South Lakeland Bus Timetables
Pay Less to Travel by bus this Winter
As part of a Government initiative, a maximum £2 Single fare will apply on many bus services across Cumbria until 31st March 2023
Participating operators : Stagecoach; Arriva; Blueworks; Cumbria Classic Coaches; Go North East; Kirkby Lonsdale Coaches; Western Dales Bus
Please note
- Normal fares are expected to be restored from April 2023, when the funding is due to cease.
- 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
Use the search to find bus timetables by village name, town name or bus number:
Current timetables are listed below.
Where a timetables is changing in the near future, you will find a link to the new timetable above the current timetable.
40 : Sainsbury's - Morrisons - Sandylands - Heron Hill - Oxenholme - Westmorland Hospital
41 41A : Oxenholme - Helme Chase - Asda - Kendal Parks - Westmorland Hospital
42 : Rinkfield - Helme Chase - Heron Hill - Valley Drive - Castle Green / Larch Grove
42A : Rinkfield - Helme Chase - Heron Hill - Valley Drive - Larch Grove
43 43A : Morrisons - Sandylands
46 : Beast Banks - Vicarage Park - Wattsfield - Collinfield - Kirkbarrow
445 : Bowston - Burneside - Hallgarth - Beast Banks - Queen Katherine School
6 : Windermere - Bowness-on-Windermere - Newby Bridge - Haverthwaite - Ulverston - Dalton - Barrow
6 : Croftlands - Ulverston - Dalton - Hospital - Barrow
11 : Ulverston - Bardsea - Coast Road - Roa Island - Barrow
81 : Kirkby Lonsdale - Melling - Hornby - Lancaster
82 : Kirkby Lonsdale - Arkholme - Hornby - Lancaster
99 : Arnside - Kendal - Queen Elizabeth School (Kirkby Lonsdale) (termtime)
106 : Kendal - Grayrigg - Tebay - Orton - Shap - Lowther - Clifton - Penrith
113 : Gasdale Railway Station - Hawes - Gayle
505 : Kendal - Windermere - Ambleside - Hawkshead - Coniston
508 : Penrith - Pooley Bridge - Aira Force - Patterdale (Ullswater) - Windermere
516 : Ambleside - Elterwater - Dungeon Ghyll (Langdale)
519R : Gayle - Hawes - Sedbergh
525 : Ferry House (on Windermere) - Hill Top (Beatrix Potter) - Hawkshead
530 : Cartmel - Cark - Allithwaite - Grange over Sands - Lindale - Kendal
532 : Cartmel - Higher Grange - Grange over Sands
550 : Milnthorpe - Arnside - Carnforth - Morecambe
551 : Arnside - Milnthorpe - Kirkby Lonsdale
552 : Arnside - Sandside - Milnthorpe - Sedgwick - Natland - Kendal
555 : Keswick - Grasmere - Ambleside - Windermere - Kendal - Milnthorpe - Holme - Burton - Lancaster
567 : Kirkby Lonsdale - Lupton - Crooklands - Endmoor - Kendal
570 : Ravenstonedale - Orton - Tebay - Grayrigg - Kendal (Thursday)
571 : Brough - Ravenstonedale - Kirkby Stephen - Tebay - Kendal (Monday)
581 : Kirkby Lonsdale - Ingleton - Settle (- Skipton)
599 : Bowness - Windermere - Brockhole - Ambleside - Grasmere
QE4 : Silverdale - Arnside - Milnthorpe - Queen Elizabeth School (Kirkby Lonsdale)
S1 : Dent - Sedbergh - Kendal (Saturday)
S3 : Dent - Sedbergh - Hawes (Tuesday)
S4 : Dent - Sedbergh - Cautley - Kirkby Stephen - Brough (Fridays)
S5 : Kirkby Stephen - Ravenstonedale - Newbigin on Lune - Kendal [Thursdays]
W1 : Sedbergh - Kendal (Monday to Friday)
X6 : Barrow - Dalton - Ulverston - Newby Bridge - Grange-over-Sands - Kendal
X8 : Chorley - Preston - Windermere - Ambleside - Grasmere - Keswick
X12 : Coniston - Torver - Lowick - Spark Bridge - Greenodd - Ulverston (- Barrow)
X60 : Lakeside - Finsthwaite - Backbarrow - Bouth - Ulverston (Thursday)
School term dates
As shown on bus timetables, some buses only run on schools days. Check school term dates for more information.
A2BNow
If you are aged 5 to 18 and live in South Lakeland, a A2BNoW card allows you to travel on local buses at reduced fares.
You will pay a maximum of £1.80 for a single journey or £3.00 for a return journey. If the fare is normally less than this, you will be charged the normal fare.
And it doesn't just apply to all journeys in South Lakeland. As long as your return journey starts in South Lakeland, you can use your card to check out Barrow, Keswick, Penrith and Lancaster and all stops along the way
Contact us about local bus services
Scheduled Bus Services
Cumbria County Council
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)
