
Ashton-under-Lyne Rail Station
- Canal
- River
- Peaks nearby
- 30
- highest 99m
- Walking routes
- 22
- within 10 miles
What's on the doorstep
Huddersfield Narrow CanalCanal · 0.4 mi (about 0.5 mi on foot)
River Tame (Greater Manchester)River · 0.4 mi (about 0.5 mi on foot)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.
About Ashton-under-Lyne Rail Station
Ashton-under-Lyne, also known as Ashton, is a market town in the Metropolitan Borough of Tameside, Greater Manchester, England. Its population was 48,604 at the 2021 census. Historically a part of Lancashire, it is located on the north bank of the river Tame, in the foothills of the Pennines and 6 miles (9.7 km) east of Manchester.
Hills, trails and walks from the platform
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.
| Hough Hill | 244m | 2.2 mi (about 3 mi on foot) |
| Luzley Brows | 273m | 2.3 mi (about 3 to 3.5 mi on foot) |
| Holly Bank | 308m | 2.8 mi (about 3.5 to 4 mi on foot) |
| Quick Edge | 294m | 3.2 mi (about 4 to 4.5 mi on foot) |
| Wild Bank Hill [Hollingworthhall Moor] | 399m | 3.2 mi (about 4 to 4.5 mi on foot) |
| Pennine Bridleway ↗ | 206.0 mi | 3.0 mi |
| Pennine Way ↗ | 270.6 mi | 7.3 mi |
Route data © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL – coverage and route quality vary by area.
| Cheshire Ring Canal Walk ↗ | 95.3 mi | 0.6 mi |
| Oldham Way ↗Local | 42.6 mi | 1.3 mi |
| Tameside Trail (West - Broadbottom to Mossley) ↗Local | 23.7 mi | 1.3 mi |
| Medlock Valley Way ↗ | 4.8 mi | 1.6 mi |
| Tameside Trail (East - Broadbottom to Mossley) ↗Local | 9.4 mi | 3.1 mi |







