Getting to the Lake District fells

By train

Can I get to the fells by train? Yes, to the edge of them. No railway crosses the fells, so the last part of the trip is a bus, a boat or your own feet, and the station you arrive at decides which fells are close.

• The Lake District by train the whole guide: stations, trains and the walks from them
• Pick your station by where you want to walk
• Get there from your city the trains and how long they take
• Off the train what meets it, and what you can walk to
• Walks that fit with a bus back to the station
• The train home the last trains back

By bus

The buses link the towns, the stations and the valleys, and many walks start near a stop. The routes, the stops and their timetables are on the bus pages.

• Lake District buses how the routes connect, every route and every stop
• The bus map which fells you can reach car-free, on a map

By car, and where to park

Most walks start from a car park. The parking pages say who runs each one and whether it charges, when people have arrived at the National Park's own car parks, and what to do if yours is full.

• The parking map every place to leave a car for a walk, and who charges
• Lake District car parks the National Park's car parks, one page each
• How early do you need to be there? when people actually arrive
• Plan B for a full car park where to go instead
• Considerate parking verges, gateways and passing places

On the way

• The A66 and M6 works whether they stop you getting to the Lakes
• The last petrol before Wasdale fuel, shops and cash
• Charge while you climb where you could charge an electric car on a walk

By boat

Some lakes have a scheduled boat that lands near the start of a walk, and some have none. The boat page says which is which, who runs each one and where it lands.

• The Lake District by boat which lakes have a boat you can walk from

By bike

We do not publish cycle routes of our own. These official and charity pages do.

• Lake District National Park (opens in new tab) cycling in the National Park
• National Trust (opens in new tab) the Langdale Valley Cycle Trail
• Visit Keswick (opens in new tab) cycling routes around Keswick
• Cycling UK (opens in new tab) family-friendly routes in the Lake District
• Walk Wheel Cycle Trust (opens in new tab) the National Cycle Network

Bringing a bike on the train? Each train company sets its own rules, so check theirs before you travel: Northern (opens in new tab), Avanti West Coast (opens in new tab) and TransPennine Express (opens in new tab).

Links checked 20 October 2026.

Getting home

Nothing on this site plans the whole way home yet. What it has is below; check the operator's own times on the day.

• The train home the last trains back, on the by-train page
• Walks that get you back for the bus to the station, on the same page
• Your stop's timetable find the stop on the bus pages

Without a car

Whole days that need no car at all, and the fells a bus gets you to.

• Two car-free days from Keswick the launch to Catbells, and the bus to Rosthwaite
• Two car-free days from Ambleside Wansfell Pike from the door, and the bus to Coniston
• Fells you can climb by bus summits with a stop near the start