The same page has a PDF map of Guildford bus routes and stops.

Several companies run the buses, including Stagecoach, Safeguard, Compass Bus, Carlone Buses, Falcon Buses, White Bus and Reptons Coaches. Surrey's page links to contact details for each operator.

Routes around town

These are the route descriptions on the county council's list, checked on 9 October 2026.

Royal Surrey County Hospital and the University of Surrey

• 1 and N1 (Stagecoach): Guildford Friary to the university campuses, serving the Royal Surrey Hospital, Manor Park and Surrey Sports Park in a one-way loop.
• 4 and 5 (Safeguard): a circular linking Guildford, Woodbridge Hill, Southway, Park Barn, the Royal Surrey County Hospital and Guildford Park. The hospital says route 5 is the one to catch from town to the hospital, and route 4 comes back.

Burpham and Merrow

• 6 (Stagecoach): town centre via London Road, Burpham and Glendale Drive to Merrow Park.
• 7 (Stagecoach): Guildford, Merrow and Bushy Hill.
• 23/25 (Compass Bus): Guildford, Charlotteville and Merrow, then on to Shere, Gomshall, Peaslake, Ewhurst and Cranleigh.
• 462 and 463 (White Bus): Woking to Guildford. The 462 runs via Burpham and the 463 via Clandon and Merrow.

Stoughton

• 2 (Stagecoach): Guildford and Stoughton, serving Worplesdon Road, Cumberland Avenue, Grange Road and Manor Road in a one-way loop.
• 28 (Stagecoach): Woking, Knaphill, Brookwood, Pirbright, Worplesdon, Stoughton and Guildford.

Onslow Village

• 18 (Compass Bus): Guildford, Farnham Road Hospital and Onslow Village.

Shalford

• 24 (Compass Bus): Guildford, Shalford, Bramley and Cranleigh.

Bellfields and The Mount

• 3 (Safeguard): Guildford, Guildford College and Bellfields.
• 8 (Carlone Buses): The Mount to Guildford.

Routes out of town

• Woking: 34 and 35 (Stagecoach), 91 (Stagecoach), 462 and 463 (White Bus). The 34 continues to Camberley.
• Aldershot: 20 (Stagecoach), via Fairlands, Normandy, Ash and Tongham.
• Godalming and Haslemere: 70, 71 and 72 (Stagecoach), which also serve the Artington park and ride. The 46 (Stagecoach) runs to Farnham via Compton, Farncombe and Godalming.
• Farnham and Alton: 65 (Stagecoach). The county council notes this timetable is due to change on 1 November 2026.
• Cranleigh: 24 and 42 (Compass Bus), 53 and 63 (Stagecoach). The 53/63 continues towards Horsham.
• Dorking and Redhill: 32 (Compass Bus and Metrobus), via Chilworth, Albury, Shere and Gomshall.
• Leatherhead and Epsom: 478 (Reptons Coaches) and 479 (Falcon Buses), via Merrow and the Horsleys or Bookham.
• Kingston: 715 (Falcon Buses), via Ripley, Cobham and Esher.
• Heathrow Airport: RA2 Railair coach (First Berkshire) from Guildford railway station.

Park and ride

Parking is free at the park and ride sites. You pay the bus fare, by cash or contactless to the driver.

• Artington, Old Portsmouth Road, GU3 1LP. Served by routes 70, 71 and 72, Monday to Sunday, about every 20 minutes. About 8 minutes to town. The county council's stand list on 9 October 2026 showed these leaving from stand 3 at the bus station.
• Merrow, Epsom Road, GU4 7AA. Route 300, Monday to Saturday, 7.30am to 7.45pm, about every 30 minutes, with more buses in the morning peak. About 12 minutes to town. Buses also stop at Merrow Church, Jenner Road and Guildford Library. The county council says the waiting room and toilets at the Merrow site are currently unavailable.

The Onslow and Spectrum park and ride sites are listed as suspended.

Fares, as shown on Surrey County Council's page on 9 October 2026 (in force from 14 July 2025):

• DayRider: £4
• Group DayRider, up to four people: £8
• Adult single: £2.20 from Artington, £2.60 from Merrow
• Up to two children under 16 travel free with each adult
• Senior concessionary pass holders: £2.50 day return
• 7 Day MegaRider: £16

Disabled concessionary pass holders travel free after 9.30am Monday to Friday. Check the park and ride page for current fares.

Roadworks and diversions

Short-term diversions are posted on the county council's temporary changes page. On 9 October 2026, for example, it listed a closure on Worplesdon Road affecting service 28. Planned timetable changes are on a separate forthcoming changes page.