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Introduction
Contents
Sample Route
Availability
Reprinted
Cover
Paperback - PVC
Published
14 Oct 2010
Edition
Second
ISBN
9781852843922
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ISBN (10)
1852843926
Size
17.2 x 11.6 x 1.8cm
Weight
340g
Pages
256
No. Maps
32
No. Photos
126
Originally Published
1 Jul 2004

Hadrian's Wall Path

Two-way national trail description by Mark Richards

A handy guidebook for anyone planning to walk Hadrians Wall Path. This 84-mile National Trail route typically takes a week to walk, and is described in both directions. A World Heritage Site, Hadrian's Wall runs as close as possible to the course of the wall, on its route between Bowness-on-Solway and Wallsend in Newcastle. More...

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Seasons

Year-round walking, although the useful bus service only operates during the summer months.

Centres

Bowness-on-Solway, Carlisle, Haltwhistle, Chollerford, Corbridge and Newcastle all make good Read More... centres.

Difficulty

Easy walking.

Must See

The central section of Housesteads and Vindolanda between Chollerford and Haltwistle.
 
 

BOOKS (* choose at least one of these to take with you on your walk)


*Bedoyere, Guy de la, Hadrian’s Wall: History and Guide, Tempus, 1998

Bidwell, Paul, Hadrian’s Wall 1989–99, South Shields, 1999

* Breeze, David J.and Dobson, Brian, Hadrian’s Wall, 5th ed, Penguin, 2004

Crow, James, Books of Housesteads, English Heritage/Batsford, 1995

Crow, James and Woodside, Robert, Hadrian’s Wall, An Historical Landscape, National Trust, 1999

Davies, Hunter, A Walk along the Wall, Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1984

Embleton, Ronald, Hadrian’s Wall in the Days of the Romans, Frank Graham, 1984

Hutton, William, The First Man to Walk Hadrian’s Wall, 1802, Frank Graham, 1990

* Johnson, Stephen, Hadrian’s Wall, Batsford/English Heritage, 1989

McCarthy, Mike, Roman Carlisle and the Lands of the Solway, Tempus, 2002

Wilmott, Tony, Birdoswald Roman Fort: 1800 years on Hadrian’s Wall, Tempus, 2001

The Essential Guide to Hadrian’s Wall Path, Hadrian’s Wall Path Trust, annually updated

The Roman Ring, Shepherds Walks, defining the Hadrian’s Wall Conservation Corridor – visit www.theromanring.com.

Useful websites:

www.hadrians-wall.org  Website for Hadrain's Wall country – good planning information/downloads/accommodation etc
www.nationaltrail.co.uk/hadrianswall  The Hadrian's Wall Path national trail website
 
 
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