Walks from Horton-In-Ribblesdale station
9 listed hills have a summit within 8 km of the platform at Horton-In-Ribblesdale — the closest is Pen-y-ghent at 3.5 km, the highest Ingleborough at 723 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
- HIR
- Grid reference
- SD803726
- Coordinates
- 54.14939, -2.30203
- Locality
- Horton in Ribblesdale
- Operator
- Northern Trains
- Entries & exits
- 23,176 · #2,247 of 2,589
- Hills in reach
- 9
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 Horton-In-Ribblesdale station
Horton-in-Ribblesdale station is on the Settle and Carlisle Line between Carlisle and Leeds via Settle, 47 miles 40 chains north-west of Leeds. It serves the village of Horton-in-Ribblesdale in North Yorkshire, and is owned by Network Rail and managed by Northern.
Background written from facts in the Wikipedia article on Horton-in-Ribblesdale railway station (CC BY-SA 4.0). Coordinates and the passenger figure come from NaPTAN and the ORR, not from Wikipedia.
The 9 hills within 8 km
Every hill from our dataset for which Horton-In-Ribblesdale 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 | Pen-y-ghent | 694.1 m | HewittNuttallMarilyn+2 | 3.5 km | E |
| 2 | Plover Hill | 679.9 m | HewittNuttallSimm | 5.2 km | NE |
| 3 | Simon Fell | 649 m | HewittNuttallSimm | 5.5 km | NW |
| 4 | Park Fell | 564 m | Dewey | 6 km | NW |
| 5 | Fountains Fell | 667.8 m | HewittNuttallMarilyn+2 | 6.1 km | E |
| 6 | Ingleborough | 723.3 m | HewittNuttallTrail 100+3 | 6.5 km | W |
| 7 | Blaydike Moss | 510 m | Dewey | 6.7 km | NE |
| 8 | Fountains Fell South Top | 663.4 m | Nuttall | 6.8 km | E |
| 9 | High Green Field Knott | 603.2 m | DeweySimm | 7.2 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 Horton-In-Ribblesdale 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
3 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Three Peaks Walk | 38 km | passes the station |
| Ribble Way | 113 km | passes the station |
| Pennine Way | 411 km | 0.4 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.
- Horton-In-Ribblesdale on National Rail — live departures, facilities, engineering work.
- OS Maps · Google Maps