First Great Yarmouth seafront open-top buses return for 2024

For the fourth year running, the 1C Coastal Clipper Cabriolet bus service will start taking passengers along the town's seafront on Saturday, May 4.

This open-top service, operated by First Bus, runs all day from Seashore Holiday Park to the Pleasure Beach.

It calls at Joyland, Britannia Pier, Pirates Cove adventure golf, the Marina Centre, the Sealife Centre, Wellington Pier, Merrivale Model Village and the Big Wheel. 

The Clipper Cabriolet open-top buses will operate every day along Great Yarmouth seafront. (Image: First Bus)READ MORE: Norfolk bus journey named one of the most scenic in the UK

The buses continue all along the East Norfolk coast to Caister, then the holiday camps and resorts of Scratby and California and onto Hemsby.  

From Saturday, May 4, the service will run along the seafront every 20 minutes, and to and from Hemsby every hour.

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It will increase in frequency from May 25, running along the seafront every 15 minutes, and to and from Hemsby every 30 minutes.

During the summer holidays, the 1C will run into the evenings.

Single tickets cost £1.50 in Great Yarmouth, and £2 to Hemsby. 

First Bus also sells a range of day tickets for passengers making multiple journeys.