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Photo of South Tynedale Railway, a visitor attraction near Alston in the North Pennines, Northumberland, north east England.

South Tynedale Railway© James T M Towill / Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Places to explore near Alston StationAlston

Alston Station sits inside the North Pennines National Landscape. 36 places within 10 km — the standouts first, nearest first within each group.

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Worth the tripnational icons and local highlights within reach

Photo along the Pennine Way, a 268-mile National Trail running from Edale to Kirk Yetholm, England and Scotland.Highlight

Pennine Way

National Trail

The first and toughest of them all — 268 miles along England's rocky spine from the Peak to the Cheviots.

0.3 km SW · spans 8 counties

Photo of Alston, a village in the North Pennines, Cumbria, north west England.Highlight

Alston

Village

England's highest market town, a steep cobbled street of stone houses in the North Pennines and terminus of a narrow-gauge line.

0.5 km S · Cumbria

Photo of South Tynedale Railway, a visitor attraction near Alston in the North Pennines, Northumberland, north east England.Highlight

South Tynedale Railway

Attraction near Alston

The highest narrow-gauge railway in England, winding from Alston up the South Tyne valley through the North Pennines.

3.5 km NW

Photo of Nenthead Mines, a visitor attraction in the North Pennines, Cumbria, north west England.Highlight

Nenthead Mines

Attraction near Nenthead

A restored North Pennine lead-mining landscape high above Nenthead, with underground trips and a heritage centre.

7.5 km SE

Photo of Ashgill Force, a waterfall near Garrigill in the North Pennines, Cumbria, north west England.Highlight

Ashgill Force

Waterfall near Garrigill

A wide North Pennine waterfall near Garrigill with a path leading behind the curtain of water.

7.5 km SE

Also nearbygood places nearby, nearest first

Photo along the Isaac's Tea Trail, a 36-mile long-distance path in England.

Isaac's Tea Trail

Long-distance path

A North Pennines round from Allendale in the footsteps of Isaac Holden, the lead miner turned tea seller who fundraised village to village.

0.2 km SE · Northumberland & Cumbria

The Kirkstyle Inn

Gastropub · With rooms near Slaggyford

Remote South Tyne Valley inn with four rooms, singled out by NatGeo for its food.

7 km NW

Nenthead

Village

One of England's highest villages, a former lead-mining settlement high in the Pennines with mines open to visitors.

7.6 km SE · Cumbria

Everything else within 10 km (28) — reserves, earthworks & places to check before travelling

Ordered by how far each place is worth travelling for, then by distance. Distances are straight-line to the nearest edge of each place — paths wind, of course.