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Old Dungeon Ghyll Hotel

The 516 calls here towards Ambleside bus interchange. The stop over the road is the other Old Dungeon Ghyll Hotel stop here.

Next bus from hereScheduled times are below, by day
Last busNot shown until checked against the operator’s boardsThe 516 route page: where it is now, when it runs

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 Ambleside bus interchange, Kendal Blackhall Road

HourMinutes past
06:00:55
08:00:05
10:00:00
11:00:10
12:00:10
13:00:10
14:00:10
15:00:10
16:00:10
17:00:10
18:00:10
20:00:10

Friday, as well as the Monday to Friday times

Towards Ambleside bus interchange, Kendal Blackhall Road

HourMinutes past
19:00:10
21:00:10
22:00:30

Saturday

Towards Ambleside bus interchange, Kendal Blackhall Road

HourMinutes past
06:00:55
08:00:05
10:00:00
11:00:10
12:00:10
13:00:10
14:00:10
15:00:10
16:00:10
17:00:10
18:00:10
19:00:10
20:00:10
21:00:10
22:00:30

Sunday

Towards Ambleside bus interchange, Kendal Blackhall Road

HourMinutes past
06:00:55
08:00:05
10:00:00
11:00:10
12:00:10
13:00:10
14:00:10
15:00:10
16:00:10
17:00:10
18:00:10
20:00:10

The operator’s timetable has a later 516 from here than this feed shows: 21:10 to Ambleside, Monday to Friday and Sunday (checked by Lee on 23 September 2026 against the operator’s timetable).

A day from this stop

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 Old Dungeon Ghyll Pub Walk (Great Langdale) (planned, not walked yet; the start is 110 m from this stop, as the crow flies)

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

From the start of Rossett Pike, Allen Crags, Great End and more (planned, not walked yet; the start is 120 m from this stop, as the crow flies), at a steady pace:

The whole walk takes about 7 h 30 at a steady pace.

From the start of Crinkle Crags, Cold Pike, Pike of Blisco (planned, not walked yet; the start is 120 m from this stop, as the crow flies), at a steady pace:

The whole walk takes about 6 h at a steady pace.

From the start of Esk Pike and Great End (planned, not walked yet; the start is 130 m from this stop, as the crow flies), at a steady pace:

The whole walk takes about 7 h 10 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 (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):

🍺 Old Dungeon Ghyll Climbers Bar

Also mapped within reach: a shelter.

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 090079413665. 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.