Fact File

Independent Trails: Fact File HWP1

Hadrian's Wall Path ~ Wallsend to Bowness-on-Solway

Trail Facts

Total distance: 84 miles (135km)
Duration: 6 nights, 5 days walking
Minimum/maximum daily distances: 12 miles (19 km)/21 miles (33.5 km)
Season: All year
Starting point of holiday: Wallsend
End of holiday: Bowness-on-Solway
Code: HWP1

Itinerary

Day 1: Travel to Wallsend.

Day 2: Wallsend to Wallhouses              17 miles (27 km)

Day 3: Wallhouses to Chollerford            12 miles (19 km)

Day 4: Chollerford to Gilsland                  21 miles (33.5 km)

Day 5: Gilsland to Carlisle                      18½ miles (30 km)

Day 6: Carlisle to Bowness-on-Solway     14¹/₂ miles (23 km).

Day 7: 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 a 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. 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?

6 nights accommodation in en-suite rooms with private bathrooms (where available) in selected hotels, inns and guesthouses along the trail.
Breakfast each day.
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: Newcastle (from the airport it is short ride on the Metro to Wallsend) or 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).