Bus route 499 in London: Gallows Corner / Tesco ↔ Stansgate Road Shops

Bus route 499 in London links “Gallows Corner / Tesco” and “Stansgate Road Shops”. The two directions are not quite the same: 14 stops are served in one direction only, which is worth knowing before you travel.

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Which way bus 499 runs

Towards “Stansgate Road Shops”: 48 stops. After “Gallows Corner / Tesco”, the bus calls at “Gallows Corner Retail Park”, “Gallows Corner”, “Faringdon Avenue”, “Heaton Avenue / Heaton Way”, “Keats Avenue”, “Grange Road / Archway”, “Hilldene Primary School”, “Grange Road Harold Hill”, “Charlbury Crescent”, “Hilldene Avenue / Chatteris Avenue”. Then “Hilldene Ave Shopping Centre”, “Chippenham Road (RM3)”, “Dorking Road”, “Dorking Walk”, “Wincanton Road”, “Kynance Close”, “Taunton Road”, “Straight Road”, “Helmsdale Road”, “Campbell Close”. Then “Garry Way”, “Moray Way”, “Mashiters Hill”, “Heather Close”, “Heather Gardens”, “Marshalls Park Academy”, “Parkland Avenue”, “Havering Drive”, “Pettits Lane Romford”, “Pettits Lane”. Then “Mercury Gardens”, “Romford Town Centre”, “Romford Station”, “Rom Valley Way”, “Queens Hospital”, “Oldchurch Rise”, “Romford Cemetery”, “Beechfield Gardens”, “Bernard Road”, “Jutsums Lane / Crow Lane”. Before “Stansgate Road Shops”: “Crow Lane”, “Seabrook Gardens”, “Warley Avenue”, “Stanley Avenue”, “James Avenue”, “Morris Road”.

On the way back the bus takes a different route, from “Stansgate Road Shops” to “Gallows Corner / Tesco” (47 stops). Only in this direction does it call at “Rusholme Avenue”, “Frizlands Lane”, “Bull Lane / Frizlands Lane”, “CU London University / Rainham Road North”, “CU London University / Wood Lane”, “Barton Avenue”, “Clayton Road (RM7)”, “Leonard Avenue”, “Norwood Avenue”, “Western Road”, “Romford Police Station”, “Chase Cross Road”, “Broxhill Road”, “Ashbourne Road (RM3)”, “Heaton Avenue” and “Masefield Crescent”. Only in the direction of “Stansgate Road Shops” does it call at, among others, “Faringdon Avenue”, “Keats Avenue”, “Grange Road Harold Hill”, “Straight Road”, “Campbell Close” and “Havering Drive”. For the way back, board nearby: “Faringdon Avenue” → “Masefield Crescent” (150 m), “Keats Avenue” → “Grange Road / Archway” (200 m), “Grange Road Harold Hill” → “Hilldene Primary School” (50 m) and “Straight Road” → “Broxhill Road” (300 m). Towards “Stansgate Road Shops”, board nearby: “Rusholme Avenue” → “Stansgate Road Shops” (200 m), “Frizlands Lane” → “Stansgate Road Shops” (300 m), “Bull Lane / Frizlands Lane” → “Stansgate Road Shops” (250 m) and “Western Road” → “Romford Town Centre” (50 m).

In practice: you can get to “Romford Cemetery” on this bus only in the direction of “Stansgate Road Shops”, to “CU London University / Rainham Road North” only in the direction of “Gallows Corner / Tesco” and to “CU London University / Wood Lane” only in the direction of “Gallows Corner / Tesco”.

Other routes along the way

On part of the route, between “Campbell Close” and “Heather Gardens” it shares the road with route 103; between “Pettits Lane” and “Queens Hospital” it shares the road with route 498; between “Mercury Gardens” and “Queens Hospital” it shares the road with routes 5 and 175.

Connections by stop, in route order:

• “Gallows Corner / Tesco”: bus 346
• “Gallows Corner Retail Park”: buses 346 and 496
• “Gallows Corner”: bus 496
• “Faringdon Avenue” (only towards “Stansgate Road Shops”): bus 496
• “Heaton Avenue / Heaton Way”: bus 496
• “Charlbury Crescent”: bus 346
• “Hilldene Avenue / Chatteris Avenue”: bus 346
• Stops from “Hilldene Ave Shopping Centre” to “Dorking Walk”: buses 294 and 346
• “Wincanton Road”: bus 294
• “Kynance Close”: bus 294
• “Helmsdale Road”: bus 375
• “Campbell Close” (only towards “Stansgate Road Shops”): bus 375
• “Garry Way”: bus 375
• “Mercury Gardens”: buses 66, 86, 128, 165, 193, 247, 248, 252, 294, 296, 365, 370, 375, 496 and SL12
• “Romford Town Centre” (only towards “Stansgate Road Shops”): buses 66, 86, 128, 165, 193, 247, 248, 252, 294, 296, 365, 370, 375, 496 and SL12
• “Romford Station”: buses 66, 86, 128, 165, 193, 247, 248, 252, 294, 296, 365, 370, 375, 496 and SL12
• “Rom Valley Way”: buses 66, 86, 128, 165, 193, 247, 248, 252, 294, 296, 365, 370, 375, 496 and SL12
• “Queens Hospital”: buses 128, 193, 248, 252, 365, 496 and SL12
• “Oldchurch Rise”: buses 128, 193, 365, 496 and SL12
• “Warley Avenue” (only towards “Stansgate Road Shops”): bus 173
• “Stanley Avenue” (only towards “Stansgate Road Shops”): bus 173
• “James Avenue” (only towards “Stansgate Road Shops”): buses 128, 150, 173 and EL2
• “Morris Road” (only towards “Stansgate Road Shops”): buses 128, 150, 173 and EL2
• “Stansgate Road Shops”: buses 173 and EL2
• “Rusholme Avenue” (only towards “Gallows Corner / Tesco”): bus 173
• Stops from “CU London University / Rainham Road North” to “Norwood Avenue” (only towards “Gallows Corner / Tesco”): bus 128
• “Western Road” (only towards “Gallows Corner / Tesco”): buses 66, 86, 128, 165, 193, 247, 248, 252, 294, 296, 365, 370, 375, 496 and SL12
• “Romford Police Station” (only towards “Gallows Corner / Tesco”): buses 66, 86, 128, 165, 193, 247, 248, 252, 294, 296, 365, 370, 375 and 496
• “Chase Cross Road” (only towards “Gallows Corner / Tesco”): bus 375
• “Ashbourne Road (RM3)” (only towards “Gallows Corner / Tesco”): bus 294
• “Heaton Avenue” (only towards “Gallows Corner / Tesco”): bus 496
• “Masefield Crescent” (only towards “Gallows Corner / Tesco”): bus 496

Pages for these routes: bus EL2, bus SL12, bus 5, bus 66, bus 86, bus 103, bus 128, bus 150, bus 165, bus 173, bus 175, bus 193, bus 247, bus 248, bus 252, bus 294, bus 296, bus 346, bus 365, bus 370, bus 375, bus 496, bus 498.

Passes and concessions

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Questions and answers

Does bus 499 stop at “Romford Cemetery”?

Only in the direction of “Stansgate Road Shops”: in the other direction it does not stop there.

Does bus 499 go to “Gallows Corner Retail Park”?

Yes, in both directions.

Where can I change from bus 499 to another bus route?

Most routes stop at “Mercury Gardens” (66, 86, 128, 165, 193, 247, 248, 252, 294, 296, 365, 370, 375, 496 and SL12) and “Romford Town Centre” (only towards “Stansgate Road Shops”; 66, 86, 128, 165, 193, 247, 248, 252, 294, 296, 365, 370, 375, 496 and SL12). All other stops with connections are listed above.

Checked on 2 October 2026. Source of the route and stops: Transport for London (TfL).