Trivia: Bus stops named after landmarks which no longer exist.

In Bo'ness there is a bus stop called Corbiehall Footbridge. The bridge in question was demolished about 40 years ago, and the bus stop now sits on the edge of parkland where the local colliery once stood, with its name a puzzle to many residents.

Dai Corner said:

No, Worle Sainsbury's (or Worle Terminus ) which town services use is a different stop to Worle Homebase where the country services call
https://bustimes.org/stops/0190NSZ01231
https://bustimes.org/stops/0190NSC30196

Edit: Marcus beat me to it!

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I stand corrected. Thanks. Don't think that stop had a name when it was the end of my Comprehensive school field before it was sold off. The timing point according to my 1983 and 1985 timetables before Congresbury was Worle Station Road.
Heading slightly off topic into bus stops named after somewhere else the bus stop at the junction of Worle High St and New Bristol Road and the bus stop by the shops (Feniton) on Clovelly Road were both known as Preanes Green which did cover the 1970s development in that part of Worle but Preanes Green itself is a small ox-bow road of ten houses off High Street Worle. There was also the incorrect location of Travelwest bus stops. For a while one of the stops on Worlebury, Woodspring Avenue I think said it was "Whitecross Road" which is the opposite side of the town centre.

Busaholic said:

Apologies in advance, but Bare Golf Club sounds as apochryphal as Loose Women's Institute!

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There once was a suggestion at a city council meeting that Bare Beach should allow naturists

On the M4 Keighley - Burnley service there is a stop at Zolsha Curry house - most systems call it Zolsha, but the on-board ticket system still calls it Dalesway, the name of the pub that's long gone.

There shouldn't be too many stops in London named after extinct pubs. Before iBus was launched there was a review of all stop names. Most pub names were removed then due to being more volatile than other names. Most that were kept were very long standing.

There's a stop in Chiswick called "The Fire Station". It was named after the Fire Station. There's now a pub called "The Fire Station" there which avoided being renamed then.

When Harry Secombe used to live in Cheam, there was a bus stop right outside his house, and it was common for ask the conductor for, eg., " one and two halves to Harry Secombe's house".

(I know I am showing my age here)

The house has since been demolished and replaced by flats.

Bargates, Burton-upon-Trent - an unloved 1960s shopping/leisure complex of which no trace remains today.

I seem to remember the stop outside SGS College in Filton previously being called Rodney Works but as far as known it's now called Filton College.

AY1975 said:

Ditto the Red Rover in Barnes, served by the 33 (Richmond-Hammersmith) and the 337 (Richmond-Clapham Junction) even though the pub of that name was closed and turned into apartments many years ago.

Likewise, the Bridge Inn by the railway bridge over Chesterfield Road, Sheffield, which I think is now offices.

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Lots of disappeared pubs still appear as timing points. On the Darlington to Richmond route, you have the King William at Barton and the Travellers Rest in Skeeby - closed in 2015 and 2008 respectively!

There was Heifer Lane in Colne, also a depot. Going back 40 years nobody knew anything about Heifer lane and it could not be found on historical records, a local historian searched for it.

I don't know if the name is still used now but it was up to Transdev days.

There was Heifer Lane in Colne, also a depot. Going back 40 years nobody knew anything about Heifer lane, or if it ever existed, and it could not be found on historical records, a local historian searched for it.

I don't know if the name is still used now but it was up to Transdev days.

"Padding Pool" on University Boulevard in Nottingham - Paddling pool is long gone

Blackpool Road in Preston used to have "Subway" for years after the subway had been filled in. Appears to have changed name since though.