Use your bus!

Use the Bus' aims to encourage people to use our local bus services to Sheffield, Bakewell and Buxton. Fewer journeys by car will reduce carbon emissions and help tackle climate change in Hope Valley.

Stress-free enjoyable travel

Use the Bus is supported by bus companies and local councils. With their help we will be asking you to please Use the Bus whenever you can to -

• relax with family and friends
• go shopping in Bakewell or Buxton, or enjoy an evening out in Sheffield
• avoid the hassle and cost of car parking
• commute to and from work, even once or twice a week
• meet old and make new friends while travelling
• reduce carbon emissions and help tackle climate change.

Use the Bus Fortnight 11-24 April

To find your local bus service go to https://www.derbysbus.info and follow the links to bus timetables or phone 01709 515151.

See here for more details.

Peter O'Brien from Hope Valley Climate Action, explained many residents and visitors are unaware of where the buses run to, and their times.

"In many ways, our bus services are one of the Hope Valley's best kept secrets. Castleton and Hope for example have an hourly service to Sheffield, whilst Bamford, Hathersage, Grindleford and Eyam have the same into Bakewell. Residents in Bradwell can travel easily by bus into Bakewell or Sheffield, and Hucklow, Foolow, Eyam and Grindleford have really convenient services to Buxton.

One problem is that many people just aren't aware of them, nor that they provide comfortable, stress free travel, and with no parking charges or problems.

And for visitors from Sheffield, travel by bus means they can not only avoid queues and congestion on the narrow lanes in the Hope Valley, but offers an opportunity to enjoy our beautiful landscape from an entirely different perspective".

A Hope Valley Climate Action initiative supported by Hulleys of Baslow, First South Yorkshire, Stagecoach East Midlands, DCC, HPBC, DDDC, PDNPA, SCC and SYPTE.