Video: New bus service connects Ellesmere and Wem
The new 508 Ellesmere to Wem bus service started operating last month [September 2026].
Operated by Lakeside Coaches the new service runs between the two towns six days a week, via Welshampton and Wem railway station. It includes the Ellesmere town route.
To mark the start of the service, Helen Morgan, MP for North Shropshire, Rob Wilson (Shropshire Council’s Cabinet member for transport), and Robert Jones (Shropshire Council’s deputy Cabinet member for transport) went to Wem to see one of the buses that is now operating between the two towns. See video.
The 508 bus takes the following routes:
508 Ellesmere Town route
Cross Street, Willow Street, Brownlow Road*, Elson Road, The Hawthorns*, Elson Road, Cherry Drive*, Elson Road, Cambria Avenue*, Beech Grove*, Scotland Street, Ellesmere Business Park Roundabout, Scotland Street, Canal Way, Tetchill Brook Road*, Windlass Drive*, Diamond Way*, Canal Way, Scotland Street, Cross Street
508 Ellesmere to Wem route
Cross Street, Spar Bridge, Talbot Street, Church Street, A495 Tunnel Bank, A495 Welshampton, turn in lay-by at Copes Lane A495, B5063 Northwood*, B5063 Wolverley*, B5063 Ellesmere Road*, Lowe Hill Road, Somerset Way*, Pyms Road, Whitchurch Road, Summerfield Road, Station Road, Aston Street, Co-Op Car Park. (Return in Ellesmere is via Church Street, Watergate Street, High Street and Cross Street).
Roads marked with a * are ‘Hail & Ride’.
For more information and a timetable, visit the Lakeside Coaches website.
