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The 516 bus

Towards Dungeon Ghyll Old Dungeon Ghyll Hotel one way and Ambleside the other: 62 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 Dungeon Ghyll Old Dungeon Ghyll Hotel

DayFirstLast
Monday to Friday06:2013 journeys19:35
Saturday06:2016 journeys21:55
Sunday06:2013 journeys19:35
Friday18:353 journeys21:55

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

Towards Ambleside bus interchange

DayFirstLast
Monday to Friday06:5513 journeys20:10
Saturday06:5516 journeys22:30
Sunday06:5513 journeys20:10
Friday19:103 journeys22:30

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

All 33 stops towards Dungeon Ghyll Old Dungeon Ghyll Hotel, in order
  1. Bus Station (Ken)
  2. Queens Road
  3. Highfield
  4. Helsfell Hall
  5. Ratherheath Road End
  6. lay-by
  7. Reston Cottages
  8. turn for village
  9. Thwaite Lane, Windermere
  10. Bus Rail Interchange, Windermere
  11. Cedar Manor Hotel, Windermere
  12. Firgarth Hotel, Windermere
  13. Moss Ghyll, Windermere
  14. Garage, Troutbeck
  15. White Cross Bay Holiday Park, Troutbeck
  16. Visitor Centre, Troutbeck
  17. Hotel, Troutbeck
  18. Waterhead Inn for Pier, Ambleside
  19. Hayes Garden Centre, Ambleside
  20. Loughrigg Avenue, Ambleside
  21. bus interchange, Ambleside
  22. Riverside Lodge, Ambleside
  23. Croft Lodge, Ambleside
  24. Foulstep crossroads, Elterwater, the lake
  25. Guide Stone turn, Elterwater, the lake
  26. The Britannia Inn, Elterwater
  27. The Britannia Inn, Elterwater
  28. Langdale C of E Primary School, Elterwater
  29. Lingmoor View, Elterwater
  30. Rawfell
  31. New Dungeon Ghyll Hotel
  32. Great Langdale Campsite
  33. Old Dungeon Ghyll Hotel

Towards Ambleside bus interchange

All 31 stops towards Ambleside bus interchange, in order
  1. Old Dungeon Ghyll Hotel
  2. Great Langdale Camp Site
  3. New Dungeon Ghyll Hotel
  4. Rawfell
  5. Lingmoor View, Elterwater
  6. Stores, Elterwater
  7. The Britannia Inn, Elterwater
  8. Guide Stone turn, Elterwater, the lake
  9. Foulstep crossroads, Elterwater, the lake
  10. Croft Lodge, Ambleside
  11. Bowling Green, Ambleside
  12. bus interchange, Ambleside
  13. Hayes Garden Centre, Ambleside
  14. Waterhead Inn for Pier, Ambleside
  15. Hotel, Troutbeck
  16. Visitor Centre, Troutbeck
  17. White Cross Bay Holiday Park, Troutbeck
  18. The Sun Hotel, Troutbeck
  19. Corner Cottage, Windermere
  20. Firgarth Hotel, Windermere
  21. St Mary's Church, Windermere
  22. Bus Rail Interchange, Windermere
  23. Thwaite Lane, Windermere
  24. turn for village
  25. Reston Cottages
  26. road end
  27. Ratherheath Road End
  28. Hellsfell
  29. Underley Road
  30. Union Street
  31. Blackhall Road

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.

ServiceShared stopsAlight for
55539 e.g. Bus Rail Interchange, WindermereHigh Knott, Orrest Head, Wansfell Pike, Baystones (Wansfell), Froswick, Ill Bell and 45 more
5056 e.g. Bowling Green, AmblesideLatterbarrow, Kitty Crag, Brim Fell, Grey Friar, High Wythow, Long Crag - Yewdale Fells and 4 more
5081 e.g. Bus Rail Interchange, WindermereArthur's Pike, Heughscar Hill, Four Stones Hill, Dunmallet (Dunmallard Hill), Birkhouse Moor, Catstye Cam and 41 more
61 e.g. Bus Rail Interchange, WindermereOrrest Head, Bigland Barrow
X61 e.g. Bus Station (Ken)Bigland Barrow, Newton Fell North, Newton Fell South (Dixon Heights), Hampsfell (Wainwright summit)

Where the 516 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

    • Saturday journeys (32) 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
    • Monday to Friday journeys (26) 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 (26) do not run on:
      1 December 202624 December 202625 December 202626 December 202628 December 20261 January 2027
    • 26 extra Sunday journeys run on:
      26 March 202729 March 20273 May 202731 May 2027
    • Friday journeys (6) 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

    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.