Old bus depot in Ibstock, Leicestershire?

[M7R]

I drive up and down the A447 through Ibstock a fair bit, and each time I pass what appears to be an old bus garage, still with a couple of busses round the back I wonder what company it was and what became of them etc?

It’s this one here

https://goo.gl/maps/Cc1B13rSdPYy36dd8

Anyone know more?

 

[rownd]

Going by the address, it would appear to have been the base for Countryman Coaches. The company was dissolved and surrendered their operator licence last year, but I know not much else other than that.

 

[borage]

The May 2012 Street View image shows a couple of Olympians, and an extant sign on the building reading "Home of the [...] Country Hopper": https://goo.gl/maps/cpRWttDuJ2Dpec667

Found some photographs on Flickr showing the garage:

https://www.flickr.com/photos/9003948@N05/4431180885/
https://www.flickr.com/photos/ltht/4141028177/
https://www.flickr.com/photos/busesandmore/7056199221/

One of the descriptions suggests it was originally a depot of Browns Blue: http://www.markfieldhistory.btck.co.uk/Transport/BrownsBlueCoaches

 

[M7R]

I had come across the Browns Blue company but I read in one article something which said their base was on a different road from what I could tell so assumed it wasn’t that.

Thanks for the point in the right direction now I have a starting point of Country Coaches I can do some more digging and see what it turns up.

Cheers