Walks from Chapel-En-Le-Frith station
4 listed hills have a summit within 8 km of the platform at Chapel-En-Le-Frith — the closest is Black Edge at 2.4 km, the highest Brown Knoll at 569 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
- CEF
- Grid reference
- SK055794
- Coordinates
- 53.31223, -1.91876
- Locality
- Chapel en le Frith
- Operator
- Northern Trains
- Entries & exits
- 77,786 · #1,872 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 Chapel-En-Le-Frith station
Chapel-en-le-Frith station, formerly Chapel-en-le-Frith South, serves the Peak District town of Chapel-en-le-Frith in Derbyshire. It sits on the Buxton Line, 20½ miles south-east of Manchester Piccadilly, and its services are operated by Northern Trains.
Background written from facts in the Wikipedia article on Chapel-en-le-Frith 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 Chapel-En-Le-Frith 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 | Black Edge | 506.7 m | Dewey | 2.4 km | S |
| 2 | Combs Head | 503 m | Dewey | 4 km | S |
| 3 | Brown Knoll | 569 m | Dewey | 6.3 km | NE |
| 4 | Cats Tor | 522 m | Dewey | 7 km | SW |
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 Chapel-En-Le-Frith 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.
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.
- Chapel-En-Le-Frith on National Rail — live departures, facilities, engineering work.
- OS Maps · Google Maps