It will probably be helpful to some of you when planning journeys, to see some actual bus route maps which are available online (usually as PDF's). Here's some links - more will be added in due course :thumbsup:

Bath & NE Somerset http://www.bathnes.gov.uk/NR/rdonlyres/662134BA-3B0F-4A94-B2F0-3393FEDFE2BE/0/BusmapBathNorthEastSomersetNetwork.pdf

Blackpool http://www.blackpooltransport.com/

Buckinghamshire http://www.buckscc.gov.uk/travelinfo/Publications/Bucks_Public_MG.pdf

Cambridgeshire http://www.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/NR/rdonlyres/19B2C317-482C-46E7-8888-46485419BB99/0/CambridgeshireAreaMap.pdf

Cheshire http://www.cheshire.gov.uk/NR/rdonlyres/947210D0-96BD-429E-898D-3E952A4C8925/0/CheshireCountyMap.pdf

Cornwall http://www.cornwallpublictransport.info/images/countymap.pdf

Cumbria http://www.cumbria.gov.uk/elibrary/Content/Internet/544/931/1099/3619/39525124851.jpg

County Durham http://durham.pindar.com/default.asp

Derbyshire http://www.derbysbus.info/maps/county.htm

Devonshire http://www.devon.gov.uk/index/transport/public_transport/buses/bus_maps.htm

Essex http://www.essexpublictransport.info/images/county_map.pdf

Hampshire http://www3.hants.gov.uk/hampshire_map_side_2008.pdf

Havant http://havant-travel.info/map-1

Hull http://www.hullcc.gov.uk/pls/portal/docs/PAGE/HOME/TRANSPORT%20AND%20STREETS/PUBLIC%20TRANSPORT/BUSES/HULL%20BUS%20MAP%20SIDE.PDF

Kent http://kent.gov.uk/NR/rdonlyres/CACE10C2-5816-4607-ABC0-FB6077FF4A62/0/countymap.pdf

Lincolnshire http://www.lincolnshire.gov.uk/upload/public/attachments/795/Lincolnshire_Map_2008.pdf

London http://www.tfl.gov.uk/gettingaround/1110.aspx

Milton Keynes http://www.miltonkeynes.gov.uk/transport/documents/RRM0108.pdf

Norfolk Broads http://www.anglianbus.co.uk/route_map.php

North Lincolnshire http://www.northlincs.gov.uk/NR/rdonlyres/40FC269E-EACE-4181-BADF-DFB2774355F5/11291/RuralBusRailMGweb.pdf

North Pennines http://www.durham.gov.uk/durhamcc/usp.nsf/Lookup/North%20Pennines%20Transport%20Map%20Pt1/$file/North+Pennines+Transport+Map+Pt1.pdf

North Yorkshire http://getdown.org.uk/bus/maps/

Northamptonshire http://www.northamptonshire.gov.uk/NR/rdonlyres/1B1F8858-9511-4513-8C29-63C556E73E7E/0/NorthamptonshireCountyMap.pdf

Northumberland http://pscm.northumberland.gov.uk/pls/portal92/docs/23641

Nottingham http://www.nctx.co.uk/Images/Maps/Nott%27m%20Jrny%20Planner%20Map.pdf

Nottinghamshire http://www.nottinghamshire.gov.uk/large-static/nottsbus/maps/index.htm

Oxford http://portal.oxfordshire.gov.uk/content/publicnet/council_services/roads_transport/public_transport/timetables_maps/guide_oxfordcitymap.pdf

Oxfordshire http://portal.oxfordshire.gov.uk/content/publicnet/council_services/roads_transport/public_transport/timetables_maps/guide_oxfordshiremap.pdf

Portsmouth http://www.chamber.org.uk/SignPOST/images/PortsmouthBusMap2003.pdf

Suffolk http://www.suffolk.gov.uk/NR/rdonlyres/DE313DE9-511F-4D91-8377-10CC9CCCF32B/0/CountyMapFrontAugust2008.pdf

Surrey http://www.surreycc.gov.uk/sccwebsite/sccwspublications.nsf/591f7dda55aad72a80256c670041a50d/08b12ca925d4a7fb80257301003bec47/$FILE/SCC-County-Map.pdf

Sussex (East) http://www.eastsussex.gov.uk/NR/rdonlyres/34472FBC-6605-4A6E-806C-307B192F4215/0/county_bus_rail_network_map.pdf

Sussex (West) http://www.westsussex.gov.uk/ccm/cms-service/stream/asset/?asset_id=3040520

Tyne & Wear http://www.nexus.org.uk/wps/wcm/connect/Nexus/Bus/Maps+and+guides/

Warwickshire http://www.warwickshire.gov.uk/Web/corporate/pages.nsf/Links/3AE4CDA94AF4CACF802571E700366754/$file/Warwickshire+County+Map.pdf

West Yorkshire http://www.wymetro.com/BusTravel/MapsAndGuides.htm

Worcestershire http://www.worcestershire.gov.uk/CHYM/Maps.aspx?Mode=PT