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New Dungeon Ghyll Hotel

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

Next bus from hereScheduled times are below, by day
Last bus, Mon to Fri20:13 516 towards Kendal Blackhall RoadSigned off against the operator’s timetable by Lee on 23 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 Ambleside bus interchange, Kendal Blackhall Road

Scheduled departures, Monday to Friday: the hour, then the minutes past it
HourMinutes past
06:00:58
08:00:08
10:00:03
11:00:13
12:00:13
13:00:13
14:00:13
15:00:13
16:00:13
17:00:13
18:00:13
20:00:13

Friday, as well as the Monday to Friday times

Towards Ambleside bus interchange, Kendal Blackhall Road

Scheduled departures, Friday: the hour, then the minutes past it
HourMinutes past
19:00:13
21:00:13
22:00:33

Saturday

Towards Ambleside bus interchange, Kendal Blackhall Road

Scheduled departures, Saturday: the hour, then the minutes past it
HourMinutes past
06:00:58
08:00:08
10:00:03
11:00:13
12:00:13
13:00:13
14:00:13
15:00:13
16:00:13
17:00:13
18:00:13
19:00:13
20:00:13
21:00:13
22:00:33

Sunday

Towards Ambleside bus interchange, Kendal Blackhall Road

Scheduled departures, Sunday: the hour, then the minutes past it
HourMinutes past
06:00:58
08:00:08
10:00:03
11:00:13
12:00:13
13:00:13
14:00:13
15:00:13
16:00:13
17:00:13
18:00:13
20:00:13

The operator’s timetable has a later 516 from Old Dungeon Ghyll Hotel 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). This feed has no time for it at this stop.

Last bus of the day

As timetabled from 27 October to 1 November. Towards Kendal (516): Tuesday to Thursday, Sunday 20:13; Friday and Saturday 22:33.

Checked by Lee on 23 September 2026 against Stagecoach's 516 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.

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 516 from here: towards Ambleside 18:13 Mon to Fri and Sun, 21:13 Sat; towards Kendal 20:13 Mon to Fri and Sun, 22:33 Sat; towards Old Dungeon Ghyll Hotel 20:03 Mon to Thu and Sun, 22:23 Sat from the stop over the road (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.

From the start of Langdale Pikes Round (walked; the start is 110 m from this stop, as the crow flies), at a steady pace:

The whole walk takes about 5 h 10 at a steady pace.

Stickle Tarn from New Dungeon Ghyll (walked; the start is 140 m from this stop, as the crow flies)

The whole walk takes about 1 h 50 at a steady pace.

From the start of Langdale Horseshoe (planned, not walked yet; the start is 150 m from this stop, as the crow flies), at a steady pace:

The whole walk takes about 9 h 30 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 (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.

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 (4)

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: an information board.

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 090079415123. 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.