The 78 bus
Towards Seatoller one way and Keswick the other: 23 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 78 timetable · Stagecoach’s service updates for Kendal and the Lakes (diversions and cancellations).
Where the 78 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. 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 Seatoller from Keswick Bus Station
| Day | First | Last |
|---|---|---|
| Saturday 19 journeys from here | 08:10 | 19:30 |
| Monday to Friday 19 journeys from here | 08:10 | 19:30 |
| Sunday 19 journeys from here | 08:10 | 19:30 |
From Keswick Bus Station, 12 stops.
Towards Keswick from Seatoller, at National Trust car park
| Day | First | Last |
|---|---|---|
| Saturday 19 journeys from here | 08:40 | 20:00 |
| Monday to Friday 19 journeys from here | 08:40 | 20:00 |
| Sunday 19 journeys from here | 08:40 | 20:00 |
From Seatoller, at National Trust car park, 12 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 Seatoller
- Bus Station (K), Keswickalight for Walk from Keswick
- Daleview Hotel, Keswickalight for Ashness Bridge & Surprise View
- Lodore Hotel, Grange-in-Borrowdalealight for Watendlath & the packhorse bridge
- Bowder Stone, Grange-in-Borrowdalealight for The Bowder Stone
All 12 stops towards Seatoller, in order
- Bus Station (K), Keswick
- Daleview Hotel, Keswick
- Calfclose Bay, Derwentwater
- Derwentwater Youth Hostel
- Lodore Hotel, Grange-in-Borrowdale
- Hotel, Grange-in-Borrowdale
- Bridge, Grange-in-Borrowdale
- Bowder Stone, Grange-in-Borrowdale
- General Store, Rosthwaite
- Howe Lane end, Rosthwaite
- Stonethwaite road end, Rosthwaite
- National Trust car park, Seatoller
Towards Keswick
- National Trust car park, Seatolleralight for Base Brown, Broad Crag, Lingmell, Rosthwaite Fell (Rosthwaite Cam), Seathwaite Fell (Great Slack) and 8 more
- Longthwaite road end, Rosthwaitealight for Eagle Crag, Lining Crag, Sergeant's Crag, Ullscarf and 5 more
- General Store, Rosthwaitealight for Castle Crag, Dovenest Top (Dovenest Crag) (Stonethwaite Fell), Grange Fell (Brund Fell), Great Crag (Stonethwaite), King's How - Grange Fell and 11 more
- Derwentwater Youth Hostelalight for Armboth Fell (Birkett), High Seat, High Tove and 4 more
- Bus Station (K), Keswickalight for the same walks as above
All 12 stops towards Keswick, in order
- National Trust car park, Seatoller
- Longthwaite road end, Rosthwaite
- Howe Lane end, Rosthwaite
- General Store, Rosthwaite
- Bowder Stone, Grange-in-Borrowdale
- Bridge, Grange-in-Borrowdale
- Hotel, Grange-in-Borrowdale
- Lodore Hotel, Grange-in-Borrowdale
- Derwentwater Youth Hostel
- Calfclose Bay, Derwentwater
- The Daleview Hotel, Keswick
- Bus Station (K), Keswick
Change here for
Services that share a stop with the 78, 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.
777 shared stopse.g. Bowder Stone, Grange-in-Borrowdale
Alight for Ard Crags, Barrow, Causey Pike, Ill Crag (Newlands) (Knott Rigg North Top), Knott Rigg, Outerside and 71 more
Dates this timetable does not run as shown
- Monday to Friday and Saturday journeys (76) 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 (38) 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. - 38 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 26 September 2026; version 20260905_024839. This page is generated from that file; it does not know about roadworks or diversions.