Walks from Appleby station
4 listed hills have a summit within 8 km of the platform at Appleby — the closest is Murton Pike at 5.4 km, the highest Murton Fell at 674 m. Distances are straight lines, not routes: this page tells you a car-free day is possible here, and the planning is still yours.
- Station code
- APP
- Grid reference
- NY686206
- Coordinates
- 54.58035, -2.48669
- Locality
- Appleby-in-Westmorland
- Operator
- Northern Trains
- Entries & exits
- 63,348 · #1,958 of 2,589
- Hills in reach
- 4
Passenger figure is the ORR estimate of all entries and exits, April 2024 to March 2025 — a measure of how busy (or wonderfully quiet) the station is, not of train frequency.
About Appleby station
Appleby station is on the Settle and Carlisle Line, which runs between Carlisle and Leeds via Settle, and serves the market town of Appleby-in-Westmorland in Cumbria, 30 miles 60 chains south-east of Carlisle. It is owned by Network Rail and managed by Northern Trains. The station was formerly known as Appleby West; the older Appleby East station stood nearby on the Eden Valley Railway, and its buildings still survive.
Background written from facts in the Wikipedia article on Appleby railway station (CC BY-SA 4.0). Coordinates and the passenger figure come from NaPTAN and the ORR, not from Wikipedia.
The 4 hills within 8 km
Every hill from our dataset for which Appleby is one of the 3 nearest stations. Follow a name for the full record — heights, prominence, access rights, live summit weather and daylight.
| # | Hill | Height | Classifications | From station | Direction |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Murton Pike | 594 m | Dewey | 5.4 km | NE |
| 2 | Roman Fell | 594 m | Dewey | 6.8 km | E |
| 3 | Brownber Hill | 519 m | Dewey | 7.1 km | N |
| 4 | Murton Fell | 673.6 m | HewittNuttallSimm | 7.7 km | NE |
A hill 8 km away in a straight line can be a much longer day on the ground — and on rural lines the last train home leaves early and some stations are request stops with a handful of services a day. Check live times and facilities for Appleby before you commit, plan the route on a proper map, and give the daylight planner your real finish time.
Hill data from the Database of British & Irish Hills v18.3 (CC BY 4.0). Station position from NaPTAN (Department for Transport, OGL v3.0); passenger estimates from the Office of Rail and Road (OGL v3.0). Distances and bearings computed by OpenFell, summit to platform.
Long-distance paths from this station
2 waymarked long-distance routes pass within 2 km of the station — a made line to follow out of the door, or a way to link this station to the next one down the line.
| Route | Total length | From station |
|---|---|---|
| Dales High Way | 144 km | passes the station |
| Lady Anne's Way | 155 km | passes the station |
Route lines © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL); distance from the station computed by OpenFell.
Daylight here today
- Sunrise
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- Sunset
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- Daylight
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- Civil twilight ends
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Computed astronomically for the station. Walking to a timetable means walking to the light: set your turnaround with the daylight safety planner.
Plan the day
- Walking-time calculator — Naismith with terrain and fitness corrections.
- Access checker — what the land around here allows.
- Kit-list generator — packed for the forecast, not for habit.
- Appleby on National Rail — live departures, facilities, engineering work.
- OS Maps · Google Maps