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Hadrians Wall Path

Trail Facts

Total distance: 84 miles (135km)
Duration: 9 days/8 nights, 7 days walking
Minimum/maximum daily distances: 8 miles (13km)/15 miles (24km)
Season: Start on any day from April to October

Itinerary

Day 1: Travel to Wallsend.

Day 2: Wallsend to Heddon-on-the-Wall. 15 miles (24km).

Day 3: Heddon-on-the-Wall/Wylam to Chollerford. 15 miles (24km).

Day 4: Chollerford to Once Brewed. 12 miles (19km).

Day 5: Once Brewed to Gilsland. 8 miles (13km).

Day 6: Gilsland to Walton. 8 miles (13km).

Day 7: Walton to Carlisle. 11¹/₂ miles (18.5km).

Day 8: Carlisle to Bowness-on-Solway. 14¹/₂ miles (23km).

Day 9: Depart from Bowness-on-Solway.

Extra nights/Rest days

Consider an extra night at Chollerford if you would like to explore Chesters fort in depth. It is an wonderful fort with some outstanding remains including an ornate headquarters building, the commanding officers residence, barrack buildings and military bath-house. The site also has a unique museum that contains some of the finest Roman artefacts to be found anywhere in Britain. The hamlet of Once Brewed is a good choice for a rest day if you want to fully explore the Roman forts of Vindolanda and Housesteads and visit their fascinating museums Many people take an extra night in Carlisle and visit the award winning Tullie House Museum, the 12th century cathedral, the half-timbered guildhall that houses a local history museum and the vast medieval castle, with its ancient chambers, stairways and the dungeons that contain the infamous 'licking stones'. Here, parched Jacobite prisoners found enough moisture to stay alive, only to be brutally executed on Gallows Hill.

What's included?

• 8 nights accommodation in en-suite rooms with private bathrooms (where available) in selected hotels, inns and guesthouses along the trail.
• Full English breakfast.
• Door to door luggage transfer.
• Maps with the route marked on and a guidebook describing the trail.
• An information pack containing an itinerary, instructions on how to find your accommodation each night, town plans, information about facilities and places of interest along the trail and a kit list.
• Detailed travel instructions on how to get to the start of your holiday and back from the end of it.
• Emergency assistance

Travel Information

Detailed instructions on how to get to the start of the holiday and back from the end of it are sent to you on booking. A summary is given below.

Most convenient major city and International airports: Manchester. There is a regular rail service between Manchester airport and Newcastle. The journey takes about 3 hours. From the railway station take the Metro to Wallsend.

Outward journey from London to Wallsend: There is a fast a frequent rail service between London Kings Cross and Newcastle (about 3 hours). From the railway station take the Metro to Wallsend.

Return journey to Londo n at the end of the holiday: Bus from Bowness-on-Solway to Carlisle railway station (25 minutes). Train to London Kings Cross (5 hours 30 minutes).