Avon Buses[1] was a bus operator based in Prenton providing services in Merseyside and Cheshire, England.

After the Helms Coaches service was withdrawn, Avon Buses decided not to raise the frequency of routes 22 and 24 but add an additional Sunday 23 service from Heswall to Chester Bus Exchange, which was withdrawn in April 2011.

On 10 August 2014 Avon took over Merseytravel services 144/145 from Peoplesbus running between Litherland and Bootle.

Two morning and two afternoon services started and finished at Arrowe Park Hospital, numbered 143.

In September 2014 the 22 was withdrawn and replaced by Stagecoach X22 running between Heswall bus station and Chester, avoiding Williston.

The 22 was extended from West Kirby to Moreton Cross and significantly rerouted to serve Newton, Greasby, Arrowe Park Hospital and Pensby.

2017 saw Avon expand operations in the Liverpool area but a driver and vehicle shortage led to many service cancellations and the company at late June 2017 was in a state of crisis with most Merseytravel tendered and commercial services not running.

Issues cited for the closure included rising insurance and fuel costs,[7][8] and Merseytravel's MyTicket, a youth ticket that provided unlimited travel for £2 a day.