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The 516 bus

Towards Old Dungeon Ghyll Hotel one way and Ambleside, some journeys through to Kendal the other: 62 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 516 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. 39 of 45 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 Old Dungeon Ghyll Hotel from Kendal Bus Station

Departures from Kendal Bus Station towards Old Dungeon Ghyll Hotel
Day	First	Last
Monday to Friday 1 journey from here; 12 more start part-way	08:50	08:50
Friday, as well as the Monday to Friday times none from here; 3 start part-way	—	—
Saturday 1 journey from here; 15 more start part-way	08:50	08:50
Sunday 1 journey from here; 12 more start part-way	08:50	08:50

Most journeys run through to Old Dungeon Ghyll Hotel; some end at Elterwater The Britannia Inn. From Kendal Bus Station, 33 stops.

Towards Ambleside bus interchange from Old Dungeon Ghyll Hotel

Departures from Old Dungeon Ghyll Hotel towards Ambleside bus interchange
Day	First	Last
Monday to Friday 12 journeys from here; 1 more starts part-way	06:55	20:10
Friday, as well as the Monday to Friday times 3 journeys from here	19:10	22:30
Saturday 15 journeys from here; 1 more starts part-way	06:55	22:30
Sunday 12 journeys from here; 1 more starts part-way	06:55	20:10

Most journeys run through to Ambleside bus interchange; some end at Kendal Blackhall Road. From Old Dungeon Ghyll Hotel, 31 stops.

The operator’s timetable has a later bus from here than this feed shows: 21:10 to Ambleside, Monday to Friday and Sunday (checked by Lee on 23 September 2026 against the operator’s timetable).

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 Old Dungeon Ghyll Hotel

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
The Britannia Inn, Elterwateralight for Lingmoor Fell (Brown How), Loughrigg Fell, Side Pike and 5 more
New Dungeon Ghyll Hotelalight for Black Crags (Mickleden), Cold Pike, Crinkle Crags - Fourth Crinkle, Low White Stones, Crinkle Crags South Top (First Crinkle) and 9 more
Old Dungeon Ghyll Hotelalight for Allen Crags, Border End, Bowfell, Buck Pike (Mickleden), Cold Pike and 41 more

All 33 stops towards Old Dungeon Ghyll Hotel, in order

Towards Ambleside bus interchange

New Dungeon Ghyll Hotelalight for Harrison Stickle, High Raise (High White Stones), Loft Crag, Pavey Ark, Pike of Stickle and 12 more
Bus Rail Interchange, Windermerealight for the same walks as above

All 31 stops towards Ambleside bus interchange, in order

Change here for

Services that share a stop with the 516, 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
5056 shared stopse.g. Bowling Green, Ambleside
Alight for Latterbarrow, Kitty Crag, Brim Fell, Great Carrs, Grey Friar, High Wythow and 4 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

Saturday and Monday to Friday and Friday journeys (64) 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 (26) 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.
26 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.