Pooley Bridge Inn
Two buses call here: the UB1 towards Aira Force, the 508 towards Windermere.
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 UB1 buses are now is on the route page.
Monday to Friday
The 508 Towards Windermere Bus Rail Interchange
| Hour | Minutes past |
|---|---|
| 11:00 | :20 |
| 15:00 | :20 |
| 19:00 | :20 |
Saturday
The UB1 Towards Aira Force, Basecamp Nth Lakes
| Hour | Minutes past |
|---|---|
| 10:00 | :32 |
| 12:00 | :32 |
| 15:00 | :32 |
| 17:00 | :36 |
| 18:00 | :36 |
The 508 Towards Windermere Bus Rail Interchange
| Hour | Minutes past |
|---|---|
| 11:00 | :20 |
| 15:00 | :20 |
| 19:00 | :20 |
Sunday
The UB1 Towards Aira Force, Basecamp Nth Lakes
| Hour | Minutes past |
|---|---|
| 10:00 | :32 |
| 12:00 | :32 |
| 15:00 | :32 |
| 17:00 | :36 |
| 18:00 | :36 |
The 508 Towards Windermere Bus Rail Interchange
| Hour | Minutes past |
|---|---|
| 11:00 | :20 |
| 15:00 | :20 |
| 19:00 | :20 |
Last bus of the day
- Monday to Friday: 19:20 towards Windermere Bus Rail Interchange (the 508)
- Monday to Friday: 18:36 towards Basecamp Nth Lakes (the UB1)
- Saturday: 19:20 towards Windermere Bus Rail Interchange (the 508)
- Saturday: 18:36 towards Basecamp Nth Lakes (the UB1)
- Sunday: 19:20 towards Windermere Bus Rail Interchange (the 508)
- Sunday: 18:36 towards Basecamp Nth Lakes (the UB1)
Other services signed off from this stop, with no timetable on this site:
- Monday to Friday: 16:32 towards Aira Force (the UB2)
- Saturday: 16:32 towards Aira Force (the UB2)
- Sunday: 16:32 towards Aira Force (the UB2)
Checked by Lee on 7 September 2026 against Stagecoach's Lakes by Bus Summer 2026 timetable PDF, per direction. The UB1 & 508 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.
- Arthur's Pike 30 m as the crow flies
- Heughscar Hill 30 m as the crow flies
- Dunmallet (Dunmallard Hill) 120 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 Windermere 19:20 (the 508); towards Aira Force 16:32 (the UB2); towards Basecamp Nth Lakes 18:36 (the UB1) (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 Heughscar Hill & Arthur's Pike (planned, not walked yet; the start is 30 m from this stop, as the crow flies), at a steady pace:
- Heughscar Hill, about 1 h 10
- Arthur's Pike, about 2 h 50
The whole walk takes about 4 h 10 at a steady pace.
Pooley Bridge to Shap (planned, not walked yet; the start is 70 m from this stop, as the crow flies)
The whole walk takes about 5 h at a steady pace.
Verdicts on these tops
Verdicts for 27 October, lowest fell first:
- Arthur's Pike 533 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.
- Pooley Bridge, Finkle Street car park 30 m from this stop
- Eusemere Car Park (LDNPA) 90 m from this stop
- Dunmallard Hill, Pooley Bridge (LDNPA) 120 m from this stop
Shelter and facilities
The stop itself is mapped as having a shelter and lighting (OpenStreetMap, as of 13 September 2026).
Cafes, pubs, shops and toilets mapped nearby (17)
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: 2 benches, 3 information boards, a shelter.
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 090074082993. 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 (the UB1 & 508). Scheduled times only.