Multiple Services | The Potters ’Arf

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  • Cause
    The Potters ’Arf
  • Effective
    01/10/2026 - 04/10/2026

Multiple Services | The Potters ’Arf

The Potters ’Arf will be taking place on Sunday 4th October, with road closures/restrictions in place between 05:00 and 16:00.

  • Walkers and relay start: 08:30
  • Runners start: 09:30

Please see diversion details below: 

Services 38 & 103

05:00 to 13:00

Inbound via Waterloo Road, Potteries Way and Bethesda Street into Hanley.

Outbound via the normal nighttime route via Marsh Street. 

Outbound journeys will not serve Stafford Street.

Services 6 & 6A

Outbound

  • 10:14 – Service 6
  • 08:31 – Service 6A 
  • 09:31 – Service 6A 

Services to divert via Stoke Road,  A500, A50, Baths Road, Longton Bus Station Stand 3, Baths Road, Longton, Normacot Road, then normal route.

Inbound

  • 09:51 – Service 6 off Coalville 
  • 09:22 – Service 6A off Blythe Bridge

Services to divert via Baths Road, A5, A500, Stoke Road, Potteries Way.

Service 11

Birch Terrace (Stand Y) will be closed 08:30 to 10:20.

Outbound from Hanley

  • 08:30 
  • 09:30 

To divert via Bucknall New Road, Werrington Road, Cellarhead Crossroads, Leek Road, Weston Coyney Crossroads, Weston Coyney Road, Sutherland Road, Uttoxeter Road,  Longton Strand, Baths Road, A50, Blurton Road, Glebedale Road, City Road.

Inbound from Newcastle

  • 08:24 
  • 09:24

To divert via City Road, Glebedale Road, A50, Longton Baths Road, Longton Interchange Stand 1, Baths Road, Chadwick Street, Uttoxeter Road, Weston Coyney Road, Leek Road, Werrington Road, Bucknall New Road.

Service 8

Outbound from Hanley

  • 09:50 
  • 10:50 
  • 11:50 

To divert via Marsh Street, Waterloo Road, Leek New Road, Holden Lane Bridge.

Inbound from Ball Green

  • 10:15 
  • 11:15 
  • 12:15 

To divert via Holden Lane Bridge, Leek New Road, Waterloo Road, Potteries Way..

Service 9

Chell to Hanley

  • 09:45 
  • 10:45 
  • 11:45 

To divert via: Holden Lane Bridge, Leek New Road, Waterloo Road, Potteries Way.

Hanley to Chell

  • 10:20 
  • 11:20 
  • 12:20 

To divert via Marsh Street, Waterloo Road, Leek New Road, Holden Lane Bridge.

Service 43

There will be no Service 43 operating inbound or outbound until 13:17.

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