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The 505 bus

Towards Coniston The Crown one way and Ambleside, some journeys through to Kendal the other: 63 stops, run by Stagecoach Cumbria and North Lancashire. Every stop has its own page with the times from it. Last bus home is shown only where we have checked it; some stops have times only.

From the operator: Stagecoach’s 505 timetable · Stagecoach’s service updates for Kendal and the Lakes (diversions and cancellations).

Where the buses are now
When it runs
Stops for walkers
Change here for
Dates that differ

Where the 505 buses are now

Buses reporting a position now, each drawn at the stop it is nearest to. The line is the order of the stops, not the distance between them, so this shows how far along a bus is and not where it is on the road. 30 of 33 journeys in the timetable follow this line. A bus running a different variation of this route is on the map below but not on this line, because it is not calling at these stops. Nothing here predicts an arrival.

Positions are the operator's own reports to the national feed, read once a minute; each shows how old it is and leaves the map after ten minutes. A position is not a promise of arrival. How often it has run lately was not measured for this build; the map above shows what is reporting now.

When it runs

First and last departure from the stop named at the start of each direction, by day type. The stop pages carry every time.

Towards Coniston The Crown from Kendal Bus Station

Departures from Kendal Bus Station towards Coniston The Crown
Day	First	Last
Monday to Friday 1 journey from here; 10 more start part-way	09:15	09:15
Saturday 1 journey from here; 10 more start part-way	09:15	09:15
Sunday 1 journey from here; 10 more start part-way	09:15	09:15

From Kendal Bus Station, 32 stops.

Towards Ambleside bus interchange from Coniston, in The Crown

Departures from Coniston, in The Crown towards Ambleside bus interchange
Day	First	Last
Monday to Friday 11 journeys from here	07:00	20:23
Saturday 11 journeys from here	09:05	20:23
Sunday 11 journeys from here	09:05	20:23

Most journeys run through to Ambleside bus interchange; some end at Kendal Blackhall Road. From Coniston, in The Crown, 34 stops.

Stops for walkers

The stops our walking pages name, in route order, with what starts there. Every stop on the route has a page; the full order is below.

Towards Coniston The Crown

turn for villagealight for High Knott and 1 more
Bus Rail Interchange, Windermerealight for Orrest Head and 2 more
Hayes Garden Centre, Amblesidealight for Baystones (Wansfell), Fairfield, Froswick, Wansfell Pike, Ill Bell and 22 more
Tourist Information Centre, Hawksheadalight for Carron Crag, Latterbarrow, Carron Crag from Grizedale and 3 more
Holling Browalight for Black Fell, Holme Fell, Holme Fell and Black Fell and 1 more
Hall, Conistonalight for Arnsbarrow Hill, High Light Haw, Low Light Haw and 4 more

All 32 stops towards Coniston The Crown, in order

Towards Ambleside bus interchange

The Ruskin Centre, Conistonalight for Bigert, Birker Fell - Great Crag, Birker Fell - White How, Kitty Crag, Brim Fell and 50 more
Tourist Information Centre, Hawksheadalight for the same walks as above
Wray Castle Road Endalight for Claife Heights, Wray Castle & the Windermere west shore
Bus Rail Interchange, Windermerealight for the same walks as above

All 34 stops towards Ambleside bus interchange, in order

Change here for

Services that share a stop with the 505, and the fells whose nearest stop is on them. From the same stop data, not a timetable: check the connection before you rely on it.

55539 shared stopse.g. Bus Rail Interchange, Windermere
Alight for High Knott, Orrest Head, Wansfell Pike, Baystones (Wansfell), Froswick, Ill Bell and 49 more
5081 shared stope.g. Bus Rail Interchange, Windermere
Alight for Arthur's Pike, Heughscar Hill, Dunmallet (Dunmallard Hill), Green Side (White Stones), Birkhouse Moor, Catstye Cam and 45 more
5166 shared stopse.g. Bowling Green, Ambleside
Alight for Lingmoor Fell (Brown How), Low White Stones, Black Crags (Mickleden), Crinkle Crags South Top (First Crinkle), Pike of Blisco, Buck Pike (Mickleden) and 20 more
X61 shared stope.g. Bus Station (Ken)
Alight for Hampsfell (Wainwright summit), Bigland Barrow, Newton Fell North, Newton Fell South (Dixon Heights), Whitbarrow - Lord's Seat
61 shared stope.g. Bus Rail Interchange, Windermere
Alight for Orrest Head, Bigland Barrow, Brant Fell

Dates this timetable does not run as shown

Monday to Friday and Saturday journeys (44) do not run on:
1 December 202624 December 202625 December 202626 December 202628 December 20261 January 202726 March 202729 March 20273 May 202731 May 2027
The feed marks the normal pattern as not running on these dates and does not say what replaces it; check Stagecoach Cumbria and North Lancashire for those days.
Sunday journeys (22) do not run on:
1 December 202624 December 202625 December 202626 December 202628 December 20261 January 2027
The feed marks the normal pattern as not running on these dates and does not say what replaces it; check Stagecoach Cumbria and North Lancashire for those days.
22 extra Sunday journeys run on:
26 March 202729 March 20273 May 202731 May 2027

Source: Department for Transport, Bus Open Data Service (GTFS), Open Government Licence v3.0; timetable published 5 September 2026, valid to 31 July 2027, pulled 12 September 2026; version 20260905_024839. This page is generated from that file; it does not know about roadworks or diversions.