Bus Station (K), Keswick
The 554 calls here towards Wigton Throstles.
Keswick Bus Station has more than one stand, within 30 m of each other. This is Stand 1: the 509, 554, X4, X5, X5S and X8. Stand 2 is the 509, 553 and 555. Stand 3 is the 77, 77A and 78. 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 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 554 buses are now is on the route page.
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday
Towards Wigton Throstles
| Hour | Minutes past |
|---|---|
| 10:00 | :35 |
| 12:00 | :10 |
| 13:00 | :15 |
| 16:00 | :30 |
| 18:00 | :00 |
Friday
Towards Wigton Throstles
| Hour | Minutes past |
|---|---|
| 10:00 | :35 |
| 12:00 | :10 |
| 13:00 | :15 |
| 16:00 | :30 |
| 18:00 | :00 |
Saturday
Towards Wigton Throstles
| Hour | Minutes past |
|---|---|
| 10:00 | :15 |
| 12:00 | :40 |
| 14:00 | :10 |
| 16:00 | :10 |
| 20:00 | :30 |
Sunday
Towards Wigton Throstles
| Hour | Minutes past |
|---|---|
| 10:00 | :15 |
| 12:00 | :40 |
| 14:00 | :10 |
| 16:00 | :10 |
Last bus of the day
As timetabled from 27 October to 1 November. Towards Wigton (554): Tuesday to Friday 18:00; Saturday 20:30; Sunday 16:10. Towards Penrith (X5): Tuesday to Saturday 21:55; Sunday 18:20. Towards Windermere (X8): Saturday 16:30 only.
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.
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
A day from this stop
Last bus from here: towards Wigton 18:00 Mon to Fri (the 554), 20:30 Sat (the 554), 16:10 Sun (the 554); towards Windermere 16:30 Sat (the X8); towards Penrith 21:55 Mon to Fri and Sat (the X5), 18:20 Sun (the X5); towards Keswick 22:13 Mon to Fri (the X5), 00:08 (+1) Sat (the X5), 20:05 Sun (the X5) (timetable to 1 November 2026); and 1 more in the last-bus list below. Sunset today: .
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 10 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 280 m from this stop, as the crow flies), at a steady pace:
- Walla Crag, about 1 h 50
- Bleaberry Fell, about 3 h 10
The whole walk takes about 4 h 50 at a steady pace.
Castlerigg Stone Circle (from Keswick) (planned, not walked yet; the start is 350 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:
- Walla Crag 379 m Save it
- Bleaberry Fell 590 m Save it
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.
- Coleridge Court, Keswick 150 m from this stop
- Keswick Rugby Club car park 160 m from this stop
- Rawnsley Centre car park, Keswick 250 m from this stop
Shelter and facilities
The stop itself is mapped as having lighting and a timetable on the pole (OpenStreetMap, as of 13 September 2026).
Cafes, pubs, shops and toilets mapped nearby (40)
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):
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 (opens in new tab), ODbL.
Stop 090002372830. 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.