Kirkby Stephen railway station
Kirkby Stephen is a railway station in Cumbria, England, on the Settle and Carlisle Line, which runs between Carlisle and Leeds via Settle. The station is situated 1.5 miles south-west of the market town of Kirkby Stephen, just within the civil parish of Wharton, and also serves the nearby villages of Newbiggin-on-Lune and Ravenstonedale.- Type: Railway station
- Description: railway station in Kirkby Stephen, Eden, Cumbria, England, UK
- Also known as: “Kirkby Stephen and Ravenstonedale”, “Kirkby Stephen Station”, “Kirkby Stephen West”, and “KSW”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Kirkby Stephen East railway station and Wharton Hall.
Kirkby Stephen East railway station
Railway station
Wharton Hall
Building
Wharton Hall in Wharton, Cumbria, England, is a medieval fortified manor house. Wharton Hall is situated 3,200 feet southeast of Kirkby Stephen railway station.
Devil’s Grinding Mill
The Devil's Grinding Mill, sometimes known as the Devil's Hole, is part of The Angel's Drainpipe, a partially collapsed cave system on the River Eden in England, which forms dramatic gorges and natural arches. Devil’s Grinding Mill is situated 1 mile northeast of Kirkby Stephen railway station.Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kirkby Stephen and Smardale.
Kirkby Stephen
Town
Kirkby Stephen is a market town and civil parish in Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, England. It lies on the A685 and is surrounded by sparsely populated hill country, about 25 miles from the nearest larger towns, Kendal and Penrith.
Smardale
Hamlet
Smardale is a small village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Waitby, in the Westmorland and Furness district, in Cumbria, England. In 1891 the parish had a population of 36. Smardale is situated 1½ miles northwest of Kirkby Stephen railway station.
Ravenstonedale
Village
Ravenstonedale is a village and large civil parish in Cumbria, on the watershed between the River Lune and River Eden. The village lies 4 miles south west of Kirkby Stephen. Ravenstonedale is situated 3 miles southwest of Kirkby Stephen railway station.
Kirkby Stephen railway station
- Category: transportation
- Location: Wharton, Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, North West England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
54.45491° or 54° 27′ 18″ north
Longitude
-2.3687° or 2° 22′ 7″ west
Elevation
860 feet (262 metres)
Operator
Network
Abbreviation
“KSW”
Open location code
9C6VFJ3J+XG
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
railway=station
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Urdu—“Kirkby Stephen railway station” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “station Kirkby Stephen”
- Dutch: “Station Kirkby Stephen”
- Egyptian Arabic: “محطة كيركبى ستيفين”
- French: “gare de Kirkby Stephen”
- French: “Kirkby Stephen”
- Urdu: “کرکبی اسٹیفن ریلوے اسٹیشن”
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