As I write, we're approaching the end of the first week of the Community Rail Network's 2023 "days out by rail" campaign. The theme for week one is "wonderful walks", so I thought I would share 12 of my favourite walks that you can do straight from the station platform.
Matterhorn Rock and the Coniston Fells
Lakeland from home: Walkden and Little Hulton's Lake District streets
Some Like It Knott: visiting Arnside to climb England's Lowest Marilyn
A short walk to Taylor Gill Force
The 140 foot plunge of Taylor Gill Force nestles in a ravine on the lower slopes of Base Brown. You can see it from the path from Seathwaite to Styhead Tarn - one of the most common routes to Scafell Pike - but to get a proper look, you need to take the parallel path on the northern side of the infant River Derwent.