Our main service, the ‘12’, operated by Nottingham City Transport (replacing the previous ‘11’) now serves Central Avenue, West Bridgford and has a more direct route to the City Loop reducing journey times to about 50 minutes.

The improved service uses comfortable, air conditioned, electric vehicles and timings seem to be generally reliable. Bus stop and ‘on board’ information is helpful and timetables and vehicle locations can always be checked online. Click:
Number 12 Bus

The Early evening buses allow travel back from Nottingham at 1810 or 2010 and they carry on from Cropwell Bishop Church St. (as ‘12C’) to Cropwell Butler and Upper Saxondale.

The new Sunday service (12E) provides useful buses every couple of hours and is extended to Bingham in addition to the usual route to West Bridgford and Nottingham.

The County operated ‘747’ provides a useful link to the Trent Barton ‘Mainline’ service at Radcliffe with connections to and from West Bridgford, Town and Bingham. There is also opportunity to stay on the 747 and explore the villages of Gunthorpe, Lowdham, Woodborough, Calverton and Oxton.

The Centrebus (County supported) 833 service provides a reliable hourly link to Bingham Market Square although the journey time is now 22 minutes since the route was amended to take in Upper Saxondale (already served by the 747 service!) and Wychwood Road and Carnarvon place in Bingham.

Please continue to use and enjoy the bus services that we have available. The Parish Clerk, Janice Towndrow will be able to receive any comments or queries and pass them on to the operators.

John Greenwood
July 2026

From the 21st June we will have a new bus service

The "11" bus service is changing to "12" in June, and will restore the direct route to Central Avenue and also operate on Sundays!

Nottingham City Transport have been reviewing all their routes including the 11, and changes will take effect from Sunday 21st June.

Below are the full details of the new service.

The new 12 service serves a return route to Central Avenue in West Bridgford and also gives us a Sunday Service.

New Green 12 replaces Green 11 between Nottingham, Gamston and Tollerton, Cotgrave, Hollygate Park and Cropwell Bishop.

Green 12 will serve Central Avenue and West Bridgford, reinstating this much-requested direct link.

Buses will operate hourly on Monday to Saturday daytimes, with a Sunday daytime service introduced and the last bus from Nottingham at 20:10 on Mondays to Saturdays.

Some journeys will serve Cropwell Butler and Upper Saxondale, with Sunday buses serving Cropwell Butler and Bingham. The 833 connect service will have time changes to provide a link to Cropwell Butler and Saxondale.

The Bridgford Connect ticket will no longer be available, following the introduction of the direct service.

This service is part-funded by EMCCA.

And below are the new route map and timetables.

Jan Towndrow

John Greenwood has kindly produced updated his guide to the buses serving Cropwell Bishop from February 2026.
It should give you a good overview of what is avialble and then, if you need more details, you can examine the individual timetables.

Tony Jarrow

John Greenwood has kindly produced a guide to the buses currently serving Cropwell Bishop.
It should give you a good overview of what is avialble and then, if you need more details, you can examine the individual timetables.

Tony Jarrow

As from Sunday 14th September these will be the timetables for three of the buses serving Cropwell Bishop.

Tony Jarrow

Cropwell Bishop is getting a new bus service, the number 11. It will begin on Sunday 14th September and will replace the 33. However, the service is not a direct replacement; routes and times will be different.

Key takeaways are:

– You will be able to travel as far as the Victoria Centre.
– Places you can get off include: Cotgrave, Morrisons (Gamston), Lady Bay, Trent Bridge and the Train Station.
– The first bus leaves Cropwell Bishop just after 6am and the last bus leaves the Victoria Centre just after 6pm.
– Buses run every hour.
– The same service from Monday to Saturday.
– No buses on Sunday.

For a full explanation of the changes and answers to 'frequently asked questions', including bus links to West Bridgford and alternative bus services to nearby villages, click: The bus changes: Q&As

To view the number 11 timetable click: Timetable

Below are maps of the route.

Tony Jarrow

Cropwell Bishop has a good daytime bus service into Bingham (the 833) running every hour from Church Street.

The ‘33’ service, with its electric vehicles, provides a reasonable journey to Radcliffe (from Church St) and to Nottingham (from Hoe View Road) travelling via Cotgrave, Morrisons, and West Bridgford, but at the rather confusing interval of 1 hr 10 minutes between buses.
For details, click: Cropwell Bishop Bus Services

A number of residents have commented on the pleasure and convenience of the 90A bus service from Cropwell Bishop offering direct, fast, evening buses and a daytime Sunday service to Nottingham and Bingham.

The 90A service is summarised as follows:-

The 90A service, operated by Central Connect, runs between Fernwood, Newark, and Nottingham via Bingham and Cropwell Bishop.
For details of the route and all stops, click: 90A Bus Service Timetable

It is possible to check that your 90A bus is on its way at https://bustimes.org/services/90-newark-nottingham#map
Give it a try, click: 90A Is my bus on its way?

The reliability of our buses seems much improved but if there are any issues please let the Clerk, Janice Towndrow, know via email to clerk@cropwellbishop-pc.gov.uk and she will report them to the operators.

Please use our buses when you can, to help sustain the services into the future.

John Greenwood