Visitors Centre, Whinlatter
The 77 calls here towards Keswick Bus Stn 3.
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), Cockermouth Main St
| Hour | Minutes past |
|---|---|
| 09:00 | :55 |
| 11:00 | :55 |
| 13:00 | :45 |
| 15:00 | :45 |
| 16:00 | :45 |
| 17:00 | :45 |
Sunday
Towards Keswick Bus Stn 3 (round the whole loop), Cockermouth Main St
| Hour | Minutes past |
|---|---|
| 09:00 | :55 |
| 11:00 | :55 |
| 13:00 | :45 |
| 15:00 | :45 |
| 16:00 | :45 |
| 17:00 | :45 |
Last bus of the day
- Monday to Friday: 16:45 towards Cockermouth Main St (the 77)
- Saturday: 16:45 towards Cockermouth Main St (the 77)
- Sunday: 16:45 towards Cockermouth Main St (the 77)
Other services signed off from this stop, with no timetable on this site:
- Monday to Friday: 17:56 towards Keswick Bus Stn 3 (the 77A)
- Saturday: 17:56 towards Keswick Bus Stn 3 (the 77A)
- Sunday: 17:56 towards Keswick Bus Stn 3 (the 77A)
Checked by Lee on 12 September 2026 against Stagecoach's Lakes by Bus Summer 2026 timetable PDF (valid 23 Mar to 1 Nov 2026). The 77 only, above; the other services are listed separately.
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.
- Grisedale Pike 60 m as the crow flies
- Hobcarton Crag (Hobcarton Head) 60 m as the crow flies
- Hobcarton End 60 m as the crow flies
- Ladyside Pike 60 m as the crow flies
- Swinside 60 m as the crow flies
- Seat How (Thornthwaite) 100 m as the crow flies
- Tarbarrel Moss 100 m as the crow flies
- Ullister Hill 100 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.
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 bus from here: towards Keswick 17:56 (the 77A); towards Cockermouth 16:45 (the 77) (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 Birketts around Grisedale Pike (planned, not walked yet; the start is 60 m from this stop, as the crow flies), at a steady pace:
- Hobcarton End, about 1 h 20
- Grisedale Pike, about 2 h
- Hobcarton Crag (Hobcarton Head), about 2 h 10
- Sand Hill, about 2 h 30
- Hopegill Head, about 2 h 40
- Ladyside Pike, about 2 h 50
- Swinside, about 3 h 20
The whole walk takes about 4 h 50 at a steady pace.
From the start of Whinlatter Forest: Tarbarrel Moss, Ullister Hill & Seat How (planned, not walked yet; the start is 100 m from this stop, as the crow flies), at a steady pace:
- Tarbarrel Moss, about 50 min
- Ullister Hill, about 1 h 20
- Seat How (Thornthwaite), about 1 h 40
The whole walk takes about 2 h 30 at a steady pace.
Verdicts on these tops
Verdicts for 27 October, lowest fell first:
- Hopegill Head 770 m Save it
- Grisedale Pike 790 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.
- Tarbarrel Moss car park 30 m from this stop
- Whinlatter - Forestry England 40 m from this stop
- Whinlatter Visitor Centre 80 m from this stop
Shelter and facilities
Cafes, pubs, shops and toilets mapped nearby (2)
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):
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 090002990086. 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.