Route 38
Victoria to Clapton — the classic west-to-east social crawl through Soho's edge and hipster Hackney.
Roam Intelligence
LIVE›From 08:00 Monday 29 June until 18:00 Friday 17 July, routes 19 38 N19 N38 N41 are on diversion due to works. Buses will not be serving stops from 'Rosebery Avenue (CE)' to 'St John Street/Goswell Road (P)'.
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Popular Journeys
Victoria to Angel
Victoria → Angel
A single bus to Upper Street's restaurants — skips a fiddly Tube change.
West End to Dalston
Piccadilly Circus → Dalston Junction
Theatres to Turkish grills — the classic night-out crawl east.
Soho to Hackney
Soho → Hackney Central
Straight across town into independent Hackney without the Overground zig-zag.
Local Area Guide
Victoria
Kicks off at Victoria's coach-and-rail hub. Grab a seat here before the line fills up heading east.
Piccadilly / Soho fringe
Along Piccadilly and the southern edge of Soho — theatres, Chinatown and the West End's restaurant sprawl all a short walk off the line.
🍽 Eat: Chinatown's Gerrard Street for late-night dumplings.
💎 Gem: Berwick Street market in Soho still has a couple of the old fruit-and-veg stalls and great record shops.
Angel / Islington
Up through Angel — Upper Street's restaurant row, Camden Passage antiques and some of London's best pub culture.
🍽 Eat: Camden Passage's cafés (antiques market Wed & Sat mornings).
💎 Gem: Chapel Market is an old-school street market a minute from the tourist trail.
Dalston
The route's cool core — Dalston's Turkish grills, late bars and the Ridley Road market. Comes alive after dark.
🍽 Eat: Ridley Road Market for Turkish and Caribbean produce.
💎 Gem: Dalston Eastern Curve Garden is a hidden community garden with a café, tucked behind the high street.
Hackney
Into Hackney Central proper — independent everything, canalside pubs and the Hackney Empire theatre.
💎 Gem: London Fields and its lido are a short walk south of the line.
Clapton
The quiet residential finish, near the River Lea and the Marshes — proper east London edgelands that Londoners walk on weekends.
💎 Gem: Walthamstow Marshes and the Lea towpath start right here.
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Service Alerts
ROSEBERY AVENUE, EC1: From 08:00 Monday 29 June until 18:00 Friday 17 July, routes 19 38 N19 N38 N41 are on diversion due to works. Buses will not be serving stops from 'Rosebery Avenue (CE)' to 'St John Street/Goswell Road (P)'.
Piccadilly W1 Routes Affected 9 14 19 23 38 N9 N19 N38 N97: Road will be closed westbound due to sewer works from 22:00 23 July until 05:00 24 July. Buses will be diverted. 14, 19, 38, N19, N38 towards Putney, Battersea Bridge, Victoria and Clapham Junction will miss stops Piccadilly Circus and Old Bond Street. 9, 23, N9, N97 towards Hammersmith, Westbourne Park and Heathrow will miss stops Regent Street and Old Bond Street.
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