{"id":18183,"date":"2026-09-29T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-09-29T09:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iliverpool.info\/bus-route-487-liverpool"},"modified":"2026-09-29T10:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-09-29T09:00:00","slug":"bus-route-487-liverpool","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iliverpool.info\/en\/bus-route-487-liverpool","title":{"rendered":"Bus route 487 in Liverpool: Whitechapel \u2194 Ness Botanic Gardens"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Bus route 487 in Liverpool runs between \u201cWhitechapel\u201d and \u201cNess Botanic Gardens\u201d. The two directions are not quite the same: 3 stops are served in one direction only, which is worth knowing before you travel. The return journey ends at \u201cQueen Square\u201d (150 m from \u201cWhitechapel\u201d).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/iliverpool.info\/en\/how-to-pay-for-public-transport-liverpool#routes\">All routes in Liverpool \u2192<\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_74 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6ac7581f7f99b\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6ac7581f7f99b\"  aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/iliverpool.info\/en\/bus-route-487-liverpool\/#Where_bus_487_goes\" >Where bus 487 goes<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/iliverpool.info\/en\/bus-route-487-liverpool\/#Other_routes_along_the_way\" >Other routes along the way<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/iliverpool.info\/en\/bus-route-487-liverpool\/#Passes_and_concessions\" >Passes and concessions<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/iliverpool.info\/en\/bus-route-487-liverpool\/#Questions_about_bus_487\" >Questions about bus 487<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-3' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/iliverpool.info\/en\/bus-route-487-liverpool\/#Does_bus_487_go_to_%E2%80%9CPort_Sunlight_Interchange%E2%80%9D\" >Does bus 487 go to \u201cPort Sunlight Interchange\u201d?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/iliverpool.info\/en\/bus-route-487-liverpool\/#Where_can_I_change_from_bus_487_to_another_bus_route\" >Where can I change from bus 487 to another bus route?<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Where_bus_487_goes\"><\/span>Where bus 487 goes<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<figure><a href=\"https:\/\/cdn.iliverpool.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/63\/2026\/10\/top-transport_pilotx-liverpool-bus-487-en-v1-map.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.iliverpool.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/63\/2026\/10\/top-transport_pilotx-liverpool-bus-487-en-v1-map.jpg\" alt=\"Bus route 487 in Liverpool on the map: the route both ways\" width=\"1080\" height=\"1350\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/a><\/figure>\n<p>Towards \u201cNess Botanic Gardens\u201d: 63 stops. After \u201cWhitechapel\u201d, the bus calls at \u201cHinson Street\u201d, \u201cBirkenhead Bus Station\u201d, \u201cCatherine Street\u201d, \u201cMaple Street\u201d, \u201cFrodsham Street\u201d, \u201cSeymour Street\u201d, \u201cElm Road\u201d, \u201cDial Road\u201d, \u201cBebington Road\u201d, \u201cSt Georges Avenue\u201d. Then \u201cCressington Avenue\u201d, \u201cBorough Road\u201d, \u201cCavendish Drive\u201d, \u201cThornton Avenue\u201d, \u201cKings Lane\u201d, \u201cBentfield Gardens\u201d, \u201cRoland Avenue\u201d, \u201cWaterfield Close\u201d, \u201cGorseyville Road\u201d, \u201cBrackenwood Junior School\u201d. Then \u201cCross Lane\u201d, \u201cPulford Road\u201d, \u201cThe Village\u201d, \u201cCivic Way\u201d, \u201cPort Sunlight Interchange\u201d, \u201cQuarry Road East\u201d, \u201cParkfield Road\u201d, \u201cBeechway\u201d, \u201cOld Clatterbridge Road\u201d, \u201cM53\u201d. Then \u201cClatterbridge Hospital\u201d, \u201cWillaston Road\u201d, \u201cIvy Cottage\u201d, \u201cChurch Road\u201d, \u201cOxford Drive\u201d, \u201cParkgate Lane\u201d, \u201cLiverpool Road\u201d, \u201cRed Gates\u201d, \u201cChester High Road\u201d, \u201cClayhill\u201d. Then \u201cWestlands Close\u201d, \u201cDrake Road\u201d, \u201cNew Hayes\u201d, \u201cMalt Shovel Inn\u201d, \u201cRailway Station\u201d, \u201cTesco\u201d, \u201cBreezehill Road\u201d, \u201cThe Quillet\u201d, \u201cHealth Centre\u201d, \u201cRoyal Oak\u201d. Then \u201cTalbot Avenue\u201d, \u201cThirlmere Road\u201d, \u201cWest Vale Shops\u201d, \u201cWest Vale\u201d, \u201cMarshlands Road\u201d, \u201cColliery Green Close\u201d, \u201cBrook Well\u201d, \u201cTurrocks Croft\u201d, \u201cThe Court\u201d, \u201cSchool Lane\u201d. Before \u201cNess Botanic Gardens\u201d: \u201cThe Wheatsheaf\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>On the way back the bus takes a different route, from \u201cNess Botanic Gardens\u201d to \u201cQueen Square\u201d (57 stops). Only in this direction does it call at \u201cManor Road\u201d, \u201cClatterbridge Road\u201d, \u201cNeedwood Drive\u201d, \u201cTudor Avenue\u201d, \u201cStanton Road\u201d, \u201cAbbots Drive\u201d, \u201cWirral Grammar School for Girls\u201d, \u201cBrackenwood Road\u201d, \u201cVillage Road\u201d, \u201cBroadway\u201d, \u201cRegents Way\u201d, \u201cBrimstage Avenue\u201d, \u201cIrvine Road\u201d, \u201cPrenton Road East\u201d, \u201cChurch Terrace\u201d, \u201cWhitfield Street\u201d, \u201cWhetstone Lane\u201d, \u201cClifton Crescent\u201d and \u201cGrange Road\u201d. Only in the direction of \u201cNess Botanic Gardens\u201d does it call at, among others, \u201cHinson Street\u201d, \u201cBirkenhead Bus Station\u201d, \u201cCatherine Street\u201d, \u201cFrodsham Street\u201d, \u201cSeymour Street\u201d and \u201cElm Road\u201d. For the way back, board nearby: \u201cHinson Street\u201d \u2192 \u201cGrange Road\u201d (300 m), \u201cBirkenhead Bus Station\u201d \u2192 \u201cGrange Road\u201d (250 m), \u201cFrodsham Street\u201d \u2192 \u201cWhitfield Street\u201d (150 m) and \u201cSeymour Street\u201d \u2192 \u201cWhitfield Street\u201d (50 m). Towards \u201cNess Botanic Gardens\u201d, board nearby: \u201cManor Road\u201d \u2192 \u201cChurch Road\u201d (50 m), \u201cClatterbridge Road\u201d \u2192 \u201cWillaston Road\u201d (50 m), \u201cNeedwood Drive\u201d \u2192 \u201cOld Clatterbridge Road\u201d (100 m) and \u201cTudor Avenue\u201d \u2192 \u201cParkfield Road\u201d (100 m).<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Other_routes_along_the_way\"><\/span>Other routes along the way<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>On part of the route, between \u201cCavendish Drive\u201d and \u201cThe Village\u201d it shares the road with route 464; between \u201cCivic Way\u201d and \u201cClatterbridge Hospital\u201d it shares the road with route 410.<\/p>\n<p>Connections by stop, in route order:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u201cWhitechapel\u201d: buses 1, 7, 10A, 10B, 14, 14A, 15, 17, 17A, 19, 20, 21, 27, 52, 58, 76, 78, 82, 86, 86A, 345, 407, 433 and 437<\/li>\n<li>\u201cHinson Street\u201d (only towards \u201cNess Botanic Gardens\u201d): buses 1, 41, 42, 407 and 437<\/li>\n<li>\u201cBirkenhead Bus Station\u201d (only towards \u201cNess Botanic Gardens\u201d): buses 1, 41, 42, 407 and 437<\/li>\n<li>\u201cCatherine Street\u201d (only towards \u201cNess Botanic Gardens\u201d): buses 41, 42, 407 and 437<\/li>\n<li>\u201cMaple Street\u201d: buses 41 and 42<\/li>\n<li>\u201cFrodsham Street\u201d (only towards \u201cNess Botanic Gardens\u201d): buses 41 and 42<\/li>\n<li>\u201cWhetstone Lane\u201d (only towards \u201cQueen Square\u201d): buses 41 and 42<\/li>\n<li>\u201cClifton Crescent\u201d (only towards \u201cQueen Square\u201d): buses 1, 41, 42, 407 and 437<\/li>\n<li>\u201cGrange Road\u201d (only towards \u201cQueen Square\u201d): buses 1, 41, 42, 407 and 437<\/li>\n<li>\u201cQueen Square\u201d: buses 1, 7, 10A, 10B, 14, 14A, 15, 17, 17A, 19, 20, 21, 27, 52, 58, 75, 76, 78, 82, 86, 86A, 345, 407, 433 and 437<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Pages for these routes: <a href=\"https:\/\/iliverpool.info\/en\/bus-route-10a-liverpool\">bus 10A<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/iliverpool.info\/en\/bus-route-10b-liverpool\">bus 10B<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/iliverpool.info\/en\/bus-route-14-liverpool\">bus 14<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/iliverpool.info\/en\/bus-route-14a-liverpool\">bus 14A<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/iliverpool.info\/en\/bus-route-15-liverpool\">bus 15<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/iliverpool.info\/en\/bus-route-17-liverpool\">bus 17<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/iliverpool.info\/en\/bus-route-17a-liverpool\">bus 17A<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/iliverpool.info\/en\/bus-route-19-liverpool\">bus 19<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/iliverpool.info\/en\/bus-route-20-liverpool\">bus 20<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/iliverpool.info\/en\/bus-route-21-liverpool\">bus 21<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/iliverpool.info\/en\/bus-route-41-liverpool\">bus 41<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/iliverpool.info\/en\/bus-route-42-liverpool\">bus 42<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/iliverpool.info\/en\/bus-route-52-liverpool\">bus 52<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/iliverpool.info\/en\/bus-route-58-liverpool\">bus 58<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/iliverpool.info\/en\/bus-route-75-liverpool\">bus 75<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/iliverpool.info\/en\/bus-route-76-liverpool\">bus 76<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/iliverpool.info\/en\/bus-route-78-liverpool\">bus 78<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/iliverpool.info\/en\/bus-route-82-liverpool\">bus 82<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/iliverpool.info\/en\/bus-route-86-liverpool\">bus 86<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/iliverpool.info\/en\/bus-route-86a-liverpool\">bus 86A<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/iliverpool.info\/en\/bus-route-345-liverpool\">bus 345<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/iliverpool.info\/en\/bus-route-407-liverpool\">bus 407<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/iliverpool.info\/en\/bus-route-410-liverpool\">bus 410<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/iliverpool.info\/en\/bus-route-433-liverpool\">bus 433<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/iliverpool.info\/en\/bus-route-437-liverpool\">bus 437<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/iliverpool.info\/en\/bus-route-464-liverpool\">bus 464<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Passes_and_concessions\"><\/span>Passes and concessions<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Our page \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/iliverpool.info\/en\/how-to-pay-for-public-transport-liverpool\">How to pay for public transport in Liverpool<\/a>\u201d describes tickets, passes and concessions, including any differences between modes of transport.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Questions_about_bus_487\"><\/span>Questions about bus 487<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Does_bus_487_go_to_%E2%80%9CPort_Sunlight_Interchange%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>Does bus 487 go to \u201cPort Sunlight Interchange\u201d?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Yes, in both directions.<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Where_can_I_change_from_bus_487_to_another_bus_route\"><\/span>Where can I change from bus 487 to another bus route?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Most routes stop at \u201cWhitechapel\u201d (1, 7, 10A, 10B, 14, 14A, 15, 17, 17A, 19, 20, 21, 27, 52, 58, 76, 78, 82, 86, 86A, 345, 407, 433 and 437) and \u201cQueen Square\u201d (1, 7, 10A, 10B, 14, 14A, 15, 17, 17A, 19, 20, 21, 27, 52, 58, 75, 76, 78, 82, 86, 86A, 345, 407, 433 and 437). All other stops with connections are listed above.<\/p>\n<p><em>Checked on 29 September 2026. Source of the route and stops: Merseytravel.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bus route 487 in Liverpool runs between \u201cWhitechapel\u201d and \u201cNess Botanic Gardens\u201d. The two directions are not quite the same: 3 stops are served in one direction only, which is worth knowing before you travel. The return journey ends at \u201cQueen Square\u201d (150 m from \u201cWhitechapel\u201d). 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