Walks from Hadfield station
4 listed hills have a summit within 8 km of the platform at Hadfield — the closest is Higher Shelf Stones at 6.6 km, the highest Bleaklow Head at 633 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
- HDF
- Grid reference
- SK024960
- Coordinates
- 53.46074, -1.96532
- Locality
- Hadfield
- Operator
- Northern Trains
- Entries & exits
- 262,940 · #1,231 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 Hadfield station
Hadfield station serves the Peak District town of Hadfield in Derbyshire and is one of two termini at the Derbyshire end of the Glossop Line, the other being Glossop. It was opened by the Sheffield, Ashton-under-Lyne and Manchester Railway in 1844 as a stop on the Woodhead Line between Manchester Store Street and Sheffield Victoria, and is now the eastern terminus for local trains to and from Manchester Piccadilly. Services are operated by Northern Trains.
Background written from facts in the Wikipedia article on Hadfield 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 Hadfield 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 | Higher Shelf Stones | 621.8 m | Nuttall | 6.6 km | E |
| 2 | Mill Hill | 544 m | Dewey | 6.7 km | SE |
| 3 | Black Chew Head | 542 m | DeweyCurrent County/UA Top | 6.8 km | NE |
| 4 | Bleaklow Head | 633 m | HewittNuttallHuMP+1 | 7 km | E |
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 Hadfield 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Trans-Pennine Trail | 426 km | 0.6 km |
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.
- Hadfield on National Rail — live departures, facilities, engineering work.
- OS Maps · Google Maps