Trivia: Bus stations/interchanges located next to a large chain supermarket

[Black Lane]

Radcliffe bus station was moved 50 yards so a Lidl could be built and Asda is across the road.

 

[Martin2012]

I seem to remember the old Gloucester Bus Station having a Tesco right by it with a store entrance at the bus station end.

Pool Meadow Bus Station in Coventry has a Sainsbury's virtually next door.

Wells Bus Station has a Tesco just across the road.

Not sure if it counts but Bluewater Bus Station is immediately adjacent to a Marks and Spencer.

Doesn't Canterbury Bus Station also have a supermarket across the road or am I thinking of the shopping centre (The name Fenwick rings a bell as I once was instructed to wait for someone there after arriving on an NX coach).

 

[Glenn1969]

Hemsworth bus station in West Yorkshire is right next to a large Tesco

 

[TheGrandWazoo]

I seem to remember the old Gloucester Bus Station having a Tesco right by it with a store entrance at the bus station end.

Pool Meadow Bus Station in Coventry has a Sainsbury's virtually next door.

Wells Bus Station has a Tesco just across the road.

Not sure if it counts but Bluewater Bus Station is immediately adjacent to a Marks and Spencer.

Doesn't Canterbury Bus Station also have a supermarket across the road or am I thinking of the shopping centre (The name Fenwick rings a bell as I once was instructed to wait for someone there after arriving on an NX coach).

Wells already mentioned - #6

Fenwicks is a department store.

 

[Martin2012]

Thanks for clarifying that.

 

[Fawkes Cat]

Sandown bus station feels remarkably like three or four bus stops outside the Co-op.

 

[TheGrandWazoo]

Sandown bus station feels remarkably like three or four bus stops outside the Co-op.

Sandown? Do you mean Shanklin which was built on the site of the old bus station and depot?

 

[Pokelet]

Hereford. The city bus station is in Tescos. So much so that the Tesco delivery wagons share the access.
Worcester, bus station below Iceland, former co-op (was Somerfield/KwikSave) 50yds up the road.

 

[Dai Corner]

Chepstow bus station (actually a lay-by with no facilities other than shelters) is adjacent to M&S Foodhall. The shop has also been occupied by the Co-Op and at least one other supermarket.

 

[TheGrandWazoo]

Chepstow bus station (actually a lay-by with no facilities other than shelters) is adjacent to M&S Foodhall. The shop has also been occupied by the Co-Op and at least one other supermarket.

That was previously Somerfield and was built on the old bus station site

 

[Dai Corner]

That was previously Somerfield and was built on the old bus station site

That's interesting. Way before my time in the area, obviously.

 

[Typhoon]

Doesn't Canterbury Bus Station also have a supermarket across the road or am I thinking of the shopping centre (The name Fenwick rings a bell as I once was instructed to wait for someone there after arriving on an NX coach).

Whitefriars Shopping Centre is next to Canterbury Bus Station. There is a Tesco Metro in the shopping centre from which you can see buses in the bus station but that appears to be clutching at straws.

 

[woodhouse122]

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[TheGrandWazoo]

That's interesting. Way before my time in the area, obviously.

To be fair, it was before my time as well I think it was redeveloped in the mid/late 1980s. Judging by the photos I've seen, it was an open air arrangement with some scabby barriers and shelters https://www.flickr.com/photos/tarqu...anU8-7119Vq-qwLPP3-6ZWbe6-6ZZVs3-HyiKM-pY8Kgu

 

[Fawkes Cat]

Sandown? Do you mean Shanklin which was built on the site of the old bus station and depot?

Probably. I knew it began with S and was on the Isle of Wight.

 

[61653 HTAFC]

Dewsbury doesn't appear that close to the Asda (the ring road and the river Calder are in the way, but there's a convenient crossing and footbridge), but it's no further than several already mentioned (Huddersfield for example).

 

[DJames]

Somerfield and Coop actually built a number of their larger stores in places like Monmouth, Cinderford and Lydney specifically next to bus stations (or on them!) because of their target demographic.

Others off the top of my head are Andover (Lidl), Seacroft inLeeds (Tesco), Ripon (Sainsbury’s), Bicester (Sainsbury’s), Bishop Auckland (Aldi), Middlesbrough (Sainsbury’s), Alnwick (Morrisons), Ashington (Asda), Darlaston (Morrisons), Wells (Tesco).

Sure there’s plenty more

I dunno if you can call Darlaston a bus station, but either way, it's actually next to Asda.

There's also Halesowen which is right next door to the Asda there, and Bilston is very close to Morrisons.

 

[NeilWatson]

Peterborough is part of the Queensgate shopping centre.

 

[TheGrandWazoo]

I dunno if you can call Darlaston a bus station, but either way, it's actually next to Asda.

There's also Halesowen which is right next door to the Asda there, and Bilston is very close to Morrisons.

Sorry - brain freeze. It was Wednesbury that I meant Darlaston is indeed next to an Asda and is officially referred to as a bus station (though I'm with you - it's a moot point).

 

[Bletchleyite]

I dunno if you can call Darlaston a bus station, but either way, it's actually next to Asda.

There's also Halesowen which is right next door to the Asda there, and Bilston is very close to Morrisons.

An Aldi (previously a Kwik Save) was opened next to the bus station at Bletchley for that very reason - but it wasn't actually successful and closed, the premises remain empty.

 

[Midnight Sun]

Swanage, Co-op next door

 

[BlueFox]

Hinckley - Sainsburys

 

[woodhouse122]

Skegness bus station is next door to a decent sized Lidl (National express and coaches park right outside the door)

 

[Tetchytyke]

Consett is next to an Iceland?

 

[Statto]

Ellesmere Port has an Asda over the road from the bus station

 

[Midnight Sun]

How many bays do need for a stop to be classed as a Bus Station?

 

[TheGrandWazoo]

How many bays do need for a stop to be classed as a Bus Station?

One!

Monmouth bus station has one stand!

 

[Dai Corner]

One!

Monmouth bus station has one stand!

And no passenger facilities other than a shelter.

 

[DJames]

Walsall is next to a fairly big Tesco Store.

That one's a bit of a stretch, as it is a short walk away. I guess you can count Bilston if Walsall counts. Perry Barr (One Stop) could count too as there's an Asda inside.

 

[Redmike]

There is an Aldi store behind Macclesfield bus station.