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The 509 bus

Towards Keswick one way and Hartsop road end the other: 52 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 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 509 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. 9 of 9 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 Keswick Bus Station from Hartsop, in road end

Departures from Hartsop, in road end towards Keswick Bus Station
Day	First	Last
Monday to Friday 3 journeys from here	10:15	15:50
Saturday 3 journeys from here	10:15	15:50
Sunday 3 journeys from here	10:15	15:50

From Hartsop, in road end, 27 stops.

Towards Hartsop road end from Keswick Bus Station

Departures from Keswick Bus Station towards Hartsop road end
Day	First	Last
Monday to Friday 4 journeys from here	09:15	16:50
Saturday 4 journeys from here	09:15	16:50
Sunday 4 journeys from here	09:15	16:50

Most journeys run through to Hartsop road end; some end at Patterdale Hotel. From Keswick Bus Station, 27 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 Keswick Bus Station

road end, Brothers Wateralight for Angletarn Pikes (Angletarn Pikes North Top), Beda Fell (Beda Head), Brock Crags (Wainwright), Place Fell, Rest Dodd and 8 more
Bus Shelter, Glenriddingalight for Birkhouse Moor, Catstye Cam, Glenridding Dodd, Heron Pike (Glenridding), Sheffield Pike and 9 more
The Royal Hotelalight for Birkett Fell, Bracken How, Clough Head, Hart Side, High Brow and 14 more
Blencathra Centre turn, Threlkeldalight for Atkinson Pike (Foule Crag), Blencathra by Sharp Edge
Village Hall, Threlkeldalight for Blencathra - Hallsfell Top, Doddick Fell, Gategill Fell Top, Knowe Crags (Blease Fell), Scales Fell and 6 more
Latrigg Close, Keswickalight for Jenkin Hill, Lonscale Fell, Skiddaw Lesser Man and 2 more
Keswick Park Hotelalight for Bleaberry Fell, Walla Crag, Castlerigg Stone Circle (from Keswick) and 3 more

All 27 stops towards Keswick Bus Station, in order

Towards Hartsop road end

Greta Bank, Keswickalight for Latrigg, Sale How, Skiddaw Lesser Man, Skiddaw Little Man
West End, Threlkeldalight for High Rigg (Naddle Fell), Threlkeld Knotts, High Rigg and 1 more
Road Endalight for Bannerdale Crags, Bowscale Fell, Carrock Fell and 20 more
Brook House Farmalight for Great Mell Fell and 1 more
Glencoyne car park, Glenriddingalight for Green Side (White Stones)
Bus Shelter, Glenriddingalight for the same walks as above
Patterdale Hotelalight for Arnison Crag, Birks, Gavel Pike, Cofa Pike, Fairfield and 9 more
Cow Bridge, Brothers Wateralight for Dove Crag, Gale Crag, Hart Crag, Hartsop Above How (Gill Crag), High Hartsop Dodd and 11 more
road end, Brothers Wateralight for Branstree, Branstree NE Top (Branstree East Top) (High Howes (Mardale)), Brown Howe (Mardale), Caudale Moor - John Bell's Banner, Hartsop Dodd and 32 more

All 27 stops towards Hartsop road end, in order

Change here for

Services that share a stop with the 509, 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.

5559 shared stopse.g. Bus Station (K), Keswick
Alight for High Knott, Orrest Head, Wansfell Pike, Baystones (Wansfell), Froswick, Ill Bell and 49 more
50819 shared stopse.g. Bridge End phone box, Brothers Water
Alight for Arthur's Pike, Heughscar Hill, Dunmallet (Dunmallard Hill), Green Side (White Stones), Birkhouse Moor, Catstye Cam and 45 more
X411 shared stopse.g. Ashtree House, Keswick
Alight for Latrigg, Sale How, Skiddaw Lesser Man, Skiddaw Little Man
55911 shared stopse.g. Bus Shelter, Glenridding
Once a day, about 17:45 from Glenridding, towards Grasmere.
Alight for Birkett Fell, Bracken How, Hart Side, High Brow, Low How, Randerside and 3 more

Dates this timetable does not run as shown

Monday to Friday and Saturday journeys (14) 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 (7) 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.
7 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.