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Bus Station (K), Keswick

Two buses call here: the 78 towards Seatoller, the 77 towards Keswick.

Keswick Bus Station has more than one stand, within 30 m of each other. This is Stand 3: the 77, 77A and 78. Stand 1 is the 509, 554, X4, X5, X5S and X8. Stand 2 is the 509, 553 and 555. These are the stands that services on this site call at, as the national stop register lists them; it may hold others here. A service can also be moved to another stand on the day, so read the flag before you wait.

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 78 & 77, every day it runs19:30 78 towards SeatollerSigned off against the operator’s timetable by Lee on 24 September 2026; that timetable runs to 1 November 2026 · every day type, and the other services

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 Seatoller

HourMinutes past
08:00:10
09:00:10:40
10:00:10:40
11:00:10:40
12:00:10:50
13:00:20:50
14:00:30
15:00:00:40
16:00:10:50
17:00:20
18:00:30
19:00:30

Saturday

The 78 Towards Seatoller

HourMinutes past
08:00:10
09:00:10:40
10:00:10:40
11:00:10:40
12:00:10:50
13:00:20:50
14:00:30
15:00:00:40
16:00:10:50
17:00:20
18:00:30
19:00:30

The 77 Towards Keswick Bus Stn 3 (round the whole loop), Cockermouth Main St

HourMinutes past
09:00:40
11:00:40
13:00:30
15:00:30
16:00:30
17:00:30

Sunday

The 78 Towards Seatoller

HourMinutes past
08:00:10
09:00:10:40
10:00:10:40
11:00:10:40
12:00:10:50
13:00:20:50
14:00:30
15:00:00:40
16:00:10:50
17:00:20
18:00:30
19:00:30

The 77 Towards Keswick Bus Stn 3 (round the whole loop), Cockermouth Main St

HourMinutes past
09:00:40
11:00:40
13:00:30
15:00:30
16:00:30
17:00:30

Last bus of the day

As timetabled from 27 October to 1 November. Towards Cockermouth (77): Tuesday to Sunday 16:30. Towards Cockermouth (77A): Tuesday to Saturday 18:30 only. Towards Seatoller (78): Tuesday to Sunday 19:30.

Checked by Lee on 24 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.

A day from this stop

Last bus from here: towards Seatoller 19:30 (the 78); towards Cockermouth 18:30 Mon to Fri and Sat (the 77A), 16:30 Sun (the 77) (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.

Friar's Crag & the Derwentwater shore (planned, not walked yet; the start is 30 m from this stop, as the crow flies)

The whole walk takes about 1 h 10 at a steady pace.

From the start of Walla Crag and Bleaberry Fell from Keswick (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 4 h 50 at a steady pace.

Castlerigg Stone Circle (from Keswick) (planned, not walked yet; the start is 370 m from this stop, as the crow flies)

The whole walk takes about 2 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

The stop itself is mapped as having a bench, lighting and a timetable on the pole (OpenStreetMap, as of 13 September 2026).

Cafes, pubs, shops and toilets mapped nearby (33)

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 (~51 m straight line) — Free · Accessible☕ Booths Cafe (Mo-Sa 08:00-16:00; Su 09:30-15:30)☕ Bridgedale B&B & Tea Rooms☕ The Sandbox Cafe☕ Fabrica☕ Main Street Snack Shack☕ The Wild Strawberry Cafe☕ No Monkey Business☕ Derwent Pencil Museum Cafe☕ Pizzeria Italia (food)☕ Piri Fresco (food)☕ Star of Siam (food)☕ Lakeland Spice Cusine (food)☕ Golden Hills (food)☕ The Kingfisher (food; Mo-Th 11:00-20:30; Fr-Sa 11:00-21:00; Su 11:30-20:00)☕ Saffron Kitchen (food)☕ Silk Road (food)☕ Relish (food; Mo-Sa 08:00-17:00)☕ The Lakes (food)🍺 Bank Tavern🏪 Booths (Mo-Sa 08:00-22:00; Su 09:30-16:00)🏪 Nevisport🏪 Trespass🏪 Kong Running🏪 Lakes & Dales Co-operative🏪 Millets🏪 Needle Sports🏪 Go Outdoors Express (Mo-Sa 09:00-17:30; Su 11:00-17:00)🏪 Alpkit🏪 Bryson's Bakery

Also mapped within reach: 3 information boards.

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 090002372827. 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.