The Ruskin Centre, Coniston
The 505 calls here towards Ambleside bus interchange.
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 505 buses are now is on the route page.
Monday to Friday
Towards Ambleside bus interchange, Kendal Blackhall Road
| Hour | Minutes past |
|---|---|
| 07:00 | :01 |
| 09:00 | :06 |
| 10:00 | :44 |
| 11:00 | :44 |
| 12:00 | :44 |
| 13:00 | :44 |
| 14:00 | :44 |
| 16:00 | :44 |
| 17:00 | :44 |
| 18:00 | :44 |
| 20:00 | :24 |
Saturday
Towards Ambleside bus interchange, Kendal Blackhall Road
| Hour | Minutes past |
|---|---|
| 09:00 | :06 |
| 10:00 | :44 |
| 11:00 | :44 |
| 12:00 | :44 |
| 13:00 | :44 |
| 14:00 | :44 |
| 15:00 | :44 |
| 16:00 | :44 |
| 17:00 | :44 |
| 18:00 | :44 |
| 20:00 | :24 |
Sunday
Towards Ambleside bus interchange, Kendal Blackhall Road
| Hour | Minutes past |
|---|---|
| 09:00 | :06 |
| 10:00 | :44 |
| 11:00 | :44 |
| 12:00 | :44 |
| 13:00 | :44 |
| 14:00 | :44 |
| 15:00 | :44 |
| 16:00 | :44 |
| 17:00 | :44 |
| 18:00 | :44 |
| 20:00 | :24 |
Last bus of the day
As timetabled from 27 October to 1 November. Towards Kendal (505): Tuesday to Sunday 20:24.
Checked by Lee on 12 September 2026 against Stagecoach's Lakes by Bus Summer 2026 timetable PDF (valid 23 Mar to 1 Nov 2026). 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.
- Kitty Crag 80 m as the crow flies
- Brim Fell 320 m as the crow flies
- Great Carrs 320 m as the crow flies
- Grey Friar 320 m as the crow flies
- High Wythow 320 m as the crow flies
- Long Crag - Yewdale Fells 320 m as the crow flies
- Low Wythow 320 m as the crow flies
- Swirl How 320 m as the crow flies
- Wetherlam 320 m as the crow flies
- Brown Pike 1.5 km as the crow flies, a walk-in
- Buck Pike - Seathwaite Fell 1.5 km as the crow flies, a walk-in
- Dow Crag 1.5 km as the crow flies, a walk-in
- Walna Scar 1.5 km as the crow flies, a walk-in
- White Maiden 1.5 km as the crow flies, a walk-in
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 505 from here: towards Ambleside 18:44; towards Kendal 20:24 (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.
The Sun Pub Walk (Coniston) (planned, not walked yet; the start is 120 m from this stop, as the crow flies)
The whole walk takes about 2 h 10 at a steady pace.
From the start of The Old Man of Coniston, up and down from Coniston (walked; the start is 200 m from this stop, as the crow flies), at a steady pace:
- The Old Man of Coniston (Coniston Old Man), about 2 h 50
The whole walk takes about 4 h at a steady pace.
From the start of Coniston Old Man Round (walked; the start is 320 m from this stop, as the crow flies), at a steady pace:
- The Old Man of Coniston (Coniston Old Man), about 2 h 40
- Brim Fell, about 2 h 50
- Grey Friar, about 4 h
- Great Carrs, about 4 h 30
- Swirl How, about 4 h 50
- Wetherlam, about 5 h 40
The whole walk takes about 6 h 50 at a steady pace.
From the start of North of Coniston Birketts (walked; the start is 320 m from this stop, as the crow flies), at a steady pace:
- Long Crag - Yewdale Fells, about 1 h 30
- High Wythow, about 1 h 40
- Low Wythow, about 1 h 50
The whole walk takes about 3 h 10 at a steady pace.
Verdicts on these tops
Verdicts for 27 October, lowest fell first:
- Wetherlam 763 m Save it
- Grey Friar 773 m Save it
- Dow Crag 778 m Save it
- Great Carrs 785 m Save it
- Brim Fell 796 m Save it
- Swirl How 802 m Save it
- The Old Man of Coniston (Coniston Old Man) 802 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.
- Coniston, Bluebird Car & Coach Park 80 m from this stop
- Coniston, Ruskin Avenue 210 m from this stop
- Coniston Sports and Social Centre car park 320 m from this stop
Shelter and facilities
Cafes, pubs, shops and toilets mapped nearby (16)
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 090079150716. 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.