road end, Brothers Water
Two buses call here: the 508 towards Windermere, the 509. The stop over the road is the other road end, Brothers Water 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 508 buses are now is on the route page.
Monday to Friday
The 508 Towards Windermere Bus Rail Interchange
| Hour | Minutes past |
|---|---|
| 11:00 | :51 |
| 15:00 | :51 |
| 19:00 | :51 |
Saturday
The 508 Towards Windermere Bus Rail Interchange
| Hour | Minutes past |
|---|---|
| 11:00 | :51 |
| 15:00 | :51 |
| 19:00 | :51 |
Sunday
The 508 Towards Windermere Bus Rail Interchange
| Hour | Minutes past |
|---|---|
| 11:00 | :51 |
| 15:00 | :51 |
| 19:00 | :51 |
Last bus of the day
- Monday to Friday: 19:51 towards Windermere Bus Rail Interchange (the 508)
- Monday to Friday: 15:14 towards Hartsop road end (the 509)
- Saturday: 19:51 towards Windermere Bus Rail Interchange (the 508)
- Saturday: 15:14 towards Hartsop road end (the 509)
- Sunday: 19:51 towards Windermere Bus Rail Interchange (the 508)
- Sunday: 15:14 towards Hartsop road end (the 509)
Checked by Lee on 7 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.
- Caudale Moor - John Bell's Banner 470 m as the crow flies
- Hartsop Dodd 470 m as the crow flies
- St Raven's Edge 470 m as the crow flies
- Stony Cove Pike (Caudale Moor) 470 m as the crow flies
- Gray Crag 530 m as the crow flies
- Thornthwaite Crag 530 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
- Angletarn Pikes and the Martindale round
- Brock Crags, Angletarn Pikes, Beda Fell & Place Fell
- Hartsop Dodd, Stony Cove Pike, Thornthwaite Crag and Gray Crag
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 19:51 (the 508); towards Hartsop road end 15:14 (the 509); towards Keswick 15:50 (the 509) from the stop over the road; towards Penrith 17:44 (the 508) from the stop over the road (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 Finishing of the Far Eastern Fells (walked; the start is 50 m from this stop, as the crow flies), at a steady pace:
- Rest Dodd, about 2 h 10
- The Nab, about 2 h 50
- Brock Crags (Wainwright), about 4 h 10
- Angletarn Pikes (Angletarn Pikes North Top), about 5 h
- Beda Fell (Beda Head), about 6 h
- Place Fell, about 8 h
The whole walk takes about 8 h 50 at a steady pace.
From the start of Hartsop Fells and Hart Crag (walked; the start is 310 m from this stop, as the crow flies), at a steady pace:
- Gale Crag, about 1 h 10
- Hartsop Above How (Gill Crag), about 1 h 40
- Hart Crag, about 2 h 50
- Dove Crag, about 3 h 10
- Little Hart Crag (West Top), about 3 h 50
- High Hartsop Dodd, about 4 h 10
The whole walk takes about 5 h at a steady pace.
From the start of Middle Dodd Little Hart Crag and High Hartsop Dodd (walked; the start is 340 m from this stop, as the crow flies), at a steady pace:
- Middle Dodd, about 2 h 20
- Little Hart Crag (West Top), about 3 h 10
- High Hartsop Dodd, about 3 h 30
The whole walk takes about 4 h 30 at a steady pace.
Verdicts on these tops
Verdicts for 27 October, lowest fell first:
- Beda Fell (Beda Head) 509 m Decent
- High Hartsop Dodd 519 m Decent
- Brock Crags (Wainwright) 561 m Save it
- Angletarn Pikes (Angletarn Pikes North Top) 566 m Save it
- The Nab 576 m Save it
- Hartsop Above How (Gill Crag) 586 m Save it
- Hartsop Dodd 619 m Save it
- Little Hart Crag (West Top) 637 m Save it
- and 8 more, higher: every scored fell on the conditions page
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)
Walk to another stop
Routes that start within 400 m of this stop and end within 400 m of another stop on a bus that also calls here, both as the crow flies.
- Finishing of the Far Eastern Fells ends near Patterdale Hotel, on the 508 and 509.
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.
- Cow Bridge, Hartsop 330 m from this stop
- Cow Bridge (layby) 370 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 (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):
Also mapped within reach: 2 shelters.
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 090074551613. 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 508 & 509). Scheduled times only.