Beth Mead: Bus named after Whitby-born Lioness

The bus named to honour England’s Euro 2022 Golden Boot winner will be seen on Britain’s Most Scenic Bus Route to her home town of Whitby

Coastliner General Manager Kel Pizzuti said: “Beth and the England team’s stunning performance throughout the Euro 2022 tournament has captivated the whole nation, and nowhere more so than in and around Whitby.

“Naming one of our Coastliner buses after Beth is our way of saying thank you for her amazing success which has brought football home. Beth is a fantastic role model for young sportswomen in North Yorkshire and around the world and naming a bus in her honour is all about celebrating her phenomenal achievements.

“Beth and the England Women’s team have brought football home, and now we’re bringing our bus named in honour of this amazing star home to Coastliner Country, where it’ll now be seen regularly crossing the Moors to Whitby on Britain’s Most Scenic Bus Route.”

Beth, 27, was a student at Whitby’s Caedmon College, and grew up in the tiny coastal village of Hinderwell, eight miles north of the seaside town. She first took up football at the tender age of six, going on to Middlesbrough Football Club’s Centre for Excellence before joining Sunderland in 2011 and Arsenal from 2017, where she has 34 goals and 98 appearances to her name.

Beth’s goalscoring success with England has earned her the nickname ‘Hinderwell Hotshot’ and locals packed the village’s Brown Cow pub to savour every moment of England’s Wembley glory.

Beth’s named bus is the second Coastliner vehicle to be named in honour of a sports personality, after the operator named another in honour of retiring BBC Radio York football commentator Barry Parker in June.

Coastliner’s Beth Mead bus can be seen on its network of routes linking Leeds, York and Malton with Whitby and Scarborough. Full details of all Coastliner times and fare deals are online at: transdevbus.co.uk/coastliner, and on the free to download Transdev Go mobile app.