Bus route N55 in London goes from “St Thomas of Canterbury Church” to “Great Titchfield Street / Oxford Circus Station”. This is a night route. One stop is served in one direction only.
Which way bus N55 runs
Towards “Great Titchfield Street / Oxford Circus Station”: 77 stops. After “St Thomas of Canterbury Church”, the bus calls at “Monkhams Lane”, “Woodford Green / Broadmead Rd”, “Chingford Lane (IG8)”, “Churchill Memorial”, “St Albans Road”, “Churchfields”, “Southend Road Woodford Green”, “George Lane Shopping Centre”, “South Woodford”, “George Lane / Chigwell Road”. Then “Charnwood Drive”, “Heronwood Hospital”, “Sylvan Road”, “High Street / Hermon Hill”, “Wanstead Place”, “Wanstead High St/Wanstead Stn”, “Wanstead Station”, “Felstead Road (E11)”, “Bush Road (E11)”, “Bush Road / Green Man Rbt”. Then “Leyton Way”, “Sir Alfred Hitchcock Hotel”, “James Lane”, “Whipps Cross Hospital”, “Whipps Cross Bus Stand”, “Peterborough Rd/Lea Bridge Rd”, “Essex Road”, “Fraser Road (E17)”, “Lea Bridge Road / Bakers Arms”, “High Road Leyton / Bakers Arms”. Then “Shortlands Road”, “Manor Road (E10)”, “Markhouse Road”, “Emmanuel Parish Church”, “Bloxhall Road”, “Lea Bridge Station”, “Lee Valley Riding Centre”, “Lee Valley Ice Centre”, “Chatsworth Road / Lea Bridge Road”, “Wattisfield Road”. Then “Lea Bridge Roundabout”, “Clapton Pond”, “Millfields Road Lower Clapton”, “Clapton Girls’ Tech College”, “Hackney Baths”, “Clapton Square”, “Pembury Circus”, “Hackney Central Station”, “Hackney Town Hall”, “St Thomas’s Square”. Then “Mare Street / Well Street”, “King Edward’s Road”, “Mare Street / Victoria Park Rd”, “Cambridge Heath Station”, “Pritchards Road Bethnal Green”, “Warner Place”, “Queensbridge Road”, “Hoxton Station”, “Shoreditch Church”, “Shoreditch Town Hall”. Then “Great Eastern Street”, “Old Street Station”, “Bunhill Row”, “St Luke’s Music Edu Centre”, “Aldersgate Street / Goswell Rd”, “Clerkenwell Rd/St John Street”, “Clerkenwell Green”, “Hatton Garden”, “Rosebery Avenue”, “Grays Inn Road/Theobalds Road”. Before “Great Titchfield Street / Oxford Circus Station”: “Red Lion Square”, “Bloomsbury Square”, “Museum Street”, “Tottenham Court Road Station”, “Wardour Street”.
On the way back the bus takes a different route, from “Great Titchfield Street / Oxford Circus Station” to “St Thomas of Canterbury Church” (75 stops). Only in this direction does it call at “Tottenham Court Road Station / New Oxford Street”, “Farringdon Road”, “St John Street”, “Goswell Road”, “Central Street / Old Street”, “Shoreditch Fire Station”, “Hackney Road / Columbia Road”, “Amhurst Road / Hackney Downs”, “Mare Street / Narrow Way”, “Glenarm Road”, “Lea Bridge Road / Upper Clapton Road”, “Perth Road (E10)”, “Rochdale Road”, “Shrubland Road”, “Leyton Green Road”, “Shernhall Street”, “Whipps Cross / Wood Street”, “Cambridge Road (E11)”, “Blake Hall Road”, “New Wanstead”, “Chelmsford Road” and “Empress Avenue Woodford Green”. Only in the direction of “Great Titchfield Street / Oxford Circus Station” does it call at, among others, “St Albans Road”, “Churchfields”, “High Street / Hermon Hill”, “Wanstead High St/Wanstead Stn”, “Felstead Road (E11)” and “Bush Road (E11)”. For the way back, board nearby: “St Albans Road” → “Empress Avenue Woodford Green” (150 m), “Churchfields” → “Chelmsford Road” (100 m), “High Street / Hermon Hill” → “New Wanstead” (100 m) and “Wanstead High St/Wanstead Stn” → “Wanstead Place” (150 m). Towards “Great Titchfield Street / Oxford Circus Station”, board nearby: “Tottenham Court Road Station / New Oxford Street” → “Tottenham Court Road Station” (50 m), “Farringdon Road” → “Clerkenwell Green” (150 m), “St John Street” → “Clerkenwell Green” (150 m) and “Goswell Road” → “Clerkenwell Rd/St John Street” (100 m).
Left column runs down, right column runs up. Filled stops are served both ways, dashed ones only one way: 24 towards “Great Titchfield Street / Oxford Circus Station” and 22 the other way. Tap a stop to see its name.
Other routes along the way
On part of the route, between “Markhouse Road” and “Hackney Central Station” it shares the road with route N38; between “Lea Bridge Roundabout” and “St Thomas’s Square” it shares the road with route N253; between “Mare Street / Well Street” and “Shoreditch Church” it shares the road with route N26.
Connections by stop, in route order:
- “Millfields Road Lower Clapton” (only towards “Great Titchfield Street / Oxford Circus Station”): bus N242
- “Clapton Girls’ Tech College”: bus N242
- “Hackney Baths”: bus N242
- “Clapton Square” (only towards “Great Titchfield Street / Oxford Circus Station”): bus N242
- “Pembury Circus” (only towards “Great Titchfield Street / Oxford Circus Station”): buses N242 and N277
- “Hackney Central Station”: buses N242 and N277
- “Hackney Town Hall”: buses N242 and N277
- Stops from “St Thomas’s Square” to “King Edward’s Road”: bus N277
- “Hoxton Station”: bus N242
- “Shoreditch Church” (only towards “Great Titchfield Street / Oxford Circus Station”): bus N242
- “Shoreditch Town Hall”: buses N205 and N242
- “Great Eastern Street”: buses N205, N242 and N263
- “Old Street Station”: buses N205 and N263
- “Bunhill Row” (only towards “Great Titchfield Street / Oxford Circus Station”): buses N205 and N263
- “Clerkenwell Green” (only towards “Great Titchfield Street / Oxford Circus Station”): bus N63
- “Hatton Garden”: bus N63
- “Rosebery Avenue” (only towards “Great Titchfield Street / Oxford Circus Station”): bus N63
- “Grays Inn Road/Theobalds Road”: buses N25 and N242
- “Red Lion Square”: buses N25, N91, N98, N207 and N242
- “Bloomsbury Square”: buses N1, N25, N68, N91, N98, N171, N207 and N242
- “Museum Street”: buses N1, N25, N68, N91, N98, N171, N207 and N242
- “Tottenham Court Road Station”: buses N1, N5, N20, N25, N29, N68, N73, N98, N171, N207, N242 and N279
- “Wardour Street” (only towards “Great Titchfield Street / Oxford Circus Station”): buses N5, N20, N25, N29, N73, N98, N207 and N279
- “Great Titchfield Street / Oxford Circus Station”: buses N3, N7, N15, N18, N22, N25, N73, N98, N109, N113, N118, N136, N137 and N207
- “Tottenham Court Road Station / New Oxford Street” (only towards “St Thomas of Canterbury Church”): buses N1, N5, N20, N25, N29, N68, N73, N98, N171, N207, N242 and N279
- “Farringdon Road” (only towards “St Thomas of Canterbury Church”): bus N63
- “St John Street” (only towards “St Thomas of Canterbury Church”): bus N63
- “Shoreditch Fire Station” (only towards “St Thomas of Canterbury Church”): buses N205 and N263
- “Hackney Road / Columbia Road” (only towards “St Thomas of Canterbury Church”): bus N242
- “Amhurst Road / Hackney Downs” (only towards “St Thomas of Canterbury Church”): buses N242 and N277
- “Mare Street / Narrow Way” (only towards “St Thomas of Canterbury Church”): buses N242 and N277
- “Glenarm Road” (only towards “St Thomas of Canterbury Church”): bus N242
Pages for these routes: bus N1, bus N109, bus N113, bus N118, bus N136, bus N137, bus N15, bus N171, bus N18, bus N20, bus N205, bus N207, bus N22, bus N242, bus N25, bus N253, bus N26, bus N263, bus N279, bus N29, bus N3, bus N5.
Passes and concessions
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Questions and answers
Does bus N55 go to “George Lane Shopping Centre”?
Yes, in both directions.
Where can I change from bus N55 to another bus route?
Most routes stop at “Tottenham Court Road Station” (N1, N5, N20, N25, N29, N68, N73, N98, N171, N207, N242 and N279) and “Great Titchfield Street / Oxford Circus Station” (N3, N7, N15, N18, N22, N25, N73, N98, N109, N113, N118, N136, N137 and N207). All other stops with connections are listed above.
Checked on 25 September 2026. Source of the route and stops: Transport for London (TfL).