The 505 bus
Towards Coniston The Crown one way and Ambleside the other: 63 stops, run by Stagecoach Cumbria and North Lancashire. Every stop has its own page with the times from it and the last bus home.
When it runs
First and last departure from the start of each direction, by day type. The stop pages carry every time.
Towards Coniston The Crown
| Day | First | Last |
|---|---|---|
| Monday to Friday | 06:2311 journeys | 19:35 |
| Saturday | 08:1511 journeys | 19:35 |
| Sunday | 08:1511 journeys | 19:35 |
From Bus Station (Ken), 32 stops.
Towards Ambleside bus interchange
| Day | First | Last |
|---|---|---|
| Monday to Friday | 07:0011 journeys | 20:23 |
| Saturday | 09:0511 journeys | 20:23 |
| Sunday | 09:0511 journeys | 20:23 |
Most journeys run through to Ambleside bus interchange; some end at Kendal Blackhall Road. From The Crown, Coniston, 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 24 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
- Bus Station (Ken)
- Queens Road
- Highfield
- Helsfell Hall
- Ratherheath Road End
- lay-by
- Reston Cottages
- turn for village
- Thwaite Lane, Windermere
- Bus Rail Interchange, Windermere
- Cedar Manor Hotel, Windermere
- Firgarth Hotel, Windermere
- Moss Ghyll, Windermere
- Garage, Troutbeck
- White Cross Bay Holiday Park, Troutbeck
- Visitor Centre, Troutbeck
- Hotel, Troutbeck
- Waterhead Inn for Pier, Ambleside
- Hayes Garden Centre, Ambleside
- Loughrigg Avenue, Ambleside
- bus interchange, Ambleside
- Riverside Lodge, Ambleside
- Croft Lodge, Ambleside
- Skelwith Fold road end, Ambleside
- Wray Castle road end
- The Outgate Inn, Hawkshead
- Tourist Information Centre, Hawkshead
- Chapel Cottage, Hawkshead
- Holling Brow
- Hall, Coniston
- Coniston Inn
- The Crown, Coniston
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 Carron Crag, Latterbarrow, Carron Crag from Grizedale and 3 more
- Wray Castle Road Endalight for Claife Heights, Wray Castle & the Windermere west shore
- Bus Rail Interchange, Windermerealight for Orrest Head and 2 more
All 34 stops towards Ambleside bus interchange, in order
- The Crown, Coniston
- The Ruskin Centre, Coniston
- Holly Howe Youth Hostel, Coniston
- Coniston Inn
- Monk Coniston Hall
- Holling Brow
- High Cross, Hawkshead
- Chapel Cottage, Hawkshead
- Tourist Information Centre, Hawkshead
- The Outgate Inn, Hawkshead
- Wray Castle Road End
- Skelwith Fold road end, Ambleside
- Croft Lodge, Ambleside
- Bowling Green, Ambleside
- bus interchange, Ambleside
- Hayes Garden Centre, Ambleside
- Waterhead Inn for Pier, Ambleside
- Hotel, Troutbeck
- Visitor Centre, Troutbeck
- White Cross Bay Holiday Park, Troutbeck
- The Sun Hotel, Troutbeck
- Corner Cottage, Windermere
- Firgarth Hotel, Windermere
- St Mary's Church, Windermere
- Bus Rail Interchange, Windermere
- Thwaite Lane, Windermere
- turn for village
- Reston Cottages
- road end
- Ratherheath Road End
- Hellsfell
- Underley Road
- Union Street
- Blackhall Road
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.
| Service | Shared stops | Alight for |
|---|---|---|
| 555 | 39 e.g. Bus Rail Interchange, Windermere | High Knott, Orrest Head, Wansfell Pike, Baystones (Wansfell), Froswick, Ill Bell and 45 more |
| 516 | 6 e.g. Bowling Green, Ambleside | Lingmoor Fell (Brown How), Side Pike, Loughrigg Fell, Low White Stones, Black Crags (Mickleden), Cold Pike and 22 more |
| 508 | 1 e.g. Bus Rail Interchange, Windermere | Arthur's Pike, Heughscar Hill, Four Stones Hill, Dunmallet (Dunmallard Hill), Birkhouse Moor, Catstye Cam and 41 more |
| 6 | 1 e.g. Bus Rail Interchange, Windermere | Orrest Head, Bigland Barrow |
| X6 | 1 e.g. Bus Station (Ken) | Bigland Barrow, Newton Fell North, Newton Fell South (Dixon Heights), Hampsfell (Wainwright summit) |
Where the 505 buses are now
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. Buses have reported on 5 of the last 7 days.
Dates this timetable does not run as shown
- Monday to Friday journeys (22) 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 - Saturday journeys (22) 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 - Sunday journeys (22) do not run on:
1 December 202624 December 202625 December 202626 December 202628 December 20261 January 2027 - 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.