Ponsonby Fell
Ponsonby Fell is a hill in the west of the English Lake District, near Gosforth, in Cumberland, Cumbria. It is the subject of a chapter of Wainwright's book The Outlying Fells of Lakeland. It reaches 1,020 feet (310 m), and Wainwright's route is an anticlockwise horseshoe starting at Gosforth, following the River Bleng before striking north for the summit, then descending to Wellington from where he recommends taking a bus back to Gosforth rather than walk along the A595 road.
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Stations within 10 miles of Ponsonby Fell, nearest first. Walking distances are estimates from the straight-line distance and the type of ground, not a measured route. Check a map before you set off. Times use Naismith's rule and don't include stops.
- Sellafield4.4 mi (about 5.5 to 6.5 mi on foot) · 2.5 hours1 in 20 on average to the summitSilver walking rating
- Seascale4.6 mi (about 6 to 6.5 mi on foot) · 2.5 hours1 in 25 on average to the summitSilver walking rating
- Braystones5.1 mi (about 6.5 to 7.5 mi on foot) · 2.5 to 3 hours to the summitSilver walking rating
- Drigg5.2 mi (about 6.5 to 7.5 mi on foot) · 2.5 to 3 hours to the summitSilver walking rating
- Nethertown6.0 mi (about 8 to 8.5 mi on foot) · 3 to 3.5 hours to the summitSilver walking rating
- Ravenglass6.6 mi (about 8.5 to 9.5 mi on foot) · 3.5 to 4 hours to the summitSilver walking rating
- St Bees7.6 mi (about 10 to 11 mi on foot) · 4.5 hours1 in 20 on average to the summitSilver walking rating
- Corkickle9.2 mi (about 12 to 13.5 mi on foot) · 5 to 5.5 hours1 in 23 on average to the summitSilver walking rating
- Whitehaven9.9 mi (about 13 to 14.5 mi on foot) · 5.5 to 6 hours1 in 22 on average to the summitBronze walking rating