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St Martins Church, Bowness-on-Windermere

Two buses call here: the 555 towards Keswick and Windermere, the 508 towards Windermere and Penrith. The stop over the road is the other St Martins Church, Bowness-on-Windermere stop here.

Next bus from hereScheduled times are below, by day

Last 555 & 508, Mon to Fri23:32 555 towards Kendal Blackhall RdSigned off against the operator’s timetable by Lee on 24 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 555 buses are now is on the route page.

Monday to Friday

The 555 Towards Keswick Bus Station, Grasmere The Swan Hotel

Scheduled departures, Monday to Friday: the hour, then the minutes past it
Hour	Minutes past
07:00	:02
08:00	:02	:32
19:00	:13
20:00	:13
21:00	:28
22:00	:28

The 555 Towards Windermere Rail Stn, Kendal Blackhall Rd

Scheduled departures, Monday to Friday: the hour, then the minutes past it
Hour	Minutes past
19:00	:34
20:00	:34
21:00	:24
22:00	:32
23:00	:32

The 508 Towards Windermere Bus Rail Interchange

Scheduled departures, Monday to Friday: the hour, then the minutes past it
Hour	Minutes past
12:00	:28
16:00	:28
20:00	:28

The 508 Towards Penrith Rail Station

Scheduled departures, Monday to Friday: the hour, then the minutes past it
Hour	Minutes past
09:00	:02
13:00	:02
17:00	:02

Saturday

The 555 Towards Keswick Bus Station, Grasmere The Swan Hotel

Scheduled departures, Saturday: the hour, then the minutes past it
Hour	Minutes past
07:00	:02
08:00	:02	:32
19:00	:13
20:00	:13
21:00	:28
22:00	:28

The 555 Towards Windermere Rail Stn, Kendal Blackhall Rd

Scheduled departures, Saturday: the hour, then the minutes past it
Hour	Minutes past
19:00	:34
20:00	:34
21:00	:24
22:00	:32
23:00	:32

The 508 Towards Windermere Bus Rail Interchange

Scheduled departures, Saturday: the hour, then the minutes past it
Hour	Minutes past
12:00	:28
16:00	:28
20:00	:28

The 508 Towards Penrith Rail Station

Scheduled departures, Saturday: the hour, then the minutes past it
Hour	Minutes past
09:00	:02
13:00	:02
17:00	:02

Sunday

The 555 Towards Keswick Bus Station

Scheduled departures, Sunday: the hour, then the minutes past it
Hour	Minutes past
08:00	:02

The 555 Towards Windermere Rail Stn

Scheduled departures, Sunday: the hour, then the minutes past it
Hour	Minutes past
19:00	:34
20:00	:34

The 508 Towards Windermere Bus Rail Interchange

Scheduled departures, Sunday: the hour, then the minutes past it
Hour	Minutes past
12:00	:28
16:00	:28
20:00	:28

The 508 Towards Penrith Rail Station

Scheduled departures, Sunday: the hour, then the minutes past it
Hour	Minutes past
09:00	:02
13:00	:02
17:00	:02

Last bus of the day

As timetabled from 27 October to 1 November. Towards Windermere (508): Tuesday to Sunday 20:33. Towards Penrith (508): Tuesday to Sunday 19:04. Towards Keswick (555): Tuesday to Saturday 22:29 to Grasmere, 20:13 to Keswick only. Towards Windermere (555): Tuesday to Saturday 23:35 (on to Kendal); Sunday 20:40. Towards Bowness on Windermere Braithwaite Fold Car Park (599): Tuesday to Sunday 20:05 to Bowness on Windermere, 18:21 to Bowness on Windermere Braithwaite Fold Car Park. Towards Ulverston (6): Tuesday to Saturday 23:19; Sunday 23:22 to Ulverston, 17:56 to Ulverston St Mary's.

Checked by Lee on 24 September 2026 against Stagecoach's Lakes by Bus 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.

Grandsire 2.1 km as the crow flies, a walk-in
School Knott 2.1 km as the crow flies, a walk-in
Unnamed top (School Knott) 2.1 km as the crow flies, a walk-in

Walks from this stop

Fells whose page names this stop

Shelter and facilities

The stop itself is mapped as having lighting (OpenStreetMap, as of 13 September 2026).

Cafes, pubs, shops and toilets mapped nearby (53)

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):

🚺 Rayrigg Road Car Park Toilets (~219 m straight line)☕ The Country Hut☕ Costa☕ Lake View☕ The Easy Breeze☕ Azalea☕ Cafe No. 4☕ Monties☕ The Peter Rabbit Café (Mo-Su 10:30-16:00)☕ The New Laundry Cafe (Mo-Su 10:00-16:30)☕ Graze Cafe☕ Lewis's Coffee Shop☕ Lakeland Golden Charcoal Grill (food; 15:00-02:00)☕ Jacksons Bistro (food)☕ Domino's (food)☕ Buns & Birds (food)☕ Vinegar Jones (food)☕ Ohannes Burger (food)☕ Bodega (food)☕ Villa Positano (food; Tu-Sa 17:00+; Su,Mo off)☕ Hyltons (food)☕ Bowness Bites (food)☕ Porto (food)☕ Mela (food; Mo-Su 17:00-23:30)☕ Bonzai (food)☕ The Magic Roundabout (food)☕ Baha (food)☕ Taste of Asia (food)☕ Seafarer's (food)☕ King of Siam (food)☕ Taylors of Bowness (food; Mo-Su 09:00-16:00)☕ The Trattoria (food; Mo-Su 12:00-22:00)🍺 Bowness Tap Rooms🍺 The Village Inn🍺 SolBar🍺 The Arts Bar🍺 The Royal Oak🍺 Lake View Garden Bar🍺 The Fizzy Tarté🍺 Churchills🍺 The Hole in t' Wall🍺 The Albert🍺 The Flying Pig🍺 The Old John Peel Inn🍺 The Angel Inn🏪 Regatta Great Outdoors🏪 The Cornish Bakery🏪 Mountain Warehouse🏪 Bryson's🏪 Tesco Express🏪 Tog 24🏪 Trespass🏪 Co-op Food (PH,Mo-Su 07:00-22:00)

Distances are straight lines from this stop, not walking routes. Opening hours are as mapped and change; none of this is checked daily.

Stop 090079732089. 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 11 September 2026 (the 555 & 508). Scheduled times only.