Bus route N30 in Edinburgh links “Bridge Street” and “Westside Plaza”. This is a night route. In one direction or the other it serves 20 stops that it skips on the way back.
The route of bus N30
From “Bridge Street” to “Westside Plaza”: 60 stops. On the way: “Brunton Theatre Journey Hub”, “North High Street”, “Fisherrow”, “Harbour Point”, “Clayknowes Crescent”, “Newhailes Roundabout”, “Benhar Road”, “Whitehill Street”, “Newcraighall Drive”, “Fort Kinnaird East”. Then “Fort Kinnaird”, “Fort Kinnaird West”, “Peacocktail Close”, “Jack Kane Centre”, “Hay Drive”, “Hay Avenue”, “Wauchope Road”, “Greendykes Road”, “Wauchope Place”, “Craigmillar Library”. Then “Craigmillar Castle Road”, “Craigmillar Castle Gardens”, “Kings Haugh”, “Prestonfield Park”, “Clearburn Crescent”, “Prestonfield Terrace”, “Prestonfield Avenue”, “Priestfield Road”, “Marchhall Place”, “Commonwealth Pool”. Then “East Preston Street”, “Bernard Terrace”, “St Patrick Square”, “Surgeons’ Hall”, “South Bridge”, “Princes Street (Waverley Steps)”, “Lothian Road”, “The Exchange”, “Morrison Crescent”, “Fountain Park”. Then “Roseburn Street”, “Westfield Sainsbury’s”, “Westfield Avenue”, “Stevenson Grove”, “Saughton Rose Gardens”, “Saughton Park”, “Chesser Cottages”, “Chesser Avenue”, “Stenhouse Mill Lane”, “HMP Edinburgh”. Before “Westside Plaza”: “Saughton Mains Avenue”, “Longstone Terrace”, “Parkhead Drive”, “Dumbryden Drive”, “Dumbryden Road”, “Dumbryden Grove”, “Hailesland Grove”, “Murrayburn Park”.
On the way back the bus takes a different route, from “Westside Plaza” to “Bridge Street” (80 stops). Only in this direction does it call at “Westburn Grove”, “Baberton Mains Dell”, “Baberton Mains Gardens”, “Baberton Mains View”, “Clovenstone Drive”, “Clovenstone Park”, “Clovenstone Gardens”, “Clovenstone Road”, “Wester Hailes Park”, “Hailesland Place”, “Parkhead Crescent”, “Longstone Gardens”, “Saughton Mains”, “St Partick Square”, “Morgan Playing Fields”, “Niddrie Mill Avenue”, “The Cuddie Brae”, “Stoneyhill Drive”, “Clayknowes Place”, “Clayknowes Avenue”, “Clayknowes Court”, “Denholm Drive”, “Queen Margaret University”, “Whitehill Gardens”, “Whitehill Avenue”, “Stoneybank Gardens”, “Eskview Crescent”, “Eskview Road” and “Mall Avenue”. Only in the direction of “Westside Plaza” does it call at, among others, “Brunton Theatre Journey Hub”, “North High Street”, “Fisherrow”, “Harbour Point”, “Clayknowes Crescent” and “Prestonfield Avenue”. For the way back, board nearby: “Brunton Theatre Journey Hub” → “Bridge Street” (250 m), “Clayknowes Crescent” → “Stoneyhill Drive” (100 m), “Prestonfield Avenue” → “Priestfield Road” (250 m) and “St Patrick Square” → “St Partick Square” (50 m). Towards “Westside Plaza”, board nearby: “Wester Hailes Park” → “Hailesland Grove” (350 m), “Hailesland Place” → “Hailesland Grove” (100 m), “Parkhead Crescent” → “Dumbryden Drive” (150 m) and “Longstone Gardens” → “Longstone Terrace” (100 m).
In practice: you can get to “Clovenstone Park” on this bus only in the direction of “Bridge Street” and to “Queen Margaret University” only in the direction of “Bridge Street”.
Left column runs down, right column runs up. Filled stops are served both ways, dashed ones only one way: 10 towards “Westside Plaza” and 29 the other way. Tap a stop to see its name.
Connections
Shared sections with other routes: between “Saughton Park” and “Saughton Mains Avenue” it shares the road with route N25; between “Bernard Terrace” and “Princes Street (Waverley Steps)” it shares the road with routes N3, N31 and N37; between “Bridge Street” and “Fisherrow” it shares the road with route N26.
Connections by stop, in route order:
- “St Patrick Square” (only towards “Westside Plaza”): bus N14
- “Surgeons’ Hall”: bus N14
- “South Bridge”: bus N14
- Stops from “Princes Street (Waverley Steps)” to “The Exchange”: buses N1, N11, N16, N43 and N44
- “Morrison Crescent”: buses N1 and N44
- “Fountain Park”: buses N1 and N44
- Stops from “Westfield Sainsbury’s” to “Saughton Park”: bus N1
- “Clovenstone Drive” (only towards “Bridge Street”): bus N44
- “Clovenstone Park” (only towards “Bridge Street”): bus N44
- “St Partick Square” (only towards “Bridge Street”): bus N14
Pages for these routes: bus N1, bus N11, bus N14, bus N16, bus N25, bus N26, bus N3, bus N31, bus N37, bus N44.
Passes and concessions
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Questions and answers
Does bus N30 stop at “Clovenstone Park”?
Only in the direction of “Bridge Street”: in the other direction it does not stop there.
Does bus N30 go to “Wauchope Place”?
Yes, in both directions.
Where can I change from bus N30 to another bus route?
Most routes stop at “Princes Street (Waverley Steps)” and “Lothian Road” (N1, N11, N16, N43 and N44). All other stops with connections are listed above.
Checked on 2 October 2026. Source of the route and stops: Lothian Buses.