Windermere Fares and Tickets
Listed below are some sample fares for bus services. Visit the Stagecoach website for fares on other Stagecoach services.
Tickets can be bought from the driver with no need to pre-book.
Fares shown are valid on the direct services listed. If you make the journey using other services with a change of buses, fares are likely to be higher.
Some season tickets can be bought online in advance or by phone, but all tickets are also available from the driver on the bus, in cash.
To/from | Services | Adult Single | Adult Return | Child Single | Child Return |
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Ambleside | 505, 516, 555, 599 | £4.90 | £8.50 (C) | £3.60 | £6.30 |
Barrow-in-Furness | 6 | £5.80 | £7.30 (B+) | £4.00 | £4.90 (B+) |
Bowness-on-Windermere | 6, 508, 555, 599, 755 | £2.60 | £4.50 | £1.90 | £3.40 |
Coniston | 505 | £8.50 (C) | £8.50 (C) | £6.30 (C) | £6.30 (C) |
Haverthwaite | 6 | £4.60 | £6.80 | £3.30 | £4.60 |
Grasmere | 555, 599 | £7.40 | £8.50 (C) | £5.60 | £6.30 (C) |
Glenridding (for Ullswater) | 508 | £7.00 | £11.50 (E) | £5.20 | £8.50 (E) |
Keswick | 555 | £10.00 | £11.50 (E) | £7.10 | £8.10 |
Kendal | 555 | £6.70 | £7.30 | £4.90 | £5.80 |
Morecambe | 755 | £10.00 | £11.50 (E) | £6.50 | £8.10 |
Penrith | 508 | £7.40 | £11.50 (E) | £5.60 | £8.40 |
Notes
(B+) Buy a Barrow Day Rider Plus
(E) Buy a One Day North West Explorer
(C) Buy a Central Lakes Dayrider
If you are traveling on more than one bus, a Day ticket normally often offer better value for money, whilst if you are travelling on more than one consecutive day, weekly tickets will offer further savings.
Ticket | Valid | Adult | Child | Concession (*) | Family / Group |
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Central Lakes dayrider | C | £8.50 | £6.30 | £6.30 | £23(g) |
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Barrow Dayrider Plus | B+ | £7.30 | £4.90 | v | -- |
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One Day North West Explorer | EX | £11.50 | £8.50 | £8.50 | £32.70 (g) |
Three Day North West Explorer | EX | £26.00 | £19.00 | v | -- |
Seven Day North West megarider Gold | EX | £29.00 | v | v | £63 (f) |
Notes
C Valid for one days travel to stops as far as Bowness (599, 508, 555, 755) Coniston (505); Dungeon Ghyll (516); Grasmere (555/599); Haverthwaite (6) NOT valid to Kendal, Keswick or Patterdale
B+ Valid on Service 6 to Barrow. Also valid on all Stagecoach services starting in Barrow including Service X6 to Kendal
EX Valid on Stagecoach buses across Cumbria. Also buses to Lancaster, Morecambe and Newcastle
(g) Group Ticket = up to 5 adults/children
(f) Family Ticket = up to 5 people (maximum 2 adults)
(v) Buy an Adult ticket
* For those over 65 who do not hold an English National Concessionary Travel (ENCTS) Pass - or who wish to travel before 9.30am Monday to Friday, when the ENCTS pass is not valid.
If you are linking a rail journey with a bus trip you can purchase a PlusBus added on to rail ticket
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One Day | £7.00 | £3.50 | £4.70 |
Valid on full length of service 599 Also valid on all other services between Grasmere (North) and Ambleside (West) Bowness (South)
Plus Bus tickets are NOT sold on bus, they must be purchased in advance at a rail station or online.
For more information visit the PlusBus website
Stagecoach also work with operators offering lake cruises, to offer joint tickets offering all day bus travel plus a trip on a Lake Cruise.
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Windermere bus and boat |
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A single boat cruises on the red or yellow routes on Windermere | Plus | Central Lakes day Ticket | £13.90 | £8.50 | £34.50 (f) |
A single boat cruises on the red or yellow routes on Windermere | Plus | One Day Explorer | £16.00 | £11.40 | £38.00 (f) |
Coniston bus and boat |
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A boat cruise on either red or yellow boat routes | plus | Central Lakes day Ticket | £13.90 | £8.50 | £31.90 (f) |
A boat cruise on either red or yellow boat routes | plus | One Day Explorer | £17.20 | £11.40 | £34.40 (f) |
Coniston and Brantwood bus and boat |
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A boat cruise on either red or yellow boat routes Plus entry to Brantwood | plus | Central Lakes day Ticket | £20.60 | £8.50 | £43.60 (f) |
A boat cruise on either red or yellow boat routes Plus entry to Brantwood | plus | One Day Explorer | £24.40 | £11.40 | £49 (f) |
Ullswater bus and boat |
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Any boat cruise on Ullswater | plus | One Day Explorer | £16 | £9 | £34 (f4) |
Derwentwater bus and boat |
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Hop on and off Keswick Launch | plus | One Day Explorer | £17.20 | £11.40 | £34 (f) |
Notes
(g) Group Ticket = up to 5 adults/children
(f) Family Ticket = up to 5 people (maximum 2 adults)
(f4) Family Ticket = up to 4 people (maximum 2 adults)
* For those over 65 who do not hold an English National Concessionary Travel (ENCTS) Pass - or who wish to travel before 0930 Monday to Friday, when the ENCTS pass is not valid.
This information was updated in May 2019, but is subject to alteration at short notice
If you spot any errors, or have suggestions for improvements
Please contact us at integrated.transport@cumbria.gov.uk so the information can be updated
