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Bus Shelter, Glenridding

Two buses call here: the 509 towards Keswick and Hartsop road end, the 508 towards Windermere and Penrith.

Next bus from hereScheduled times are below, by day
Last 509 & 508, every day it runs19:41 508 towards Windermere Bus Rail InterchangeSigned off against the operator’s timetable by Lee on 7 September 2026; that timetable runs to 1 November 2026 · every day type, and the other services

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

Scheduled departures, Monday to Friday: the hour, then the minutes past it
HourMinutes past
10:00:25
13:00:25
16:00:00

The 509 Towards Hartsop road end, Patterdale Hotel

Scheduled departures, Monday to Friday: the hour, then the minutes past it
HourMinutes past
09:00:54
12:00:04
15:00:04
17:00:29

The 508 Towards Windermere Bus Rail Interchange

Scheduled departures, Monday to Friday: the hour, then the minutes past it
HourMinutes past
11:00:41
15:00:41
19:00:41

The 508 Towards Penrith Rail Station

Scheduled departures, Monday to Friday: the hour, then the minutes past it
HourMinutes past
09:00:55
13:00:55
17:00:55

Saturday

The 509 Towards Keswick Bus Station

Scheduled departures, Saturday: the hour, then the minutes past it
HourMinutes past
10:00:25
13:00:25
16:00:00

The 509 Towards Hartsop road end, Patterdale Hotel

Scheduled departures, Saturday: the hour, then the minutes past it
HourMinutes past
09:00:54
12:00:04
15:00:04
17:00:29

The 508 Towards Windermere Bus Rail Interchange

Scheduled departures, Saturday: the hour, then the minutes past it
HourMinutes past
11:00:41
15:00:41
19:00:41

The 508 Towards Penrith Rail Station

Scheduled departures, Saturday: the hour, then the minutes past it
HourMinutes past
09:00:55
13:00:55
17:00:55

Sunday

The 509 Towards Keswick Bus Station

Scheduled departures, Sunday: the hour, then the minutes past it
HourMinutes past
10:00:25
13:00:25
16:00:00

The 509 Towards Hartsop road end, Patterdale Hotel

Scheduled departures, Sunday: the hour, then the minutes past it
HourMinutes past
09:00:54
12:00:04
15:00:04
17:00:29

The 508 Towards Windermere Bus Rail Interchange

Scheduled departures, Sunday: the hour, then the minutes past it
HourMinutes past
11:00:41
15:00:41
19:00:41

The 508 Towards Penrith Rail Station

Scheduled departures, Sunday: the hour, then the minutes past it
HourMinutes past
09:00:55
13:00:55
17:00:55

Last bus of the day

  • Monday to Friday: 19:41 towards Windermere Bus Rail Interchange (the 508)
  • Monday to Friday: 17:55 towards Penrith Rail Station (the 508)
  • Monday to Friday: 17:29 towards Patterdale Hotel (the 509)
  • Monday to Friday: 16:00 towards Keswick Bus Station (the 509)
  • Monday to Friday: 15:04 towards Hartsop road end (the 509)
  • Saturday: 19:41 towards Windermere Bus Rail Interchange (the 508)
  • Saturday: 17:55 towards Penrith Rail Station (the 508)
  • Saturday: 17:29 towards Patterdale Hotel (the 509)
  • Saturday: 16:00 towards Keswick Bus Station (the 509)
  • Saturday: 15:04 towards Hartsop road end (the 509)
  • Sunday: 19:41 towards Windermere Bus Rail Interchange (the 508)
  • Sunday: 17:55 towards Penrith Rail Station (the 508)
  • Sunday: 17:29 towards Patterdale Hotel (the 509)
  • Sunday: 16:00 towards Keswick Bus Station (the 509)
  • Sunday: 15:04 towards Hartsop road end (the 509)

Other services signed off from this stop, with no timetable on this site:

  • Monday to Friday: 17:45 towards Grasmere Heaton Cooper Studio (the 559)
  • Saturday: 17:45 towards Grasmere Heaton Cooper Studio (the 559)
  • Sunday: 17:45 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 & 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.

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

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 15:04 (the 509); towards Keswick 16:00 (the 509); towards Penrith 17:55 (the 508); towards Windermere 19:41 (the 508) (timetable to 1 November 2026); and 2 more in the last-bus list below.

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 Glenridding Dodd, Sheffield Pike, Catstye Cam, Birkhouse Moor (walked; the start is 60 m from this stop, as the crow flies), at a steady pace:

The whole walk takes about 7 h at a steady pace.

Lanty's Tarn and Glenridding Beck (planned, not walked yet; the start is 100 m from this stop, as the crow flies)

The whole walk takes about 1 h 10 at a steady pace.

From the start of Helvellyn via Striding Edge & Swirral Edge (walked; the start is 100 m from this stop, as the crow flies), at a steady pace:

The whole walk takes about 5 h 30 at a steady pace.

Verdicts on these tops

Verdicts for 27 October, lowest fell first:

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.

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 (11)

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, 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 090074554648. 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 & 508). Scheduled times only.