Consultation on New Bus Service Improvement Plan Fund

The Council is calling for communities to help shape spending plans for a £1.7 million funding pot to put the wheels on more bus services across Westmorland and Furness. 

The Department for Transport has awarded Westmorland and Furness Council £1.7 million of Bus Service Improvement Plan Plus (BSIP+) funding to enhance services across the area in 2024/25.

Follow this link to find out more 

Please find the Online Survey here 

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

A map of bus routes and rail lines in the area  

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)

 

1     : [Barrow] Hawcoat - Furness General Hospital - Barrow Island - Walney - Biggar Bank

2     : [Barrow] West Shore, Walne - Tesco 

2     : [Penrith] Castletown - Penrith, North Lakes School

3     : [Barrow] Ormsgill - football ground - rail station - Newbarns

4     : [Barrow] Holbeck Park via Salthouse, Roose

5     : [Barrow] North Scale via Vickerstown

6     : Ulverston (Croftlands) - Dalton - Furness - General Hospital - Barrow

6     : Windermere - Bowness - Newby Bridge - Haverthwaite - Ulverston - Barrow

7    : Millom via Askam - Kirkby in Furness - Grizebeck - Broughton-in-Furness (Monday to Friday in term time)

11   : Ulverston - Bardsea - Coast Road - Roa Island - Barrow,

40   : [Kendal] Oxenholme - Heron Hill - Sandylands - Morrisons -  [Sunday]

41   : [Kendal] Kendal Parks - Oxenholme - Westmorland Hospital

41A : [Kendal] Westmorland Hospital - Oxenholme - Kendal Parks

42   : [Kendal] Rinkfield - Helme Chase - Heron Hill - Valley Drive - Castle Green

42A : [Kendal] Rinkfield - Helme Chase - Heron Hill - Valley Drive - Larch Grove

43   : [Kendal] Sainsbury's - Morrisons - Sandylands

43A : [Kendal] Sandylands - Morrisons - Sainsbury's

44   : [Kendal] Beast Banks - Hallgarth

45   : [Kendal] Burneside - Kentrigg

46   : [Kendal] Beast Banks - Vicarage Park - Wattsfield - Collinfield - Kirkbarrow

81 : Lancaster - Kirkby Lonsdale via Tunstall and Hornby

82 : Lancaster - Kirkby Lonsdale via Arkholme and Hornby

99 : Arnside / Kendal - Kirkby Losndale via Milnthorpe (termtime)

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) 

509  : Keswick via Glenridding, Aira Force (Summer Saturdays only)

516 : Ambleside - Dungeon Ghyll (Langdale) via Ellterwater

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

532 : Cartmel - Cark - Allithwaite - Grange-over-Sands (Monday; Wednesday; Friday)

550 : Arnside - Carnforth - Morecambe (Tuesday)

552 : Arnside - Milnthorpe - Levens - Natland - Kendal

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

680A : Nenthead - Alston - Brampton - Carlisle (Monday and Wednesday)

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 December 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


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.

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