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Timetables, stops and where the buses are now, for walkers

West End, Threlkeld

The 509 calls here towards Hartsop road end. For Keswick Bus Station, use the stop over the road.

Next bus from hereScheduled times are below, by day
Last 509, every day it runs17:02 509 towards Patterdale HotelSigned 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

Towards Hartsop road end, Patterdale Hotel

Scheduled departures, Monday to Friday: the hour, then the minutes past it
HourMinutes past
09:00:27
11:00:37
14:00:37
17:00:02

Saturday

Towards Hartsop road end, Patterdale Hotel

Scheduled departures, Saturday: the hour, then the minutes past it
HourMinutes past
09:00:27
11:00:37
14:00:37
17:00:02

Sunday

Towards Hartsop road end, Patterdale Hotel

Scheduled departures, Sunday: the hour, then the minutes past it
HourMinutes past
09:00:27
11:00:37
14:00:37
17:00:02

Last bus of the day

  • Monday to Friday: 17:02 towards Patterdale Hotel (the 509)
  • Monday to Friday: 14:37 towards Hartsop road end (the 509)
  • Saturday: 17:02 towards Patterdale Hotel (the 509)
  • Saturday: 14:37 towards Hartsop road end (the 509)
  • Sunday: 17:02 towards Patterdale Hotel (the 509)
  • Sunday: 14:37 towards Hartsop road end (the 509)

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

  • Monday to Friday: 22:05 towards Penrith (the X5)
  • Saturday: 22:05 towards Penrith (the X5)
  • Sunday: 18:31 towards Penrith (the X5)

Checked by Lee on 7 September 2026 against Stagecoach's Lakes by Bus Summer 2026 timetable PDF, per direction. The 509 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

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

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.

Stop 090074664333. 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. Scheduled times only.