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 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 Keswick Bus Station
| Day | First | Last |
|---|---|---|
| Monday to Friday | 10:153 journeys | 15:50 |
| Saturday | 10:153 journeys | 15:50 |
| Sunday | 10:153 journeys | 15:50 |
From road end, Brothers Water, 27 stops.
Towards Hartsop road end
| Day | First | Last |
|---|---|---|
| Monday to Friday | 09:154 journeys | 16:50 |
| Saturday | 09:154 journeys | 16:50 |
| Sunday | 09:154 journeys | 16:50 |
Most journeys run through to Hartsop road end; some end at Patterdale Patterdale Hotel. From Bus Station (K), Keswick, 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
- road end, Brothers Water
- Cow Bridge car park, Brothers Water
- Bridge End phone box, Brothers Water
- Youth Hostel, Patterdale
- Patterdale Hotel
- Hall, Patterdale
- Bus Shelter, Glenridding
- Stybarrow Crag, Glenridding
- Seldom Seen Track End, Glenridding
- Glencoyne car park, Glenridding
- Aira Force
- The Royal Hotel
- Brook House Farm
- Rookin House
- Troutbeck Inn
- Road End
- Blencathra Centre turn, Threlkeld
- Horse & Farrier, Threlkeld
- Village Hall, Threlkeld
- West End, Threlkeld
- Brentfield, Keswick
- Penrith Road near Ash Tree House, Keswick
- Latrigg Close, Keswick
- Twa Dogs Inn, Keswick
- Fire Station, Keswick
- Keswick Park Hotel
- Bus Station (K), Keswick
Towards Hartsop road end
- 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
- Bus Shelter, Glenriddingalight for Birkhouse Moor, Catstye Cam, Glenridding Dodd, Heron Pike (Glenridding), Sheffield Pike and 9 more
- Patterdale Hotelalight for Arnison Crag, Birks, Gavel Pike, St Sunday Crag, The Knight and 7 more
- Cow Bridge, Brothers Wateralight for Dove Crag, Gale Crag, Hart Crag, Hartsop Above How (Gill Crag - Hartsop Above How), 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
- Bus Station (K), Keswick
- Greta Bank, Keswick
- Fire Station, Keswick
- Twa Dogs Inn, Keswick
- Latrigg Close, Keswick
- Ashtree House, Keswick
- Fieldside, Keswick
- West End, Threlkeld
- Village Hall, Threlkeld
- Horse & Farrier, Threlkeld
- Turn for Blencathra centre, Threlkeld
- Road End
- Troutbeck Hotel
- Rookin House
- Brook House Farm
- The Royal Hotel
- Aira Force
- Glencoyne car park, Glenridding
- Seldom Seen Track End, Glenridding
- Stybarrow Crag, Glenridding
- Bus Shelter, Glenridding
- Hall, Patterdale
- Patterdale Hotel
- Youth Hostel, Patterdale
- Bridgend, Brothers Water
- Cow Bridge, Brothers Water
- road end, Brothers Water
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.
| Service | Shared stops | Alight for |
|---|---|---|
| 508 | 19 e.g. Bridge End phone box, Brothers Water | Arthur's Pike, Heughscar Hill, Four Stones Hill, Dunmallet (Dunmallard Hill), Birkhouse Moor, Catstye Cam and 41 more |
| X4 | 11 e.g. Ashtree House, Keswick | no fell we hold has its nearest stop on it |
| 555 | 9 e.g. Bus Station (K), Keswick | High Knott, Orrest Head, Wansfell Pike, Baystones (Wansfell), Froswick, Ill Bell and 45 more |
Where the 509 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 (7) 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 (7) 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 (7) do not run on:
1 December 202624 December 202625 December 202626 December 202628 December 20261 January 2027 - 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.