road end, Brothers Water
Two buses call here: the 508 towards Penrith, the 509 towards Keswick. 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 Penrith Rail Station
| Hour | Minutes past |
|---|---|
| 09:00 | :44 |
| 13:00 | :44 |
| 17:00 | :44 |
The 509 Towards Keswick Bus Station
| Hour | Minutes past |
|---|---|
| 10:00 | :15 |
| 13:00 | :15 |
| 15:00 | :50 |
Saturday
The 508 Towards Penrith Rail Station
| Hour | Minutes past |
|---|---|
| 09:00 | :44 |
| 13:00 | :44 |
| 17:00 | :44 |
The 509 Towards Keswick Bus Station
| Hour | Minutes past |
|---|---|
| 10:00 | :15 |
| 13:00 | :15 |
| 15:00 | :50 |
Sunday
The 508 Towards Penrith Rail Station
| Hour | Minutes past |
|---|---|
| 09:00 | :44 |
| 13:00 | :44 |
| 17:00 | :44 |
The 509 Towards Keswick Bus Station
| Hour | Minutes past |
|---|---|
| 10:00 | :15 |
| 13:00 | :15 |
| 15:00 | :50 |
Last bus of the day
- Monday to Friday: 17:44 towards Penrith Rail Station (the 508)
- Monday to Friday: 15:50 towards Keswick Bus Station (the 509)
- Saturday: 17:44 towards Penrith Rail Station (the 508)
- Saturday: 15:50 towards Keswick Bus Station (the 509)
- Sunday: 17:44 towards Penrith Rail Station (the 508)
- Sunday: 15:50 towards Keswick Bus Station (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.
- Angletarn Pikes (Angletarn Pikes North Top) 20 m as the crow flies
- Beda Fell (Beda Head) 20 m as the crow flies
- Brock Crags (Wainwright) 20 m as the crow flies
- Place Fell 20 m as the crow flies
- Rest Dodd 20 m as the crow flies
- The Nab 20 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
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 Keswick 15:50 (the 509); towards Penrith 17:44 (the 508); towards Windermere 19:51 (the 508) from the stop over the road; towards Hartsop road end 15:14 (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 Finishing of the Far Eastern Fells (walked; the start is 20 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 290 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 320 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
- Little Hart Crag (West Top) 637 m Save it
- Middle Dodd 654 m Save it
- and 4 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 310 m from this stop
- Cow Bridge (layby) 350 m from this stop
Shelter and facilities
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 090074554649. 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.