Patterdale Hotel
Two buses call here: the 508 towards Penrith, the 509 towards Keswick. The stop over the road is the other Patterdale 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 508 buses are now is on the route page.
Monday to Friday
The 508 Towards Penrith Rail Station
| Hour | Minutes past |
|---|---|
| 09:00 | :50 |
| 13:00 | :50 |
| 17:00 | :50 |
The 509 Towards Keswick Bus Station
| Hour | Minutes past |
|---|---|
| 10:00 | :20 |
| 13:00 | :20 |
| 15:00 | :55 |
Saturday
The 508 Towards Penrith Rail Station
| Hour | Minutes past |
|---|---|
| 09:00 | :50 |
| 13:00 | :50 |
| 17:00 | :50 |
The 509 Towards Keswick Bus Station
| Hour | Minutes past |
|---|---|
| 10:00 | :20 |
| 13:00 | :20 |
| 15:00 | :55 |
Sunday
The 508 Towards Penrith Rail Station
| Hour | Minutes past |
|---|---|
| 09:00 | :50 |
| 13:00 | :50 |
| 17:00 | :50 |
The 509 Towards Keswick Bus Station
| Hour | Minutes past |
|---|---|
| 10:00 | :20 |
| 13:00 | :20 |
| 15:00 | :55 |
A day from this stop
Last bus: towards Hartsop road end 15:09 (the 509) from the stop over the road; towards Windermere 19:46 (the 508) from the stop over the road; towards Patterdale Hotel 17:34 (the 509) 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 Grisedale Tarn, Fairfield, St Sunday Crag from Patterdale (planned, not walked yet; the start is 30 m from this stop, as the crow flies), at a steady pace:
- Fairfield, about 4 h
- Cofa Pike, about 4 h 10
- St Sunday Crag, about 5 h
- Birks, about 5 h 30
The whole walk takes about 6 h 30 at a steady pace.
From the start of St Sunday Crag (walked; the start is 30 m from this stop, as the crow flies), at a steady pace:
- Arnison Crag, about 1 h
- Birks, about 2 h
- St Sunday Crag, about 3 h
- Gavel Pike, about 3 h 10
The whole walk takes about 4 h 40 at a steady pace.
Patterdale to Hartsop and Brothers Water (planned, not walked yet; the start is 70 m from this stop, as the crow flies)
The whole walk takes about 3 h 30 at a steady pace.
Patterdale to Silver Point and Back (planned, not walked yet; the start is 70 m from this stop, as the crow flies)
The whole walk takes about 2 h at a steady pace.
From the start of Place Fell and The Knight (planned, not walked yet; the start is 80 m from this stop, as the crow flies), at a steady pace:
- Place Fell, about 2 h
- The Knight, about 2 h 20
The whole walk takes about 3 h 10 at a steady pace.
Verdicts on these tops
Verdicts for 27 October, lowest fell first:
- Arnison Crag 433 m Decent
- Birks 624 m Save it
- Place Fell 657 m Save it
- St Sunday Crag 841 m Save it
- Fairfield 873 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.
- Patterdale Hotel Car Park (Patterdale Hotel) 70 m from this stop
Shelter and facilities
Cafes, pubs, shops and toilets mapped nearby (4)
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: a bench, 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 090074552905. 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.