The Royal Hotel, Dockray
Two buses call here: the 509 towards Keswick, the UB1 towards Basecamp Nth Lakes. The stop over the road is the other The Royal Hotel 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 509 buses are now is on the route page.
Monday to Friday
The 509 Towards Keswick Bus Station
| Hour | Minutes past |
|---|---|
| 10:00 | :37 |
| 13:00 | :37 |
| 16:00 | :12 |
Saturday
The 509 Towards Keswick Bus Station
| Hour | Minutes past |
|---|---|
| 10:00 | :37 |
| 13:00 | :37 |
| 16:00 | :12 |
The UB1 Towards Basecamp Nth Lakes
| Hour | Minutes past |
|---|---|
| 18:00 | :09 |
| 19:00 | :09 |
Sunday
The 509 Towards Keswick Bus Station
| Hour | Minutes past |
|---|---|
| 10:00 | :37 |
| 13:00 | :37 |
| 16:00 | :12 |
The UB1 Towards Basecamp Nth Lakes
| Hour | Minutes past |
|---|---|
| 18:00 | :09 |
| 19:00 | :09 |
Last bus of the day
- Monday to Friday: 19:09 towards Basecamp Nth Lakes (the UB1)
- Monday to Friday: 16:12 towards Keswick Bus Station (the 509)
- Saturday: 19:09 towards Basecamp Nth Lakes (the UB1)
- Saturday: 16:12 towards Keswick Bus Station (the 509)
- Sunday: 19:09 towards Basecamp Nth Lakes (the UB1)
- Sunday: 16:12 towards Keswick Bus Station (the 509)
Other services signed off from this stop, with no timetable on this site:
- Monday to Friday: 18:02 towards Grasmere Heaton Cooper Studio (the 559)
- Saturday: 18:02 towards Grasmere Heaton Cooper Studio (the 559)
- Sunday: 18:02 towards Grasmere Heaton Cooper Studio (the 559)
Checked by Lee on 7 September 2026 against Stagecoach's Lakes by Bus Summer 2026 timetable PDF, per direction. The 509 & UB1 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.
- Birkett Fell 640 m as the crow flies
- Bracken How 640 m as the crow flies
- Hart Side 640 m as the crow flies
- High Brow 640 m as the crow flies
- Low How 640 m as the crow flies
- Randerside 640 m as the crow flies
- Round How 640 m as the crow flies
- Clough Head 1.3 km as the crow flies, a walk-in
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
Verdicts on these tops
Verdicts for 27 October, lowest fell first:
- Clough Head 726 m Save it
- Hart Side 756 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.
- Bracken How, north car park 50 m from this stop
- Dockray (roadside) 280 m from this stop
Shelter and facilities
Cafes, pubs, shops and toilets mapped nearby (1)
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 090074443231. 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 509 & UB1). Scheduled times only.