Links can be found below for all services to and from major towns across the area.

The timetables below show when buses are timetable to arrive. On route run by Stagecoach you can get details of expected arrival times of your next bus, from our Realtime information page

Keswick is in the new Cumberland Authority use this link to their website 

for buses from there to 

Borrowdale (78); 

Buttermere (77/77A); 

Carlisle (554); 

Cockermouth (X4/5); 

Patterdale (73 - Summer Saturdays); 

Penrith (X4/5); 

Seatoller (78); 

Winlatter (77/77A); 

Workington (X4/5)

 

505 : Windermere - Coniston via Ambleside, Hawkshead

508 : Penrith - Pooley Bridge - Aira Force - Glenridding - Patterdale (Ullswater)

508 : Windermere - Bowness-on-Windermere - Troutbeck - Kirkstone Inn - Patterdale (for Penrith)  (Summer only)  

516 : Ambleside - Dungeon Ghyll (Langdale) via Ellterwater

530 : Cartmel - Cark - Allithwaite - Grange-over-Sands - Kendal (Monday to Friday)

550 : Arnside - Carnforth - Morecambe (Tuesday)

551 : Arnside - Milnthorpe - Kirkby Lonsdale (Thursday)

552 : Arnside - Milnthorpe - Levens - Natland - Kendal (Monday, Wednesday, Friday)

555 : Lancaster - Kendal - Windermere - Ambleside - Grasmere - Keswick

562 : Bolton - Crosby Ravensworth - Morland - Penrith (Tuesday)

563 : Appleby - Kirkby Thore - Temple Sowerby - Penrith (Monday to Friday)

563 : Kirkby Stephen - Brough - Warcop - Appleby - Penrith (Saturday) 

567 : Kirkby Lonsdale - Lupton - Crooklands - Endmoor - Kendal

570 : Ravenstonedale - Shap - Tebay - Grayrigg  - Kendal (Thursday)

571 : Brough - Kirkby Stephen - Tebay - Kendal (Monday)

572 : Ravenstonedale = Kirkby Stephen - Brough - Barnard Castle (Wednesdays)

581 : Skipton - Settle - Ingleton - Kirkby Lonsdale

583 : High Bentham - Ingleton - Kirkby Lonsdale

597 : Windermere Town Service

599 : Grasmere - Ambleside - Brockhole - Windermere - Bowness

646 : Penrith Town Service

681 : Alston - Haltwhistle - Gilsland - Birdoswald

755 : Bowness-on-Windermere - Windermere - Kendal - Morecambe - Heysham

888 : Newcastle - Hexham - Alston - Penrith - Keswick (Summer only)

889 : Alston - Nenthead - Hexham (Tuesday Only) 

889 : Alston - Nenthead ( Friday Only)

Pay less to travel by bus

As part of a Government initiative, a maximum £2 Single fare will apply on many bus services across Cumbria until 31 October 2023 when the maximum Single fare will rise to £2.50 until 30 November 2024

Participating operators : Stagecoach; Blueworks; Cumbria Classic Coaches; Go North East; Kirkby Lonsdale Coaches; Western Dales Bus 

Please note 

  • In line with the rules of the scheme the £2 fare does not apply on services which only run on Schooldays 
  • Only the operators listed above are participating in the scheme, so normal fares will continue to apply on all other services (participation after 31 June is yet to be confirmed)  


To get the timetable for your service, type either the service number or the town or village you wish to travel to or from into the Search box, then press "Go". 

 A list of links to service timetables will then be displayed.

School term dates

As shown on bus timetables, some buses only run on schools days. Check school term dates for more information.

Find out more about the National Bus Strategy
Travelline

For impartial and comprehensive information about public transport please contact Traveline on 0871 200 22 33.

(Lines are open daily from 7am to 8pm - calls cost 12 pence per minute plus your phone company's access charge)

Contact us about local bus services

Scheduled Bus Services
PO Box 415 
Carlisle
CA1 9GU

Bus timetable information
Telephone: 0871 200 22 33 

Open daily 7am to 8pm (calls cost 12pence per minute plus your phone company's access charge)

For all other enquiries 
Telephone: 0333 240 69 65 (option 1)

Open Monday to Friday 8.30am to 5pm (not bank holidays)

Emailpublic.transport@westmorlandandfurness.gov.uk