Trivia: Largest town/city not serviced by any of the major bus groups (excluding NI)?

[Contains Nuts]

Wilmslow? 24,500 population and only served by D&G and Go Goodwins.

 

[daodao]

Wilmslow? 24,500 population and only served by D&G and Go Goodwins.

Wilmslow is tiny compared with the towns in East Lancashire that I have mentioned in earlier posts. It also now has only 2 scheduled bus routes, with Go Goodwins just providing some weekend journeys to Altrincham on route 88.

 

[Contains Nuts]

Wilmslow is tiny compared with the towns in East Lancashire that I have mentioned in earlier posts. It also now has only 2 scheduled bus routes, with Go Goodwins just providing some weekend journeys to Altrincham on route 88.

Could it be the largest town with the fewest bus routes?

 

[TheGrandWazoo]

Wilmslow is tiny compared with the towns in East Lancashire that I have mentioned in earlier posts. It also now has only 2 scheduled bus routes, with Go Goodwins just providing some weekend journeys to Altrincham on route 88.

Nelson has 29k whilst Colne is smaller than Wilmslow. However, Wilmslow is a bus desert, it has to be said

 

[Cambus731]

Burnley almost qualifies as I believe the only presence any of the big four have there now, is First working in once an hour on the 592 from Halifax.

 

[Dai Corner]

Barry in the Vale of Glamorgan , pop (2020) 51502.

The town is served by Adventure Travel which is a subsidiary of multinational ComfortDelGro but that's not one of the British groups specified in the OP

 

[Factotum]

With the dominance of First, Arriva, Stagecoach, and Go-Ahead in much of the UK, I wonder what the largest place in the country is (not including Northern Ireland) that lacks any sort of bus service operated by any of these four companies?

The first place that popped into my head as a potential candidate is Aberystwyth (pop. 16k), but I feel like there are plenty of places much larger than it that none of the major bus groups reach.

Buxton (Derbyshire) pop ~25k

Buxton (Derbyshire) pop ~25k

Belay that. The 65 moved from TM to Stagecoach some time ago

 

[37114]

Corsham in Wiltshire is circa 13k population, only serviced by Faresaver.