Travel

Public bus services Trains Private school bus services

The school’s location just off the A6 and its proximity to Woodsmoor and Davenport train stations means that it is well served by private school bus services, public buses and rail.

This means that our pupils can easily travel to school from as far as Cheshire, the Peak District, the Pennines and Lancashire, as shown on the map below.

Where our pupils travel from to school

The yellow shape shows where most of our pupils travel from.

SGS travel areas

Public bus services

The school is on the main 192 route from Hazel Grove to Manchester, through Stockport.

Other bus services run along the A6 outside the school. They include:

  • 191 from Middlewood
  • 199 from Buxton
  • 361 from Glossop and Disley

The 377 / 378 from Bramhall stops at Davenport railway station, a short walk away.

The Traveline journey planner gives public routes and connections to Stockport Grammar School from across the area.

Use the Traveline journey planner

Trains

Woodsmoor and Davenport railway stations are a short walk from the school. The stations are on the Buxton line, which runs from Manchester to Buxton, through Stockport, Whaley Bridge, Disley and Hazel Grove.

Stockport station is a little over one and a half miles north of the school and is easily reached with frequent bus services. The 192 bus stops directly outside the school.

The National Rail Enquiries journey planner gives routes, times and fares to Davenport, Woodsmoor and Stockport railway stations.

Use the National Rail Enquiries journey planner

Private school bus services

Places can be reserved directly with the operator.

Timetables and routes are subject to change.

B1 Didsbury / Cheadle

Operated by Bullocks Coaches (0161 428 5265).

  Inbound Outbound
Parrs Wood 7.40am 4.40pm
Gatley Road, Kingsway 7.45am 4.35pm
Cheadle Hulme village 7.55am 4.20pm
Stockport Grammar School 8.10am 4pm

B2 Rose Hill Station / Marple / Romiley

Operated by Bullocks Coaches (0161 428 5265).

Please note that the return journey runs in a different order to the outward journey.

  Inbound Outbound
Rose Hill station 7.25am 4.15pm
Marple Navigation 7.30am 4.20pm
Marple Bridge 7.35am 4.25pm
Compstall 7.40am 4.30pm
Cherry Tree 7.45am 4.35pm
Romiley Station 7.50am 4.40pm
Lisburne Lane, Offerton 8.05am 4.10pm
Stockport Grammar School 8.25am 4pm

B3 Gee Cross / Greave / Romiley

Operated by Bullocks Coaches (0161 428 5265).

  Inbound Outbound
Mottram, Pack Horse 7.30am 4.45pm
Knott Lane 7.45am 4.35pm
Greave 7.50am 4.30pm
Romiley station 7.55am 4.25pm
Lisburne Lane, Offerton 8.10am 4.10pm
Stockport Grammar School 8.20am 4pm

367 Chorlton / The Heatons

Operated by Bullocks Coaches (0161 428 5265).

  Inbound Outbound
Chorlton bus station 7.30am 4.40pm
Didsbury, School Lane 7.45am 4.30pm
Parrs Wood Lane 7.55am 4.25pm
Heaton Norris, Belmont Bridge 8.08am 4.15pm
Mersey Square 8.10am 4.10pm
Stockport Grammar School 8.15am 4pm

SG1 Macclesfield / Prestbury

Operated by Jones Coaches (01625 431 946).

  Inbound Outbound
Lyme Green, Macclesfield 7.20am 5.05pm
Macclesfield station 7.25am 5pm
Tytherington shops 7.30am 4.55pm
The Cock and Pheasant, Bollington 7.35am 4.50pm
Haybridge Lane, Prestbury 7.38am 4.47pm
Prestbury Village 7.40am 4.45pm
Bulls Head, Mottram 7.45am 4.40pm
Alderley Edge station 7.50am 4.35pm
Adlington Road, Torkington 7.55am 4.30pm
Garden centre, Woodford 8am 4.25pm
Oil terminal, Poynton 8.05am 4.20pm
Poynton centre n/a 4.15pm
Chester Road / Jackson’s Lane 8.10am 4.10pm
Stockport Grammar School 8.25am 4pm

SG2 Wilmslow

Operated by Jones Coaches (01625 431 946).

  Inbound Outbound
Pack Horse, Broken Cross 7.20am 5pm
Little Chef, Monks Heath 7.30am 4.50pm
Artists Lane, A34 7.35am 4.45pm
NatWest, Alderley Edge 7.42am 4.40pm
Knutsford Road / Church Road 7.45am 4.35pm
Bedells Lane / Curzon Mews 7.48am 4.32pm
Broadwalk / Gorsey Road 7.52am 4.28pm
Bank Square, Wilmslow 7.55am 4.25pm
Styal Road, A34 7.57am 4.23pm
Dean Row, Summerfields 8am 4.20pm
Bramhall village 8.10am 4.10pm
Stockport Grammar School 8.30am 4pm

SG3 Whaley / Hayfield / New Mills

Operated by Jones Coaches (01625 431 946).

  Inbound Outbound
Jodrell Arms, Whaley Bridge 7.15am 5pm
Hanging Gate, Combs 7.20am 4.55pm
New Inn, Chapel 7.23am 4.25pm
Hayfield Road, Chinley / Buxton 7.28am 4.45pm
Bus station, Hayfield 7.40am 4.35pm
The Swan, New Mills 7.50am 4.25pm
Rams Head, Disley 7.55am 4.20pm
St Thomas’s Church, High Line 8am 4.15pm
Stockport Grammar School 8.20am 4pm

Late bus

Operated by Jones Coaches (01625 431 946). This service runs Monday to Thursday to cater for pupils attending after school clubs at the following rates:

  • £2 for Jones Coaches pass holders
  • £4 for all others
  Outbound
Stockport Grammar School 5.15pm
Bramhall village 5.30pm
Wilmslow leisure centre 5.45pm
Tesco, Alderley Edge 5.55pm
Churchill Way, Macclesfield 6.15pm

62A Shirebrook / Simmondley / Glossop

Operated by Holly Coaches (07071 223 408)

  Inbound Outbound
Shirebrook 7.15am 4.43pm
Commercial Inn, Manor Park 7.18am 4.41pm
Simmondley Lane 7.25am 4.33pm
Gamesley 7.30am 4.28pm
Charlesworth 7.33am 4.25pm
Chisworth 7.35am 4.20pm
Lane Ends, Marple 7.45am 4.15pm
Stockport Grammar School 8.20am 4pm

Holly Coaches also operate a second bus (also the 62A) on a similar route, starting at Simmondley Co-op.

  Inbound Outbound
Simmondley Co-op 7.25am 4.45pm
Gamesley 7.35am 4.35pm
Chisworth 7.45am 4.25pm
Stockport Grammar School 8.20am 4pm

Sale, Hale and Altrincham

Operated by Metro Taxis (0161 477 2901)

  Inbound Outbound
Brooklands Road tram stop C 7.30am 4.25pm
Delahays Road / Carr Road 7.40am 4.35pm
Hale Road (Dial Road / Cottesmore Gardens) 7.45am 4.45pm
Stockport Grammar School 8.20am 4pm