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The Britannia Inn, Elterwater

The 516 calls here towards Old Dungeon Ghyll Hotel. For Ambleside bus interchange, use the stop over the road.

Next bus from hereScheduled times are below, by day
Last bus, Mon to Thu19:52 516 towards Old Dungeon Ghyll HotelSigned off against the operator’s timetable by Lee on 12 September 2026; that timetable runs to 1 November 2026 · every day type

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 516 buses are now is on the route page.

Monday to Friday

Towards Old Dungeon Ghyll Hotel

HourMinutes past
06:00:37
07:00:47
09:00:42
10:00:52
11:00:52
12:00:52
13:00:52
14:00:52
15:00:52
16:00:52
17:00:52
19:00:52

Friday, as well as the Monday to Friday times

Towards Old Dungeon Ghyll Hotel

HourMinutes past
18:00:52
20:00:52
22:00:12

Saturday

Towards Old Dungeon Ghyll Hotel

HourMinutes past
06:00:37
07:00:47
09:00:42
10:00:52
11:00:52
12:00:52
13:00:52
14:00:52
15:00:52
16:00:52
17:00:52
18:00:52
19:00:52
20:00:52
22:00:12

Sunday

Towards Old Dungeon Ghyll Hotel

HourMinutes past
06:00:37
07:00:47
09:00:42
10:00:52
11:00:52
12:00:52
13:00:52
14:00:52
15:00:52
16:00:52
17:00:52
19:00:52

Last bus of the day

  • Monday to Thursday: 19:52 towards Old Dungeon Ghyll Hotel (the 516)
  • Saturday: 22:12 towards Old Dungeon Ghyll Hotel (the 516)
  • Sunday: 19:52 towards Old Dungeon Ghyll Hotel (the 516)

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.

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.

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 516 from here: towards Old Dungeon Ghyll Hotel 19:52 Mon to Thu and Sun, 22:12 Sat (timetable to 1 November 2026).

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.

Elterwater & Skelwith Force (planned, not walked yet; the start is 30 m from this stop, as the crow flies)

The whole walk takes about 2 h 20 at a steady pace.

From the start of Lingmoor Fell from Elterwater (planned, not walked yet; the start is 40 m from this stop, as the crow flies), at a steady pace:

The whole walk takes about 4 h 10 at a steady pace.

From the start of Loughrigg Tarn & Loughrigg Fell (planned, not walked yet; the start is 60 m from this stop, as the crow flies), at a steady pace:

The whole walk takes about 3 h 30 at a steady pace.

Elterwater riverside loop (planned, not walked yet; the start is 60 m from this stop, as the crow flies)

The whole walk takes about 1 h 20 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

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 (9)

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):

🚺 Public toilets (~16 m straight line)☕ Slates Coffee and Kitchen🍺 Britannia Inn (Mo-Su 11:00-23:00)

Also mapped within reach: a bench, 2 information boards, 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, ODbL.

Stop 090079411208. 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.