The Witch Way
The Witch Way X43 and X44 is a high quality, frequent express service between Pennine Lancashire and Manchester.
Running from Nelson via Burnley, Rawtenstall and Prestwich, the vehicles in their distinctive livery offer a comfortable and relaxing journey.
The double deck vehicles have individual, high backed, aircraft style leather seats on both decks. There are just 68 seats, with the best leg room you will find. Tinted windows absorb glare so you can enjoy the view, read or use electronic equipment comfortably. Low entrances kneel to kerb height allowing easy access for buggies and wheelchairs. For your security there are CCTV cameras throughout, recording high definition colour images and sound, as well as improved interior lighting.
The frequent service is great for commuting, students or leisure visitors. Buses run Monday to Friday up to every 10 minutes at peak times and every 20 minutes daytimes, and up to every 20 minutes on Saturdays. Sunday services runs up to every 30 minutes.
The area around Pendle Hill has had a long association with witchcraft. To reflect this link, all the Witch Way vehicles are named after one of the Pendle Witches and the judge who presided over their trial in Lancaster. The vehicles are named after: Elizabeth Southerns, Elizabeth Device, Alizon Device, James Device, Ann Whittle, Ann Redfearne, Jane Bulcock, John Bulcock, Katherine Hewitt, Alice Nutter, Isobel Robey, Jennet Preston, Margaret Pearson, Alice Grey and Judge Bromley.
Latest Updates
Might be rainy for our Summer Special to Bury this Fri - it'll have to be the covered market. Sunny for Boundary Mill Thurs & Blackpool Sat!
- Spot On Services
- Summary all buses Blackburn to Darwen Cemetery
Earcroft, Darwen - 1 Accrington to Darwen Cemetery
Oswaldtwistle, Intack, Blackburn, Darwen - 1A Accrington to Darwen Cemetery
Oswaldtwistle Mills, Oswaldtwistle, Intack, Blackburn, Darwen - 1B Accrington to Darwen Cemetery
Oswaldtwistle, Oswaldtwistle Mills, Knuzden, Intack, Blackburn, Darwen - 2 Blackburn to Darwen
Royal Blackburn Hospital, Lower Darwen, Hollins Grove, Chapels - 2A Blackburn to Darwen
Royal Blackburn Hospital, Guide, Lower Darwen, Hollins Grove, Chapels - 3 Blackburn to Feniscowles
Mill Hill - 4 Blackburn to Leyburn Road
Mill Hill - 6 Blackburn to Accrington via Harwood Bar
Rishton, Great Harwood, Harwood Bar, Clayton-le-Moors - 7 Blackburn to Accrington via Waverledge
Rishton, Waverledge, Great Harwood, Clayton-le-Moors - 9 Blackburn - Revidge - Lammack circular
Wensley Fold, Revidge, Lammack, Blackburn - 9A Blackburn - Lammack - Revidge circular
Lammack, Revidge, Wensley Fold, Blackburn - 12 Higher Croft - Newfield Drive circular
Blackburn, Higher Croft, Newfield Drive - 12A Higher Croft - Newfield Drive - Hospital circular
Blackburn, Higher Croft, Newfield Drive, Royal Blackburn Hospital - 12C Hospital - Newfield Drive - Higher Croft circular
Blackburn, Royal Blackburn Hospital, Newfield Drive, Higher Croft - 13 Blackburn to Mellor Brook
Wensley Fold, Revidge, Lammack, Ramsgreave, Mellor, Mellor Brook - 14 Blackburn to Sunnybower
Daisyfield, Little Harwood - 17 Blackburn to Shadsworth
Audley Range - 17A Blackburn to Shadsworth
Audley Range - 18 Blackburn to Accrington
Audley Range, Shadsworth, Oswaldtwistle - 24 Blackburn to Openshaw Drive has now merged with the 21 Whalley Ranger in the Lancashire United section
- 25 Blackburn to Openshaw Drive can now be found in the Lancashire United section
- Summary all buses Blackburn to Darwen Cemetery
- The Lancashire Way Services
- The Witch Way Services
- Transdev Lancashire United Services
- 601 Summer Special Darwen to Boundary Mill
Blackburn, Accrington - 602 Summer Special Blackburn to Bury
Darwen, Egerton - 603 Summer Special Darwen to Camelot Theme Park
Blackburn, Feniscowles - 604 Summer Special Blackburn to the Trafford Centre
Darwen, Egerton - 605 Summer Special Darwen to Skipton and Settle
Blackburn - 606 Summer Special Darwen to Liverpool
Blackburn - 607 Summer Special Darwen to York
Blackburn - 608 Summer Special Darwen to Blackpool and Fleetwood
Blackburn, Billinge - 609 Summer Special Darwen to Southport
Blackburn - 611 Summer Special Blackburn to Boundary Mill
Accrington - 612 Summer Special Bury to Oswaldtwistle Mills
Edenfield, Rawtenstall, Haslingden - 621 Summer Special Colne to Oswaldtwistle Mills
Nelson - 5A Blackburn Outer Circle (anti-clockwise)
Little Harwood, Billinge, Mill Hill, Highercroft, Royal Blackburn Hospital, Shadsworth, Intack - 5C Blackburn Outer Circle (clockwise)
Intack, Shadsworth, Royal Blackburn Hospital, Highercroft, Mill Hill, Billinge, Little Harwood - 21 The Whalley Ranger - extended from 14 June 2010
Blackburn town centre, Whalley Range, Openshaw Drive - 25 Blackburn to Openshaw Drive - revised from 14th June 2010
Blackburn Town Centre, Whalley New Road, Openshaw Drive - 4 Accrington to Oswaldtwistle Merlin Drive
Spring Hill - 4A Accrington to Oswaldtwistle Merlin Drive
Spring Hill - 5 Accrington to Spring Hill, Pendleton Avenue
Dill Hall - 5A Accrington to Spring Hill, Pendleton Avenue
Dill Hall - 8 Accrington to Dill Hall
Spring Hill Pendleton Avenue - 8A Accrington to Dill Hall
Spring Hill Pendleton Avenue - 11 Accrington to Fern Gore
- 8 Burnley to Bacup
Towneley, Weir - 124 Blackburn to Chorley from 25th July 2010
Feniscowles, Abbey Village, Brinscall, Great Knowley - 152 Burnley to Preston
Padiham, Clayton-le-Moors, Blackburn, Feniscowles - 225 Clitheroe to Bolton
Whalley, Blackburn, Darwen - 241 Clitheroe to Royal Blackburn Hospital
Whalley, Accrington - 280 Ribble Valley Express via Barnoldswick
Preston, Mellor Brook, Whalley, Clitheroe, Gisburn, Barnoldswick, Skipton - X80 Ribble Valley Express
Preston, Mellor Brook, Whalley, Clitheroe, Gisburn, Skipton - X63 Burnley to Accrington
Network 65 Business Centre, Hapton - C2 Clitheroe to Grindleton circular
Low Moor, Chatburn, Sawley - C5 Clitheroe to West Bradford and Waddington circular
- 601 Summer Special Darwen to Boundary Mill
- Starship Services
- 1 Stoops Estate to Pike Hill and Todmorden
Burnley Bus Station, Lyndhurst Road - 1A Burnley Bus Station to Worsthorne circular
Pike Hill, Brownhill - 1B Stoops Estate and Summit circular
Burnley Bus Station - 2 Worsthorne to Higherford
Brownhill, Burnley Bus Station, Browhead, Burnley Hospital, Marsden Cross, Nelson - 3 Clifton Farm to Marsden Park
Burnley Bus Station, Duke Bar, Burnley Hospital, Harle Syke, Nelson - 4 Harle Syke to Accrington Road
Burnley Hospital, Burnley Bus Station, Sycamore Avenue, Rosegrove - 5 Harle Syke to Sycamore Avenue
Burnley Hospital, Burnley Bus Station, Accrington Road, Rosegrove - 6 Burnley to Bleak House
Burnley, Moor Road, Bleak House, Summit - 6B Burnley to Stoops Estate
Burnley Bus Station, Bleak House, Stoops Estate
- 1 Stoops Estate to Pike Hill and Todmorden
- Mainline Services
- All journeys between Padiham and Colne
Padiham, Burnley, Nelson, Colne - Acc All journeys to and from Accrington
Colne, Nelson, Burnley, Padiham, Hapton, Huncoat, Accrington - Cli Journeys to and from Clitheroe
Colne, Nelson, Burnley, Padiham, Read, Whalley, Clitheroe - Sab Journeys to and from Clitheroe via Sabden
Colne, Nelson, Burnley, Padiham, Read, Sabden, Whalley, Clitheroe - Trw All journeys to and from Trawden
Burnley, Nelson, Colne, Trawden - Bwk Journeys to and from Barnoldswick
Burnley, Nelson, Colne, Foulridge, Kelbrook, Barnoldswick - Eby Journeys to and from Barnoldswick via Earby
Burnley, Nelson, Colne, Foulridge, Kelbrook, Earby, Barnoldswick - Skp All journeys to and from Skipton
Burnley, Nelson, Colne, Barnoldswick, Skipton - Kly All journeys to and from Keighley
Burnley, Nelson, Colne, Laneshaw Bridge, Cowling, Keighley
- All journeys between Padiham and Colne

