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Youth Hostel, Buttermere

The 77 calls here towards Keswick Bus Stn 3.

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 runs18:21 77 towards Keswick Bus Stn 3Signed off against the operator’s timetable by Lee on 7 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 77 buses are now is on the route page.

Saturday

Towards Keswick Bus Stn 3 (round the whole loop), Keswick Bus Stn 3

Scheduled departures, Saturday: the hour, then the minutes past it
HourMinutes past
08:00:33
10:00:31
12:00:31
14:00:21
16:00:21
18:00:21

Sunday

Towards Keswick Bus Stn 3 (round the whole loop), Keswick Bus Stn 3

Scheduled departures, Sunday: the hour, then the minutes past it
HourMinutes past
08:00:33
10:00:31
12:00:31
14:00:21
16:00:21
18:00:21

Last bus of the day

  • Monday to Friday: 18:21 towards Keswick Bus Stn 3 (the 77)
  • Saturday: 18:21 towards Keswick Bus Stn 3 (the 77)
  • Sunday: 18:21 towards Keswick Bus Stn 3 (the 77)

Checked by Lee on 7 September 2026 against Stagecoach's Lakes by Bus Summer 2026 timetable PDF, per direction. 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.

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 77 from here: towards Keswick 18:21 (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 High Snockrigg, Eel Crag & Lad Hows (planned, not walked yet; the start is 210 m from this stop, as the crow flies), at a steady pace:

The whole walk takes about 7 h 20 at a steady pace.

From the start of The Buttermere Ridge Anti-Clockwise (walked; the start is 220 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 Great Borne & Starling Dodd (planned, not walked yet; the start is 310 m from this stop, as the crow flies), at a steady pace:

The whole walk takes about 6 h 40 at a steady pace.

From the start of High Snockrigg from Buttermere (planned, not walked yet; the start is 310 m from this stop, as the crow flies), at a steady pace:

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

From the start of High Stile, Seat via Buttermere (planned, not walked yet; the start is 330 m from this stop, as the crow flies), at a steady pace:

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

And 1 more that start within 400 m: Red Pike by Scale Force.

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 (opens in new tab)

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.

Stop 090002190447. 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. Scheduled times only.