Don’t forget the Stanage Bus!

Looking for something to do over the holidays? Grab your boots and bikes for the 284 Sunday bus to Stanage

City-based walkers, climbers and cyclists can forget the car  and take a bus   to the glorious Peak District around Stanage Edge every  Sunday and Bank Holiday   until mid-October – for only £2 return.

Geoff Nickolds, Peak District National Park member  representative for   recreation, said: “This Sunday/Bank Holiday service  is great for walkers,   climbers and cyclists – and for the planet.

“It saves the need to find a parking space on busy weekends,  and with fares   capped at £2 return, it is affordable for non-car  owners who may not be able to   visit the countryside otherwise. Using  the bus reduces congestion, it means   fewer cars spoiling the views,  and it saves on climate-warming carbon   emissions.”

The environmentally-friendly, low-cost service is running 12  weeks longer   than last year, and the timetable has been improved after  consultation with   climbers and walkers through the Stanage Forum. It  means the first bus from   Sheffield departs half an hour earlier than  last year for those keen to get an   early start on the Edge.

And an earlier first bus from Hathersage station (9.30am)  means that people   coming by train from Manchester have just enough  time to buy breakfast before   getting the bus up the hill to Stanage.

The service is subsidised by the South Yorkshire Transport Executive, the   British Mountaineering Council’s Access and Conservation Trust, High Peak and   Hope Valley Community Rail Partnership and the Peak District National Park   Authority.

To see the timetable, go to www.peakdistrict.gov.uk/stanagebus