Osprey View Point, Bassenthwaite Lake
The 554 calls here towards Keswick Bus Station.
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 Keswick Bus Station
| Hour | Minutes past |
|---|---|
| 10:00 | :09 |
| 11:00 | :39 |
| 15:00 | :09 |
| 17:00 | :39 |
Friday
Towards Keswick Bus Station
| Hour | Minutes past |
|---|---|
| 10:00 | :09 |
| 11:00 | :39 |
| 15:00 | :09 |
| 17:00 | :39 |
Saturday
Towards Keswick Bus Station
| Hour | Minutes past |
|---|---|
| 09:00 | :54 |
| 12:00 | :09 |
| 15:00 | :39 |
| 17:00 | :39 |
| 20:00 | :09 |
Sunday
Towards Keswick Bus Station
| Hour | Minutes past |
|---|---|
| 09:00 | :54 |
| 12:00 | :09 |
| 15:00 | :39 |
| 17:00 | :39 |
Listed dates only
Towards Keswick Bus Station
| Hour | Minutes past | |
|---|---|---|
| 07:00 | :21 | :21 |
Last bus of the day
As timetabled from 27 October to 1 November. Towards Keswick (553): Tuesday to Friday 12:51; Saturday and Sunday 13:45. Towards Keswick (554): Tuesday to Friday, Sunday 17:39; Saturday 20:09. Towards Keswick (X4): Tuesday to Saturday 18:37 only.
Checked by Lee on 24 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.
- Dodd (Skiddaw) 10 m as the crow flies
- Carl Side 50 m as the crow flies
- Long Side 50 m as the crow flies
- Skiddaw 50 m as the crow flies
- Skiddaw Middle Top 50 m as the crow flies
- Ullock Pike 50 m as the crow flies
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
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 bus from here: towards Keswick 18:37 Mon to Fri (the X4), 20:09 Sat (the 554), 17:39 Sun (the 554) (timetable to 1 November 2026). 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.
From the start of Dodd from Dodd Wood (walked; the start is 10 m from this stop, as the crow flies), at a steady pace:
- Dodd (Skiddaw), about 1 h 40
The whole walk takes about 2 h 30 at a steady pace.
From the start of Skiddaw via Ullock Pike and Dodd (walked; the start is 50 m from this stop, as the crow flies), at a steady pace:
- Ullock Pike, about 2 h 20
- Long Side, about 2 h 30
- Skiddaw Middle Top, about 3 h 30
- Skiddaw, about 3 h 30
- Carl Side, about 4 h
- Dodd (Skiddaw), about 5 h
The whole walk takes about 5 h 50 at a steady pace.
Verdicts on these tops
Verdicts for 27 October, lowest fell first:
- Dodd (Skiddaw) 502 m Save it
- Ullock Pike 690 m Save it
- Long Side 734 m Save it
- Carl Side 747 m Save it
- Skiddaw 930 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.
- Dodd Wood 60 m from this stop
Shelter and facilities
The stop itself is mapped as having a bench (OpenStreetMap, as of 13 September 2026).
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):
Also mapped within reach: a bench, an information board.
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 090002521249. 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.