Bus 34 in London: Barnet to Walthamstow Central

Connecting High Barnet with Walthamstow across north London, the 34 is a long cross-borough service. It takes in Palmers Green, Arnos Grove and Edmonton on the way, passing a mix of suburban shopping streets and trading estates, so the scenery changes noticeably between the two ends.

Both directions have 52 stops. A full trip takes between 55 and 65 minutes, which makes the bus suited to journeys across several miles rather than short local hops.

Where the route goes

The route starts at the Barnet High Street and Barnet Church stop, passes High Barnet Station and the Barnet Everyman Cinema, and runs through Whetstone via Ashcroft Court and Pollard Road. Beaconsfield Road and Betstyle Circus follow, then Arnos Grove Station and Palmers Green, with the Green Lanes and Palmerston Road stops in the middle of the journey.

Between Palmers Green and Edmonton the bus passes the Cambridge Roundabout, the North Middlesex Hospital on Lopen Road and Pymmes Park, then reaches Angel Corner and Silver Street Station. The final stretch runs past Montagu Road and the Eley Trading Estate, Sir George Monoux College and Walthamstow Market, ending at Walthamstow Central Station.

Stops: Barnet High St / Barnet Church - Walthamstow Central Station

1. Barnet High St / Barnet Church
2. High Barnet Station / Meadway
3. High Barnet Station
4. Potters Lane
5. Barnet Everyman Cinema
6. Dinsdale Gardens
7. Lyonsdown Road
8. Walfield Avenue
9. Friern Mount Drive
10. Chandos Avenue
11. High Road Whetstone / Athenaeum Road
12. Whetstone/The Griffin
13. Ashcroft Court
14. Myddelton Park Oakleigh Park
15. Pollard Road
16. Raleigh Drive
17. Bawtry Road
18. Beaconsfield Road (N11)
19. Spencer Road Friern Barnet
20. Betstyle Circus
21. Betstyle Road Arnos Grove
22. Arnos Grove Station
23. Telford Road Palmers Green
24. Brownlow Road (N11)
25. Pymmes Road
26. Palmers Green / Palmerston Road
27. Palmers Green / Green Lanes
28. Melville Gardens
29. Chequers Way
30. Ulster Gardens
31. Cambridge Roundabout West
32. Cambridge Roundabout East
33. North Middlesex Hospital / Lopen Road
34. Pymmes Park
35. Victoria Road Edmonton
36. Angel Corner Silver Street Station
37. Angel Corner
38. York Road (N18)
39. Montagu Road
40. Eley Trading Estate
41. Harbet Road / Cooks Ferry
42. Hall Lane South Chingford
43. Trinity Park
44. Crooked Billet / Walthamstow Avenue
45. Walthamstow / Crooked Billet Roundabout
46. Brettenham Road (E17)
47. Sir George Monoux College
48. Aveling Park Road
49. Forest Road / The Bell
50. Jewel Road
51. Walthamstow Market Walthamstow
52. Walthamstow Central Station

Stops: Walthamstow Central Station - Fitzjohn Avenue

1. Walthamstow Central Station
2. Walthamstow Market Walthamstow
3. Jewel Road
4. Forest Road / The Bell
5. Aveling Park Road
6. Cazenove Road (E17)
7. Walthamstow / Crooked Billet Roundabout
8. Crooked Billet / Walthamstow Avenue
9. Trinity Park
10. Cooks Ferry Roundabout
11. Harbet Road / Cooks Ferry
12. Ravenside Trading Estate
13. Montagu Road
14. York Road (N18)
15. Angel Corner
16. Angel Corner Silver Street Station
17. Pymmes Park
18. North Middlesex Hospital / Lopen Road
19. Millfield Theatre
20. Cambridge Roundabout East
21. Cambridge Roundabout West
22. Ulster Gardens
23. Chequers Way
24. Melville Gardens
25. Palmers Green / Green Lanes
26. Palmers Green / Palmerston Road
27. Pymmes Road
28. Warwick Road Palmers Green
29. Arnos Grove Swimming Pool
30. Arnos Grove Station
31. Ravenscraig Road
32. Betstyle Circus
33. Carlisle Place
34. Spencer Road Friern Barnet
35. Beaconsfield Road (N11)
36. Bawtry Road
37. Raleigh Drive
38. Pollard Road
39. Myddelton Park Oakleigh Park
40. Oakleigh Park North
41. Whetstone/The Griffin
42. Athenaeum Road
43. Chandos Avenue
44. Buckingham Avenue (N20)
45. Friern Mount Drive
46. Walfield Avenue
47. Lyonsdown Road
48. Dinsdale Gardens
49. Barnet Everyman Cinema
50. Barnet Hill / Underhill
51. High Barnet Station
52. Fitzjohn Avenue

When it runs

Weekdays bring 119 journeys from Barnet, with the first bus at 00:09 and the last at 23:57. Buses leave about every 12 minutes on average. In the opposite direction there are 117 weekday journeys from Walthamstow Central, between 00:00 and 23:48, with a similar gap of roughly 12 minutes.

At weekends the service runs 97 times towards Walthamstow and 96 times towards Barnet, at roughly 15-minute intervals. Weekend trips are shorter by several minutes, at 55 and 56 minutes against 65 and 63 on weekdays, and the first and last departures are very close to the weekday times.

Timetable at a glance

Tips for passengers

Because a full trip runs over an hour, plan your journey around the timings rather than the number of stops. Gaps of about 12 minutes on weekdays keep the service dependable, but they stretch to 15 minutes at weekends, so it is worth checking the first and last departures before an early or late trip. If your journey starts or ends midway, look at the stop name carefully, since the route has several roundabouts with similar names.

See also

First and last departures on the London Bus 4.

Also in London: London Bus 3.

Timetable and stops for London Tram.

Full stop list for the London Bus 1.

Weekday and weekend times for the London Bus 2.

Nearby routes and routes sharing stops

• London Bus 32
• London Bus 33
• London Bus 35
• London Bus 36
• London Bus 102
• London Bus 234
• London Bus 251
• London Bus 184
• London Bus 232
• London Bus 97