Walks from Kirkby-In-Furness station
3 listed hills have a summit within 8 km of the platform at Kirkby-In-Furness — the closest is Burney at 4.7 km, the highest Burney at 298 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
- KBF
- Grid reference
- SD227825
- Coordinates
- 54.23271, -3.18738
- Locality
- Kirkby in Furness
- Operator
- Northern Trains
- Entries & exits
- 22,706 · #2,253 of 2,589
- Hills in reach
- 3
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 Kirkby-In-Furness station
Kirkby-in-Furness is a stop on the Cumbrian Coast Line between Carlisle and Barrow-in-Furness, 9¼ miles north of Barrow, serving the village of Kirkby-in-Furness. It is owned by Network Rail and managed by Northern Trains.
The name Kirkby-in-Furness did not exist before the railway. The village is an amalgamation of six smaller villages and hamlets, and the name was chosen almost at random by the train company for the station, eventually being adopted for the settlement itself. In Victorian times the station gained fame for having the longest platform seat in the country, though it was removed many years ago.
Background written from facts in the Wikipedia article on Kirkby-in-Furness railway station (CC BY-SA 4.0). Coordinates and the passenger figure come from NaPTAN and the ORR, not from Wikipedia.
The 3 hills within 8 km
Every hill from our dataset for which Kirkby-In-Furness 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 | Burney | 298 m | Wainwright Outlying FellHuMP | 4.7 km | NE |
| 2 | Blawith Knott | 248 m | Wainwright Outlying Fell | 6.7 km | NE |
| 3 | Tottlebank Height | 236 m | Wainwright Outlying Fell | 7.3 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 Kirkby-In-Furness 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.
- Kirkby-In-Furness on National Rail — live departures, facilities, engineering work.
- OS Maps · Google Maps