Aira Force, Matterdale
Two buses call here: the UB1 towards The Hause, the 508 towards Penrith. The stop over the road is the other Aira Force stop here.
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 Penrith Rail Station
| Hour | Minutes past |
|---|---|
| 10:00 | :02 |
| 14:00 | :02 |
| 18:00 | :02 |
Saturday
The UB1 Towards The Hause
| Hour | Minutes past |
|---|---|
| 09:00 | :15 |
| 11:00 | :15 |
| 14:00 | :15 |
| 16:00 | :15 |
| 17:00 | :15 |
The 508 Towards Penrith Rail Station
| Hour | Minutes past |
|---|---|
| 10:00 | :02 |
| 14:00 | :02 |
| 18:00 | :02 |
Sunday
The UB1 Towards The Hause
| Hour | Minutes past |
|---|---|
| 09:00 | :15 |
| 11:00 | :15 |
| 14:00 | :15 |
| 16:00 | :15 |
| 17:00 | :15 |
The 508 Towards Penrith Rail Station
| Hour | Minutes past |
|---|---|
| 10:00 | :02 |
| 14:00 | :02 |
| 18:00 | :02 |
Last bus of the day
- Monday to Friday: 18:02 towards Penrith Rail Station (the 508)
- Monday to Friday: 17:15 towards The Hause (the UB1)
- Saturday: 18:02 towards Penrith Rail Station (the 508)
- Saturday: 17:15 towards The Hause (the UB1)
- Sunday: 18:02 towards Penrith Rail Station (the 508)
- Sunday: 17:15 towards The Hause (the UB1)
Other services signed off from this stop, with no timetable on this site:
- Monday to Friday: 15:15 towards Castle Entrance (the UB2)
- Saturday: 15:15 towards Castle Entrance (the UB2)
- Sunday: 15:15 towards Castle Entrance (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.
- Brown Hills 90 m as the crow flies
- Common Fell 90 m as the crow flies
- Gowbarrow Fell (Wainwright summit) 90 m as the crow flies
- Swineside Knott 90 m as the crow flies
- Great Meldrum 200 m as the crow flies
- Green Hill - Gowbarrow Park 200 m as the crow flies
- Little Meldrum 200 m as the crow flies
- Watermillock Fell (Little Mell Fell South Top) 200 m as the crow flies
- Little Mell Fell 400 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
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 The Hause 17:15 (the UB1); towards Penrith 18:02 (the 508); towards Castle Entrance 15:15 (the UB2) (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 Swineside Knott & Gowbarrow (planned, not walked yet; the start is 90 m from this stop, as the crow flies), at a steady pace:
- Brown Hills, about 1 h 50
- Swineside Knott, about 2 h
- Common Fell, about 2 h 10
- Gowbarrow Fell (Wainwright summit), about 3 h 50
The whole walk takes about 5 h at a steady pace.
From the start of Aira Force & Gowbarrow Fell (walked; the start is 130 m from this stop, as the crow flies), at a steady pace:
- Gowbarrow Fell (Wainwright summit), about 1 h 30
The whole walk takes about 2 h 40 at a steady pace.
From the start of Birketts by Gowbarrow (walked; the start is 200 m from this stop, as the crow flies), at a steady pace:
- Green Hill - Gowbarrow Park, about 1 h
- Gowbarrow Fell (Wainwright summit), about 1 h 30
- Great Meldrum, about 1 h 50
- Little Meldrum, about 2 h 10
- Watermillock Fell (Little Mell Fell South Top), about 2 h 20
The whole walk takes about 4 h 30 at a steady pace.
Verdicts on these tops
Verdicts for 27 October, lowest fell first:
- Gowbarrow Fell (Wainwright summit) 481 m Decent
- Little Mell Fell 505 m Decent
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.
- Aira Force (NT) 160 m from this stop
Shelter and facilities
Cafes, pubs, shops and toilets mapped nearby (3)
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: 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 090074441301. 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.