Kettering Bus Route 18: Ise Lodge to Market Harborough — Stops, Timetable & Fares (2026)

🚌 Kettering Bus Route 18 — Ise Lodge ↔ Market Harborough

🚌 Route 18: Ise Lodge ↔ Market Harborough | 🏢 Stagecoach Midlands | ⏱️ About hourly | 💳 £3 fare cap · £2 from Jan 2027 | 📅 Monday to Friday

The 18 is a bus service run by Stagecoach Midlands in the Kettering area. This page gives the stops in order, an honest summary of the timetable (first and last buses and how often they run, by day), fares and the questions riders ask most.

📋 Route 18 Essential Information

  • Route: 18 — Ise Lodge ↔ Market Harborough
  • Operator: Stagecoach Midlands
  • Days: Monday to Friday
  • First / last (weekday): 06:59 – 18:24 from Ise Lodge
  • Frequency: about hourly (less frequent early morning and evening)
  • Journey time: around 69 minutes end to end
  • Stops: 59 stops in the main direction (see list below)
  • Fare: single fares capped at £3 (see Fares & Payment)

🗺️ Route 18 Stops

🚏 Stops Towards Market Harborough — in order

  1. Kettering, before Churchill Way
  2. Kettering, before St David's Close
  3. Kettering, after St Christopher's Close
  4. Kettering, after 42 St Stephens Road
  5. Kettering, before The Leather Craftsman PH
  6. Kettering, after St Stephens Road
  7. Barton Seagrave 24 Sulgrave Street (o-s)
  8. Barton Seagrave 9-11 Sulgrave Street (os)
  9. Kettering, before St Lukes Close
  10. Kettering, after Carisbrooke Close
  11. Kettering, before Gleneagles Close
  12. Kettering, before Kylesku Crescent
  13. Kettering, before French Drive
  14. Kettering, after Wavel Close
  15. Kettering, after St Johns Road
  16. Kettering, after Science Academy
  17. (Kettering) Oak Road (before)
  18. Kettering, after Hillcrest Avenue
  19. Kettering, before Linden Avenue
  20. Kettering, before Sunley Court
  21. Kettering, before St Mary's Hospital
  22. Kettering, after Police Station
  23. Kettering Bus Interchange (Stop 9)
  24. 05:45
  25. Kettering Newland Centre (Stop 5)
  26. Kettering, before Railway View
  27. Kettering, before Hospital
  28. Kettering, after Gipsy Lane
  29. Kettering, after Baron Avenue
  30. Kettering, before Enterprise Close
  31. Kettering, after Linnell Way
  32. Kettering, before Linnell Way
  33. Kettering, after Riley Road
  34. Kettering, opp Wyndham Way
  35. Rothwell, before Jubilee Street
  36. Rothwell, before Gordon Street
  37. Rothwell, before War Memorial
  38. Rothwell, before Market Hill
  39. Rothwell Library (after)
  40. Rothwell, after Stanley Street
  41. Rothwell, before Cook Close
  42. Rothwell, adj Market Hill
  43. Rothwell, after The Maltings
  44. Rothwell, before Cricket Ground
  45. Rothwell Medical Centre (after)
  46. Desborough, before Brooke Close
  47. Desborough, before Station Road
  48. Desborough, after Paddock Lane
  49. Desborough, after Harrington Road
  50. Desborough, before Sports Ground
  51. Desborough, after Ash Grove
  52. Braybrooke, after The Green
  53. Braybrooke, after Church Close
  54. Market Harborough, opp Queen Street
  55. Market Harborough, adj Rookwell Drive
  56. Market Harborough, opp Scotland Road
  57. Market Harborough, adj Patrick Street
  58. Market Harborough, opp Springfield Street
  59. Market Hall (Stand M2)

12 weekday departures from Ise Lodge: first 06:59, last 18:24.

🚏 Stops Towards Ise Lodge — in order

  1. Market Hall (Stand M2)
  2. Market Harborough, opp Patrick Street
  3. Market Harborough, adj Scotland Road
  4. Market Harborough, opp Rookwell Drive
  5. Market Harborough, adj Queen Street
  6. Braybrooke, before Church Close
  7. Braybrooke, after 3 Desborough Road
  8. Desborough, before Ash Grove
  9. Desborough, after Hilltop Avenue
  10. Desborough, after Harrington Road
  11. Desborough, before Station Road
  12. Desborough, after Paddock Lane
  13. Desborough, opp Federation Avenue
  14. Desborough, after Brooke Close
  15. Rothwell Medical Centre (before)
  16. Rothwell, after Cricket Ground
  17. Rothwell, before Market Hill
  18. Rothwell Library (after)
  19. Rothwell, after Cook Close
  20. Rothwell, before Stanley Street
  21. Rothwell, adj Market Hill
  22. Rothwell, after War Memorial
  23. Rothwell, after Gordon Street
  24. Rothwell, after Jubilee Street
  25. Kettering, before Gipsy Lane
  26. Kettering, opp Hospital
  27. (Kettering) Railway View (before)
  28. Kettering Newland Centre (Stop 7)
  29. Kettering, after School Lane
  30. Kettering Bus Interchange (Stop 12)
  31. Kettering, before Police Station
  32. Kettering, after St Mary's Hospital
  33. Kettering, before Sunley Court
  34. Kettering, before Clifton Grove
  35. Kettering, after Hillcrest Avenue
  36. (Kettering) Oak Road (before)
  37. Kettering, after Science Academy
  38. Kettering, after St Johns Road
  39. Kettering, before Churchill Way

13 weekday departures from Market Harborough: first 06:40, last 19:40.

🎫 Fares & Payment

  • Fare cap: single fares on this service are capped at £3 under the England national fare cap — the cap falls to £2 from 1 January 2027. See BusUpdate’s fare cap guide.
  • Paying: most operators in this area accept contactless bank cards and mobile payment as well as cash; smaller community operators may differ — check with Stagecoach Midlands for this route.
  • Day tickets: if you make several journeys, ask the driver about Stagecoach Midlands day tickets, which can beat paying capped singles.

❓ Frequently Asked Questions

What time is the first 18 bus from Ise Lodge?
On weekdays the first 18 leaves Ise Lodge at 06:59.

What time is the last 18 bus?
On weekdays the last 18 from Ise Lodge is at 18:24 (the last bus from Market Harborough is at 19:40).

How often does the 18 run?
About hourly on weekdays; the service runs monday to friday.

How much is the fare on the 18?
Single fares are capped at £3 under the England fare cap (£2 from 1 January 2027).

Timetable & stop data: bustimes.org (open data — Bus Open Data Service / Traveline / NaPTAN), extracted and verified October 2026. Independently compiled by the BusUpdate editorial team; confirm time-sensitive details with Stagecoach Midlands before travelling. See also: buses in Kettering on BusUpdate.

🌐 Route 18 in the Kettering network

This page is part of BusUpdate’s Ring 1 coverage of the Peterborough-centred network — every town service in Kettering and its neighbours, built service by service from the open timetable data (BODS/TNDS via bustimes) rather than from operator summaries. The parsed timetable behind this page records 59 stops on the main direction, runs Monday to Friday, a typical end-to-end journey of about 69 minutes. The operator is Stagecoach Midlands, whose BusUpdate operator page carries its full service list.

🎫 The fare cap — what you actually pay

Single fares on this service sit under the national cap for England (outside London): £3 per single journey now, falling to £2 from 1 January 2027, with the £3 cap funded to March 2027. The cap covers the vast majority of single tickets bought on the bus; day and season tickets price separately and can beat the cap on multi-ride days. The full story — funding, dates and what is excluded — is in the fare-cap guide.

🗺️ Other Kettering services

Appendix compiled October 2026 from this page’s parsed-timetable build data — see our data page for how the Ring 1 dataset is sourced and checked.

🔀 Where this service connects

The timetable’s named interchange stops are where this service meets the rest of the network:

🚌 About the operator — Stagecoach Midlands

Stagecoach Midlands is a bus operator in the East Midlands and the West Midlands, trading under the licence of Midland Red (South) Limited. It runs 21 of the services in this Ring 1 dataset, and its BusUpdate operator page lists them together with the towns they connect. The operator’s own site is www.stagecoachbus.com/regional-help-and-contact/midlands — the place for operator-issued notices, while this page keeps the timetable record.

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