Walks from Ravenglass for Eskdale station
10 listed hills have a summit within 8 km of the platform at Ravenglass for Eskdale — the closest is Muncaster Fell - Hooker Crag at 3.2 km, the highest Burn Moor at 543 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
- RAV
- Grid reference
- SD085964
- Coordinates
- 54.35571, -3.40881
- Locality
- Ravenglass
- Operator
- Northern Trains
- Entries & exits
- 38,812 · #2,132 of 2,589
- Hills in reach
- 10
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 Ravenglass for Eskdale station
Ravenglass for Eskdale is a stop on the Cumbrian Coast Line between Carlisle and Barrow-in-Furness, 29¼ miles north-west of Barrow, serving the village of Ravenglass. The Ravenglass and Eskdale Railway runs its own platforms and services alongside the National Rail station, with the two parts separated by the station's car park. The National Rail station is owned by Network Rail and managed by Northern Trains, who provide all passenger train services.
The name has been through several changes. Originally plain Ravenglass, it was lengthened to Ravenglass for Eskdale, then renamed back to Ravenglass on 6 May 1974. Under First North Western in the early part of this century it reverted to Ravenglass for Eskdale, until Northern Rail rebranded the signage in 2007 and the suffix was lost once more.
Background written from facts in the Wikipedia article on Ravenglass railway station (CC BY-SA 4.0). Coordinates and the passenger figure come from NaPTAN and the ORR, not from Wikipedia.
The 10 hills within 8 km
Every hill from our dataset for which Ravenglass for Eskdale 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 | Muncaster Fell - Hooker Crag | 231.4 m | Wainwright Outlying FellFellranger | 3.2 km | NE |
| 2 | The Knott (Stainton Fell) | 331 m | Wainwright Outlying FellBirkettSynge | 6 km | E |
| 3 | Irton Pike | 229 m | Wainwright Outlying Fell | 6.2 km | NE |
| 4 | White Pike (Birkby Fell) | 442 m | Wainwright Outlying FellBirkettSynge | 6.6 km | E |
| 5 | Water Crag | 305 m | Wainwright Outlying FellBirkettSynge | 6.9 km | E |
| 6 | Stainton Pike | 498 m | Wainwright Outlying FellBirkettSynge+1 | 7.1 km | E |
| 7 | Yoadcastle | 494 m | Wainwright Outlying FellBirkettSynge+1 | 7.2 km | E |
| 8 | Woodend Height | 489 m | Wainwright Outlying FellBirkettSynge | 7.2 km | E |
| 9 | Burn Moor | 543 m | Wainwright Outlying FellBirkettSynge | 7.7 km | SE |
| 10 | Rough Crag (Birker Moor) | 319 m | Wainwright Outlying FellBirkettSynge | 7.7 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 Ravenglass for Eskdale 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 |
|---|---|---|
| King Charles III England Coast Path | 2282 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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- 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.
- Ravenglass for Eskdale on National Rail — live departures, facilities, engineering work.
- OS Maps · Google Maps