Patterdale Hotel
Two buses call here: the 508 towards Windermere, the 509 towards Hartsop road end. 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 Windermere Bus Rail Interchange
| Hour | Minutes past |
|---|---|
| 11:00 | :46 |
| 15:00 | :46 |
| 19:00 | :46 |
The 509 Towards Hartsop road end
| Hour | Minutes past |
|---|---|
| 09:00 | :59 |
| 12:00 | :09 |
| 15:00 | :09 |
Saturday
The 508 Towards Windermere Bus Rail Interchange
| Hour | Minutes past |
|---|---|
| 11:00 | :46 |
| 15:00 | :46 |
| 19:00 | :46 |
The 509 Towards Hartsop road end
| Hour | Minutes past |
|---|---|
| 09:00 | :59 |
| 12:00 | :09 |
| 15:00 | :09 |
Sunday
The 508 Towards Windermere Bus Rail Interchange
| Hour | Minutes past |
|---|---|
| 11:00 | :46 |
| 15:00 | :46 |
| 19:00 | :46 |
The 509 Towards Hartsop road end
| Hour | Minutes past |
|---|---|
| 09:00 | :59 |
| 12:00 | :09 |
| 15:00 | :09 |
Last bus of the day
- Monday to Friday: 19:46 towards Windermere Bus Rail Interchange (the 508)
- Monday to Friday: 17:34 towards Patterdale Hotel (the 509)
- Monday to Friday: 15:09 towards Hartsop road end (the 509)
- Saturday: 19:46 towards Windermere Bus Rail Interchange (the 508)
- Saturday: 17:34 towards Patterdale Hotel (the 509)
- Saturday: 15:09 towards Hartsop road end (the 509)
- Sunday: 19:46 towards Windermere Bus Rail Interchange (the 508)
- Sunday: 17:34 towards Patterdale Hotel (the 509)
- Sunday: 15:09 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.
- Arnison Crag 10 m as the crow flies
- Birks 10 m as the crow flies
- Cofa Pike 10 m as the crow flies
- Fairfield 10 m as the crow flies
- Gavel Pike 10 m as the crow flies
- St Sunday Crag 10 m as the crow flies
- The Knight 50 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 Hartsop road end 15:09 (the 509); towards Windermere 19:46 (the 508); towards Patterdale Hotel 17:34 (the 509) (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 St Sunday Crag (walked; the start is 10 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.
From the start of Grisedale Tarn, Fairfield, St Sunday Crag from Patterdale (planned, not walked yet; the start is 10 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.
Patterdale to Hartsop and Brothers Water (planned, not walked yet; the start is 30 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 30 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 50 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) 40 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.
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 090074552906. 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.