There are ways to take a London bus all the way out of London and into many of its surrounding counties.

London buses reach Essex, Surrey, Hertfordshire, Buckinghamshire, and Kent.

They also venture into Slough in Berkshire.

And there are loads of them too.

Here are all the Transport for London bus services which cross outside of London to a different county in case you ever fancy exploring.

Essex

20 - Walthamstow Central bus station to Debden Broadway

150 - Becontree Heath Bus Station to Chigwell Row The Maypole

167 - Ilford High Road to Debden Broadway

215 - Walthamstow Central Bus Station to Lee Valley Camp Site

275 - St James Street Station to Barkingside Tesco

362 - King George Hospital, Goodmayes to Grange Hill Station

375 - Thameside Romford Station to Passingford Bridge

397 - South Chingford, Crooked Billet to Debden Broadway

462 - Ilford High Road to Hainault The Lowe

498 - Romford Station to Brentwood Sainsburys

549 - South Woodford Station to Loughton Station

608 - Gallows Corner to Shenfield High School

667 - Ilford High Road to Chigwell West Hatch School

347 - Romford Station to Ockendon Station

370 - Thameside Romford Station to Lakeside Bus Station

372 - Romford Station to Lakeside Shopping Centre

Buckinghamshire

331 - Uxbridge Station to Ruislip Station

Hertfordshire

107 - Edgware Station to New Barnet Station

142 - the Shires Brent Cross Shopping Centre to Watford Junction Station

217 Turnpike Lane Station to Waltham Cross Bus Station

258 - the Shires South Harrow Station to Watford Junction Station

279 - Manor House Station to Waltham Cross Bus Station

292 - Colindale Asda to Borehamwood Rossington Avenue

298 - Arnos Grove Station to Potters Bar Cranborne Road

313 - Chingford Station to Potters Bar Stn/Dame Alice Owen's School

317 - Enfield Little Park Gardens to Waltham Cross Bus Station

331 - Uxbridge Station to Ruislip Station

327 - Elsinge Estate to Waltham Cross Bus Station

491 - North Middlesex Hospital to Waltham Cross Bus Station

626 - Finchley Central Stn to Potters Bar Dame Alice Owen's School

692 - Potters Bar Dame Alice Owen’s School to Winchmore Hill Green Dragon Lane (via Potters Bar Station)

699 - Winchmore Hill Green Dragon Lane to Potters Bar Dame Alice Owen's School

N279 - Arriva London Trafalgar Square to Waltham Cross Bus Station

Kent

96 - Woolwich High Street to Bluewater Park Shopping Centre

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233 - Thameside Eltham Station to Swanley, Beechenlea Lane

246 - Bromley North Station to Westerham The Green/Chartwell House

428 - Thameside Erith Cross Street to Bluewater Park Shopping Centre

492 - Thameside Sidcup Station to Bluewater Park Shopping Centre

601 - Selkent Thamesmead Town Centre to Dartford Heath Wilmington Hall School

B12 - Thameside Erith Bexley Road / Cross Street to Joydens Wood via Bexley Park

R5 - Orpington circular via Halstead, Knockholt Pound and Cudham

R10 - Orpington circular via Cudham, Knockholt Pound and Halstead

Surrey

80 - Hackbridge to Belmont High Down & Downview

116 - Hounslow Bus Station to Ashford Hospital

117 - West Middlesex Hospital to Staines Bus Station

166 - West Croydon Bus Station to Epsom General Hospital

203 - Hounslow Bus Station to Staines Bus Station

216 - Kingston Cromwell Road Bus Station to Staines Bus Station

235 - Brentford County Court to Sunbury Village Three Fishes

290 - Twickenham Arragon Road to Staines Bus Station

293 - Morden Station to Epsom General Hospital

403 - West Croydon Bus Station to Warlingham Sainsbury's

404 - Coulsdon to Caterham-on-the-Hill Westway Common

405 - West Croydon Bus Station to Redhill Bus Station

406 - Kingston Cromwell Road Bus Station to Epsom General Hospital

407 - Sutton Marshall’s Road to Caterham Station

411 - Kingston Cromwell Road Bus Stn to West Molesey Central Ave

418 - Kingston Cromwell Road Bus Station to Epsom Clock Tower

434 - Coulsdon Ridgemount Avenue to Whyteleafe South

464 - New Addington Parkway to Tatsfield Old Ship

465 - Kingston Cromwell Road Bus Station to Dorking South Street

466 - Addington Village to Caterham-on-the-Hill Westway Common

467 - Hook Library to Epsom General Hospital

470 - Colliers Wood Station to Epsom Clock Tower

635 - Brentford County Court to Sunbury St Paul’s School

641 - Teddington School to West Molesey Central Avenue

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685 - Hamsey Green Warlingham School to Selsdon Farley Road

K3 - Roehampton Vale ASDA to Esher High School

R68 - Kew Retail Park to Hampton Court Station

S1 - Mitcham Lower Green to Banstead Marks & Spencer

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Slough

81 - Hounslow Bus Station to Slough Bus Station

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