81 Lancaster to Kirkby Lonsdale via Beaumont, Melling
Operated by Lonsdale Buses. Registered as running via Caton, Brookhouse, Hornby. First bus 06:00, last bus 20:15. 19 journeys on weekdays. Today, a Sunday: first 10:15, last 18:15. Fares: adult single £2.20 to £3.00 — more.
Wanted a different 81? 37 other bus routes are numbered 81 elsewhere in the UK — see every 81 bus timetable by area.
| Stop | 10:15 | 12:15 | 14:15 | 16:15 | 18:15 to Institute | 18:44 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ripley St Thomas CEHS (by) | · | · | · | · | · | · |
| Royal Grammar School (opp) | · | · | · | · | · | · |
| Bus Station (Stand 14) | 10:15 | 12:15 | 14:15 | 16:15 | 18:15 | · |
| Langdale Rd (by) | · | · | · | · | · | · |
| Lancaster Business Park (o/s) | · | · | · | · | · | · |
| Green Lane (by) | 10:22 | 12:22 | 14:22 | 16:22 | 18:22 | · |
| Community Centre (by) | 10:27 | 12:27 | 14:27 | 16:27 | 18:27 | · |
| Station Hotel (o/s) | 10:33 | 12:33 | 14:33 | 16:33 | 18:33 | · |
| Black Bull (opp) | 10:36 | 12:36 | 14:36 | 16:36 | 18:36 | · |
| Swimming Pool (o/s) | 10:44 | 12:44 | 14:44 | 16:44 | 18:44 | · |
| Institute (by) | 10:45 | 12:45 | 14:45 | 16:45 | 18:44 | 18:44 |
| Police House (o/s) | 10:49 | 12:49 | 14:49 | 16:49 | · | 18:46 |
| Wennington Station (opp) | 10:53 | 12:53 | 14:53 | 16:53 | · | 18:50 |
| Gillison Close (opp) | 10:56 | 12:56 | 14:56 | 16:56 | · | 18:53 |
| Lunesdale Arms (by) | 10:59 | 12:59 | 14:59 | 16:59 | · | 18:56 |
| The Highwayman (opp) | 11:01 | 13:01 | 15:01 | 17:01 | · | 18:58 |
| Kirkby Lonsdale Booth's (o/s) | 11:08 | 13:08 | 15:08 | 17:08 | · | 19:05 |
Each column is one journey, headed by the time it sets off; one that finishes short of the usual end says where ("to …") — not every journey on this route runs the whole way. A · means that journey does not stop there. Times are shown at the route's main timing stops — buses serve all stops in between. Switch a table to All stops for every stop it calls at, or open a stop's own page for live departures there.
Fares on the 81
Adult single £2.20 to £3.00 · Adult return £2.70 to £8.30 · Child single £0.90 to £3.00 · Child return £2.20 to £5.60
Adult single fare table, stage to stage
| £3.00 | Lancaster Holiday Inn 217 | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| – | – | Skerton 320 | ||||||||||||||
| £3.00 | £3.00 | £2.20 | Halton 145 | |||||||||||||
| £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | – | Caton 67 | ||||||||||||
| £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | – | – | Brookhouse 44 | |||||||||||
| £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | – | – | Claughton 79 | ||||||||||
| £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | – | Hornby 170 | |||||||||
| £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | – | – | Wray 380 | ||||||||
| £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | – | Wennington 366 | |||||||
| £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | – | – | Melling 247 | ||||||
| £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | Burrow 49 | |||||
| £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | – | Kirkby Lonsdale 196 | ||||
| £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | – | – | – | – | Tunstall362 | |||
| £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | – | – | – | £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | Farleton Lane End 105 | ||
| £2.40 | £3.00 | £1.10 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | Lancaster Bus Station 209 | |
| £3.00 | £2.40 | – | £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £2.40 | Newton Estate 274 |
Read along the row of the stage you travel to, to the column below the stage you board at; the first stage is Ripley St Thomas CEHS 298.
Kirkby Lonsdale Coaches' published fares on the Bus Open Data Service, in force from 2 October 2026. A fare stage is a group of neighbouring stops that are priced the same. Fares change — check with Lonsdale Buses before you travel.
Tickets on the 81
Lonsdale Buses publishes singles and day returns on this route for adults, children, older passengers and school pupils.
Week Adult Return · Week Child Return · Day Ticket · A2B Return · A2B Single
…and 19 more tickets on this route.
Ticket types come from Lonsdale Buses' own fares data on the Bus Open Data Service, last updated 2 October 2026. Prices for singles and returns are under Fares above; for the others, check with Lonsdale Buses.
Christmas & bank holidays
These dates are not the usual timetable for the day they fall on. They come from the operator’s published data, which for Christmas and New Year is often late or incomplete, so check with Lonsdale Buses before you travel. Everything above is an ordinary week.
Not published yet: Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, Boxing Day, 28 December, New Year's Eve and New Year's Day. Operators often publish festive timetables only a few weeks ahead, so check again nearer the date.
Route map
All stops on route 81
81 towards Kirkby Lonsdale
All 56 stops
- Ripley St Thomas CEHS (by) Lancaster City Centre
- Royal Grammar School (opp) Freehold
- Bus Station (Stand 14) Lancaster City Centre
- Skerton Bridge (opp) Lancaster City Centre
- Langdale Road Shops (by) Newton
- Langdale Rd (by) Lansil
- Lansil Way (opp) Lansil
- Lancaster Business Park (o/s) Caton Road
- Daisy Street (opp) Skerton
- Green Lane (by) Beaumont
- Kellet Lane (opp) Beaumont
- Halton Camp (by) Halton
- War Memorial (by) Halton
- Greyhound Hotel (by) Halton
- Community Centre (by) Halton
- Forgewood Drive (opp) Halton
- Lune Bridge (Adj) Caton
- Quernmore Road (opp) Caton
- Station Hotel (o/s) Caton
- Lane House (opp) Brookhouse
- Four Winds (by) Brookhouse
- Black Bull (opp) Brookhouse
- Kirkbeck Close (by) Brookhouse
- Caton Green Road (by) Brookhouse
- Nursing Home (by) Brookhouse
- Brickworks (by) Claughton
- Meadowside (by) Claughton
- Fenwick Arms (o/s) Claughton
- Farleton Old Road (opp) Farleton
- Lunesdale Court (by) Butt Yeats
- Ingleborough View (opp) Butt Yeats
- Day Nursery (by) Hornby
- Wenning Stores (by) Hornby
- War Memorial (opp) Hornby
- St Margarets CEPS (opp) Hornby
- Swimming Pool (o/s) Hornby
- Royal Oak (o/s) Hornby
- War Memorial (o/s) Hornby
- Institute (by) Hornby
- Ingleborough View (by) Butt Yeats
- New Inn (opp) Wray
- Police House (o/s) Wray
- Bridge Inn (o/s) Tatham
- Wennington Station (opp) Wennington
- Nether View (by) Wennington
- St Wilfrid CEPS (opp) Melling
- Gillison Close (opp) Melling
- Station Cottages (by) Melling
- Road End (opp) Wrayton
- Lunesdale Arms (by) Tunstall
- The Highwayman (opp) Nether Burrow
- Lunefield Drive (opp) Kirkby Lonsdale
- New Road (on) Kirkby Lonsdale
- Queen Elizabeth School (o/s) Kirkby Lonsdale
- Market Place (at) Kirkby Lonsdale
- Kirkby Lonsdale Booth's (o/s) Kirkby Lonsdale
81 towards Lancaster
All 68 stops
- Kirkby Lonsdale Booth's (o/s) Kirkby Lonsdale
- Market Place (at) Kirkby Lonsdale
- Lunefield Drive (at) Kirkby Lonsdale
- Lunefield Drive (opp) Kirkby Lonsdale
- The Highwayman (by) Nether Burrow
- Lunesdale Arms (by) Tunstall
- Lunesdale Arms (opp) Tunstall
- Road End (opp) Wrayton
- Road End (by) Wrayton
- Station Cottages (by) Melling
- Gillison Close (by) Melling
- Nether View (by) Wennington
- Wennington Station (by) Wennington
- Raw Ridding Farm (by) Tatham
- Tatham Hall (by) Tatham
- Proctors Farm (opp) Wray
- New Inn (o/s) Wray
- Ingleborough View (opp) Butt Yeats
- Wenning Stores (by) Hornby
- War Memorial (opp) Hornby
- St Margarets CEPS (opp) Hornby
- Swimming Pool (o/s) Hornby
- Royal Oak (o/s) Hornby
- War Memorial (o/s) Hornby
- Institute (by) Hornby
- Day Nursery (by) Hornby
- Lunesdale Court (by) Butt Yeats
- Farleton Old Road (opp) Farleton
- Ingleborough View (by) Butt Yeats
- Lunesdale Court (opp) Butt Yeats
- Farleton Old Road (by) Farleton
- Fenwick Arms (opp) Claughton
- Meadowside (opp) Claughton
- Fenwick Arms (o/s) Claughton
- Brickworks (opp) Claughton
- Nursing Home (by) Brookhouse
- Nursing Home (opp) Brookhouse
- Caton Green Road (adj) Brookhouse
- Kirkbeck Close (opp) Brookhouse
- Black Bull (by) Brookhouse
- Four Winds (opp) Brookhouse
- Lane House (opp) Brookhouse
- Copy Lane (by) Caton
- Station Hotel (opp) Caton
- Quernmore Road (by) Caton
- Lune Bridge (By) Caton
- Lune Bridge (Adj) Caton
- Forgewood Drive (opp) Halton
- Community Centre (opp) Halton
- War Memorial (opp) Halton
- Training Camp (by) Halton
- Green Lane (opp) Beaumont
- Aldrens Lane (by) Skerton
- Skerton Bridge (opp) Lancaster City Centre
- Halton Camp (by) Halton
- Bay Gateway (adj) Halton
- Lancaster Business Park (o/s) Caton Road
- Business Park (opp) Caton Road
- Riverside Park (by) Lansil
- Aqueduct (by) Lansil
- Langdale Rd (by) Lansil
- Grizedale Road (by) Newton
- Scafell Road (opp) Newton
- Langdale Road Shops (by) Newton
- Sainsburys (opp) Lancaster City Centre
- Bus Station (Stand 14) Lancaster City Centre
- Royal Grammar School (o/s) Freehold
- Ripley St Thomas CEHS (by) Lancaster City Centre
Service registration & registered changes
- Service change effective 4 May 2026 To amend Timetable.
- Service change effective 13 June 2022 To amend Route, Stopping Places and Timetable.
- Expired effective 20 July 2020 To amend Timetable.
- Service change effective 6 April 2020 To amend Timetable.
- Expired effective 30 March 2020 To amend Timetable.
From official Traffic Commissioner registrations. Registration PC1016989/60 · Changes in Cumbria County Council · All service changes →
Towns & areas on this route
Frequently asked questions
What time is the first 81 bus?
The first 81 departure on weekdays leaves at 06:00 (check the full timetable below for your stop, as times vary along the route — weekend times can differ).
What time is the last 81 bus?
The last 81 on weekdays leaves its first stop at 20:15. Always check the timetable for your specific stop — later stops are reached after this time.
How much does the 81 bus cost?
Lonsdale Buses' published fares on the 81: adult single £2.20 to £3.00, adult return £2.70 to £8.30, child single £0.90 to £3.00, child return £2.20 to £5.60. The 81 is confirmed by GOV.UK as part of the national fare cap, so a single costs at most £3 until 31 December 2026, then £2 from 1 January 2027. Lonsdale Buses day and weekly tickets can work out cheaper if you travel more than twice a day.
Who runs the 81 bus?
The 81 is operated by Lonsdale Buses.
Timetable data from Lonsdale Buses via the DfT Bus Open Data Service (North West England feed). Lonsdale Buses last updated their Bus Open Data publications on 3 July 2026. Registered with the Traffic Commissioner as PC1016989/60. Check before you travel — services can change at short notice.