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General Store, Rosthwaite

Two buses call here: the 78 towards Keswick, the 77 towards Keswick. The stop over the road is the other General Store, Rosthwaite stop here.

The 77 is seasonal. It runs Saturdays and Sundays from 5 September 2026 to 1 November 2026; and on 15 listed dates, 7 September 2026 to 25 September 2026. Outside those dates it does not run, so check the date before you plan a day around it.
Next bus from hereScheduled times are below, by day
Last bus, every day it runs20:05 78 towards KeswickSigned off against the operator’s timetable by Lee on 12 September 2026; that timetable runs to 1 November 2026 · every day type

The pin is the stop's recorded position; which side of the road it serves is not in the data, so check the flag. Where the 78 buses are now is on the route page.

Monday to Friday

The 78 Towards Keswick

HourMinutes past
08:00:45
09:00:45
10:00:15:45
11:00:15:45
12:00:15:45
13:00:25:55
14:00:25
15:00:05:35
16:00:15:45
17:00:25:55
19:00:05
20:00:05

Saturday

The 78 Towards Keswick

HourMinutes past
08:00:45
09:00:45
10:00:15:45
11:00:15:45
12:00:15:45
13:00:25:55
14:00:25
15:00:05:35
16:00:15:45
17:00:25:55
19:00:05
20:00:05

The 77 Towards Keswick Bus Stn 3

HourMinutes past
08:00:58
10:00:56
12:00:56
14:00:46
16:00:46
18:00:46

Sunday

The 78 Towards Keswick

HourMinutes past
08:00:45
09:00:45
10:00:15:45
11:00:15:45
12:00:15:45
13:00:25:55
14:00:25
15:00:05:35
16:00:15:45
17:00:25:55
19:00:05
20:00:05

The 77 Towards Keswick Bus Stn 3

HourMinutes past
08:00:58
10:00:56
12:00:56
14:00:46
16:00:46
18:00:46

Last bus of the day

  • Monday to Friday: 20:05 towards Keswick (the 78)
  • Monday to Friday: 18:46 towards Keswick Bus Stn 3 (the 77)
  • Saturday: 20:05 towards Keswick (the 78)
  • Saturday: 18:46 towards Keswick Bus Stn 3 (the 77)
  • Sunday: 20:05 towards Keswick (the 78)
  • Sunday: 18:46 towards Keswick Bus Stn 3 (the 77)

Checked by Lee on 12 September 2026 against Stagecoach's Lakes by Bus Summer 2026 timetable PDF (valid 23 Mar to 1 Nov 2026). Every service signed off from this stop.

Alight here for

Fells whose nearest stop this is, from our own measurement of every fell against every stop we hold; the distance is to the fell’s start as the crow flies, so the walk is longer.

Walks from this stop

Routes that start within 1 km of this stop, as the crow flies; we hold no walking distance, so the walk to the start is longer.

Routes we have walked

Planned routes, not walked yet

Fells whose page names this stop

Fells whose summit is within 5 km of this stop, as the crow flies.

A day from this stop

Last 78 from here: towards Keswick 20:05 (timetable to 1 November 2026).

Time to the tops

Each route we hold that starts within 400 m of this stop, as the crow flies, nearest first: the time from its start to each top at a steady pace, as the route page gives it, to the nearest 10 minutes. The walk to the start, stops and the weather all add to it.

From the start of Castle Crag, Brund Fell & Great Crag (walked; the start is 70 m from this stop, as the crow flies), at a steady pace:

The whole walk takes about 5 h 40 at a steady pace.

From the start of Castle Crag from Rosthwaite (walked; the start is 80 m from this stop, as the crow flies), at a steady pace:

The whole walk takes about 2 h 10 at a steady pace.

From the start of The Borrowdale Fells (Rosthwaite Fell round) (planned, not walked yet; the start is 90 m from this stop, as the crow flies), at a steady pace:

The whole walk takes about 5 h 20 at a steady pace.

Verdicts on these tops

Verdicts for 27 October, lowest fell first:

The site’s scorer reading the weather on each top, in four words from Cracking to Save it, not whether a walk suits you · all 214 ranked · Weather data by Open-Meteo.com

If you drive to the bus

The car parks we hold within 400 m of this stop, as the crow flies, nearest first. How long you may leave a car, and what it costs, is on the sign and on each one’s card on the parking map; we do not say it here.

Shelter and facilities

Cafes, pubs, shops and toilets mapped nearby (4)

Mapped as nearby on OpenStreetMap, as of 13 September 2026, within 250 m of this stop (information boards within 150 m; benches and shelter within 50 m):

🚺 Public toilets (~55 m straight line) — Free☕ The Flock-in

Also mapped within reach: 2 shelters.

Distances are straight lines from this stop, not walking routes. Opening hours are as mapped and change; none of this is checked daily.

Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.

Stop 090002112926. 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 (the 78 & 77). Scheduled times only.