Walks from Grange-Over-Sands station
5 listed hills have a summit within 8 km of the platform at Grange-Over-Sands — the closest is Hampsfell (Wainwright summit) at 1.8 km, the highest Newton Fell North at 237 m. Distances are straight lines, not routes: this page tells you a car-free day is possible here, and the planning is still yours.
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- Station code
- GOS
- Grid reference
- SD412781
- Coordinates
- 54.19572, -2.90275
- Locality
- Grange-over-Sands
- Operator
- Northern Trains
- Entries & exits
- 154,568 · #1,537 of 2,589
- Hills in reach
- 5
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 Grange-Over-Sands station
Grange-over-Sands station is on the Furness Line between Barrow-in-Furness and Lancaster, 15½ miles north-west of Lancaster. It serves the town of Grange-over-Sands in Cumbria, and is owned by Network Rail and managed by Northern Trains.
Background written from facts in the Wikipedia article on Grange-over-Sands railway station (CC BY-SA 4.0). Coordinates and the passenger figure come from NaPTAN and the ORR, not from Wikipedia.
The 5 hills within 8 km
Every hill from our dataset for which Grange-Over-Sands 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 | Hampsfell (Wainwright summit) | 220 m | Wainwright Outlying Fell | 1.8 km | NW |
| 2 | Newton Fell South | 177 m | Wainwright Outlying Fell | 3.4 km | N |
| 3 | Humphrey Head | 53 m | Wainwright Outlying Fell | 4.7 km | SW |
| 4 | Newton Fell North | 237 m | Wainwright Outlying Fell | 6.4 km | N |
| 5 | Bigland Barrow | 193 m | Wainwright Outlying Fell | 7.6 km | NW |
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 Grange-Over-Sands 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
One waymarked long-distance route passes 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Cumbria Coastal Way | 108 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.
- Grange-Over-Sands on National Rail — live departures, facilities, engineering work.
- OS Maps · Google Maps