Stotts Coaches
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E. Stott & Sons, more commonly known as Stotts Coaches or just simply Stotts is a bus
Bus
A bus is a road vehicle designed to carry passengers. Buses can have a capacity as high as 300 passengers. The most common type of bus is the single-decker bus, with larger loads carried by double-decker buses and articulated buses, and smaller loads carried by midibuses and minibuses; coaches are...

 and coach
Coach (vehicle)
A coach is a large motor vehicle, a type of bus, used for conveying passengers on excursions and on longer distance express coach scheduled transport between cities - or even between countries...

 company based in Milnsbridge
Milnsbridge
Milnsbridge is a district of Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, England 2.5 miles west of the town centre, situated in the Colne Valley. The name is said to have derived from the water-powered mill and the bridge that stood alongside it in the 13th century.The Huddersfield Narrow Canal runs...

 near Huddersfield
Huddersfield
Huddersfield is a large market town within the Metropolitan Borough of Kirklees, in West Yorkshire, England, situated halfway between Leeds and Manchester. It lies north of London, and south of Bradford, the nearest city....

 in West Yorkshire
West Yorkshire
West Yorkshire is a metropolitan county within the Yorkshire and the Humber region of England with a population of 2.2 million. West Yorkshire came into existence as a metropolitan county in 1974 after the passage of the Local Government Act 1972....

, England
England
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History

The company has been providing services in Huddersfield and the wider Kirklees
Kirklees
The Metropolitan Borough of Kirklees is a metropolitan borough of West Yorkshire, England. It has a population of 401,000 and includes the settlements of Batley, Birstall, Cleckheaton, Denby Dale, Dewsbury, Heckmondwike, Holmfirth, Huddersfield, Kirkburton, Marsden, Meltham, Mirfield and Slaithwaite...

 area for over 50 years. The company provides coach services for schools in Kirklees along with day trips and private coach hire. The company also runs coach journeys for the town's football and rugby league
Huddersfield Giants
Huddersfield Giants are a professional rugby league club from Huddersfield, West Yorkshire who play in the European Super League competition. They play their home games at the Galpharm Stadium which is shared with Huddersfield Town F.C....

 teams.

Stotts also provide local bus services in the Huddersfield area serving Huddersfield town centre, Brighouse
Brighouse
Brighouse is a town within the Metropolitan Borough of Calderdale, in West Yorkshire, England. It is situated on the River Calder, east of Halifax in the Pennines. It is served by Junction 25 of the M62 motorway and Brighouse railway station on the Caldervale Line and Huddersfield Line. In the...

, Dalton, Holmfirth
Holmfirth
Holmfirth is a small town located on the A6024 Woodhead Road in the Holme Valley, within the Metropolitan Borough of Kirklees, West Yorkshire, England. Centred upon the confluence of the Holme and Ribble rivers, Holmfirth is south of Huddersfield and from Glossop. It mostly consists of...

, Meltham
Meltham
Meltham is a small town and civil parish within the Metropolitan Borough of Kirklees, in West Yorkshire, England. It lies in the Holme Valley, below Wessenden Moor, four and a half miles south-west of Huddersfield on the edge of the Peak District National Park...

 and Slaithwaite
Slaithwaite
Slaithwaite is a village within the Metropolitan Borough of Kirklees, in West Yorkshire, England. It lies in the Colne Valley laying across the River Colne and the Huddersfield Narrow Canal, approximately southwest of Huddersfield. The pronunciation of Slaithwaite varies...

. These services, along with the school bus service, are run on behalf of Metro
West Yorkshire Passenger Transport Executive
The West Yorkshire Passenger Transport Executive is the Passenger Transport Executive for the county of West Yorkshire, England. It is the executive arm of the West Yorkshire Integrated Transport Authority and was originally formed on 1 April 1974 as the West Yorkshire Passenger Transport...

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Services

This is a list of services run by Stotts:
No. From To Via Notes
335 Holmfirth Pole Moor Meltham, Slaithwaite, Wilberlee
354
355
Huddersfield South Crosland Berry Brow (354), Marten Nest 355 runs weekday mornings only.
374
375
Huddersfield Dalton
Woodedge Avenue (375)
384 Huddersfield Brighouse Fartown, Cowcliffe
Cowcliffe
Cowcliffe is an area of Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, England.It is situated between Fixby and Birkby based around Cowcliffe Hill Road. Cowcliffe is a discernible village, though the boundaries aren't clear and is somewhat isolated from the rest of Huddersfield - only two buses an hour go through...

, Fixby
Fixby
Fixby is a suburb in north-west Kirklees bordering neighbouring Calderdale and is traditionally part of Huddersfield in the English county of West Yorkshire...

, Asda (Bradford Road)
385 Huddersfield Fartown
388 Meltham Huddersfield Royal Infirmary Linthwaite, Milnsbridge
389 Meltham Slaithwaite Blackmoorfoot, Linthwaite
393 Huddersfield Blackmoorfoot Lockwood, Linthwaite
394
395
Huddersfield Slaithwaite Milnsbridge
H1
H2
Holmfirth Scholes Cinder Hills
H3 Holmfirth Upperthong
H4 Holmfirth Brockholes Thongsbridge
H5 Holmfirth Deanhouse Netherthong
H7 Holmfirth Hinchcliffe Mill Holmbridge

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