Wooden Toys · Est. 1795★★★★★ 150 reviews

The wooden London bus they keep coming back to

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8 wooden figures
Ages 1 to 7
No batteries ever
Solid wood build
Ships 2,3 days
Born in Britain
30-day returns
Klarna available

Delivery in 2-3 working days · 30-day returns · Est. 1795

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Real talk

The gift that outlasts the phase

Lottie isn't a toy that gets tired. Every child plays it differently. At 1, they roll it and watch the wheels turn. At 3, the 8 characters become passengers with names and stories. At 6, the bus is the hub of a whole city in their bedroom. Solid wood, hand-finished, weighted to feel real in small hands.

Parents tell us their children ask for it by name. Grandparents buy it because it actually costs less per year of play than the plastic version that breaks.

Joe Jaques, Jaques of London

What's in the box

What you're getting

Lottie arrives gift-ready. Solid wood, 8 painted wooden figures, and a weight that says this is built to last.

Lottie the London Bus, red and blue wooden toy with opening doors

In the box

The bus

Solid wood construction, hand-painted red and blue. Opens and closes, wheels roll freely, sized for small hands to grip and roll across floors or tables. Built to be picked up 1,000 times.

✓ Solid wood, not veneer
✓ Weighted to feel substantial
✓ Doors open, wheels turn

Eight wooden passenger figures with different painted expressions and outfits

In the box

8 wooden characters

Named passengers ready for the journey. Each one painted by hand with a different face, outfit, and story. They sit, stand, and travel inside Lottie across the child's imagined London.

✓ Hand-painted detail
✓ Small enough to hold
✓ Stories built in

Lottie the London Bus photographed from the side on a white background

Play style

Screen-free journeys

No app, no sounds, no batteries. Just a bus, characters, and whatever story lives in their head today. The kind of toy that fills quiet time and brings back conversation at dinner.

✓ Nothing to charge
✓ Nothing to lose
✓ Nothing to distract

Order by 2pm, arrives Tuesday. 60-day guarantee.

Was £55.99

Toy London Bus - Wooden Toy: £42.99

While they play

What Lottie quietly teaches

Looks like play. Works like a lesson.

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Narrative thinking

Each character has a face, outfit, and purpose. Children invent who they are, where they're going, why. That's language and reasoning built into play.

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Social play

8 characters means shared play works. Siblings, friends, cousins each pick a passenger. Lottie becomes the stage for turns, stories, and collaboration.

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Fine motor control

Loading figures, opening doors, rolling the bus, placing passengers. Hands stay busy in ways that build grip strength and coordination.

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Independence

No instruction, no rules, no wrong way to play. Children lead. They decide the story, the route, the passenger drama. That's ownership of their own play.

What families say about Jaques of London

Real people, real outcomes

★★★★★

"Excellent quality wood toys, so well made, no sharp edges, all lovely & smooth, very colourful & plenty of choice. Very reasonably priced & so beautifully wrapped you don't want to open them. Highly recommend this company."

Lynda Evans✓ Google review

★★★★★

"Fast delivery, excellent products, extremely good quality and long lasting. My granddaughter loves the toys from here. Good age ranges covered."

Danella Jones✓ Google review

★★★★★

"These toys tick all the boxes, educational, colourful, fun, well made and great service. I just keep buying more and more."

Irene Johnstone✓ Google review

★★★★★

"We love our toys from Jaques of London. The quality is excellent and they're the perfect size for little hands to hold and play with easily. Beautifully made, sturdy wooden toys that will last for years. Highly recommend!"

Tegan✓ Google review

★★★★★

"Harrods grade gifting for a very reasonable price. Not the usual tat from China. Had several hand picked orders fron Jaques, nice to know its a UK business with old school quality."

John A✓ Google review

★★★★★

"I am a real fan of this company. If only I had come across them years ago when my boys were little. It's my go to for beautiful, good quality toys for my granddaughter now and any gift I need to buy. They arrived quickly, prices are reasonable and the special touch is they are beautifully packaged too. I love the heritage of this business!"

Sarah Lardner✓ Google review

★★★★★ 4.8/5 rated by families across Google and Trustpilot: real reviews, quoted word for word

Get ready for life

Why real play matters

Real brain growth comes from real play.

231

Years making toys that last

Est. 1795. We've watched generations play with the same wooden bus their parent owned. That's not a selling point, that's a fact that changes how we build.

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Characters, infinite stories

One bus. Eight passengers. Dozens of daily scenarios. The toy doesn't get boring because the child's imagination doesn't get tired.

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1,7

Years of age-fit play

Rolls at 1. Role-plays at 3. Social play at 5. The bus doesn't need replacing when they grow. It just grows with them.

Why this matters right now

23,000+ Families playing with Jaques this month We don't track trends. We track which toys come back to the same families year after year. Lottie's one of them.

60 days Full returns guarantee Play it. Live with it. If it's not the right fit, bring it back. No questions. We built it to stay, but we don't trap you.

100% Solid wood, hand-finished No plastic doors, no veneered base, no shortcuts. Weight in the hand tells you the choice we made before we painted the first coat.

230 yrs of making things worth keeping Jaques of London has been crafting games and toys since 1795. This one is built to be handed down, not thrown out.

We really are different

Why Lottie outlasts the plastic option

	Jaques Toy London Bus - Wooden Toy	Cheap Alternatives
Material	✅	❌ Plastic cracks, dents, yellows
Wheels and doors	✅	❌ Hinges snap, wheels jam in weeks
Play lifespan	✅	⚠️ Single-child play only
Passed on to siblings	✅	❌ Usually landfill by then
No batteries or charging	✅	❌ Requires charging, sounds wear thin
Cost per year of play	✅	⚠️ Cheap upfront, expensive fast
Gift wrapping	✅	❌ Arrives in a box, not a memory

Jaques

✅ Solid wood
✅ Wheels last years
✅ 5+ years of play
✅ Pass it on
✅ No charging
✅ Better value
✅ Gift-ready

Cheap alternatives

❌ Plastic breaks
❌ Wheels jam fast
⚠️ Bores quickly
❌ Landfill soon
❌ Battery drain
⚠️ Cheap now
❌ Generic packaging

Order by 2pm, arrives Tuesday. 60-day guarantee.

Was £55.99

Toy London Bus - Wooden Toy: £42.99

30-Day Money-Back Guarantee

Not right? Return it within 30 days. Full refund, no questions.

Questions & answers

The questions every buyer asks

Is this a good gift for a 1-year-old? Or a 6-year-old?

Both. At 1, it's push-and-roll, lights up their eyes. At 3, it's characters and stories. At 6, it becomes a stage for complex play with siblings. Catherine McCulloch told us it was the perfect gift for any babies' 1st birthday. Our data shows 52% of orders are gifts from grandparents, and they buy it across the 1-7 range because it doesn't feel babyish to a 6-year-old, but it grows into their hands naturally.

Will it actually last, or will the wheels jam and the paint chip?

It's solid wood, hand-finished, not veneered. The wheels are precision-cut and they roll freely. Parents tell us Toys that don't break after five minutes of play, which is what we hear most. We guarantee it for 60 days and offer returns no questions asked. If you're buying for grandchildren or want something to pass down, the material and weight tell you this isn't the plastic version that snaps.

When does it arrive? I'm buying for a birthday.

We ship within 2-3 business days. Order by 2pm and it typically arrives by Tuesday. Leigh Hemmings said it arrived next day and saved Christmas. We also wrap it gift-ready, so it shows up the way a toy should. If timing is tight, check your delivery estimate at checkout.

What's inside the box?

Lottie the bus, 8 hand-painted wooden characters, and a protective wrap. No batteries, no assembly, nothing to lose. Open it, load the passengers, and roll. Manda Monium said it was worth every penny full price, and that's because every inch is finished. Nothing feels cheap in the hand.

How much does it cost?

The Toy London Bus - Wooden Toy is £42.99 today (down from £55.99). Klarna is available at checkout if you prefer to spread the cost.

What's your returns policy?

30 days, full refund, no conditions. Return it for any reason and we refund in full. We've been standing behind what we make since 1795.

Order by 2pm, arrives Tuesday. 60-day guarantee.

Was £55.99

Toy London Bus - Wooden Toy: £42.99

Our story

Making toys worth keeping since 1795.

Jaques of London was founded in 1795. We invented croquet, table tennis, and the Staunton chess set. For 230 years, we've been making things that pull children away from passive entertainment and into active, curious, hands-on play.

We built Lottie because we've been making toys since 1795. We've watched wooden buses survive childhoods, get wrapped up, and come back to new children 20 years later. Plastic buses don't do that. This bus is built the way a toy should be: solid enough to roll 10,000 times, light enough for a toddler to grip, and detailed enough that a 6-year-old sees character and story in every passenger. That's not engineering. That's 231 years of knowing what children actually do with toys once they take them home.

Toys and games that leave something behind: a skill, a memory, a piece of play that gets passed on.
Joe, Jaques of London

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