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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.
 
 

May 2006

After the first edition was published in 2004 the route distances were slightly revised, and the new distances appear in the Route Summary table at the back of the first reprint (2006).

The distances that appear at the start of each section of the route in the 2006 book, however, are no longer correct and should read as follows:
             

 Section 
 Route  Page  Miles  Km
 1/32  Wallsend – Walker Riverside Park    26   2.5  4.0
 2/31  Walker Riverside Park – Elswick    33   4.3  6.9 
 3/30  Elswick – Denton Dene    45   2.2  3.5
 4/29  Denton Dene – Newburn    50   2.6  4.2
 5/28  Newburn – Heddon-on-the-Wall    54   3.4  5.4
 6/27  Heddon-on-the-Wall – Harlow Hill    60   4.1  6.6
 7/26  Harlow Hill – Woodhouses Road-End    65   2.4  3.8
 8/25  Woodhouses Road-End – Halton Shields    69   1.8  2.9
 9/24  Halton Shields – The Portgate    72   1.8  2.9
 10/23  The Portgate – Heavenfield    79   3.4  5.4
 11/22  Heavenfield – Chollerford    85   2.4  3.8
 12/21  Chollerford – Tower Tye    90   2.2  3.5
 13/20  Tower Tye – Carrawburgh    98   2.2  3.5
 14/19  Carrawburgh – Sewingshields Farm  104   3.4  5.4
 15/18  Sewingshields Farm – Houseteads  110   2.0  3.2
 16/17  Houseteads – Steel Rigg  114   3.1  5.0
 17/16  Steel Rigg – Cawfields Quarry  128   2.6  4.2
 18/15  Cawfields Quarry – Walltown Crags  134   3.4  5.4
 19/14  Walltown Crags – Gilsland  141   2.7  4.3
 20/13  Gilsland – Birdoswald  151   1.0  1.6
 21/12  Birdoswald – Banks  156   3.1  5.0
 22/11  Banks – Walton  164   3.5  5.6
 23/10  Walton – Newton  170   2.2  3.5
 24/9  Newton – Oldwall  174   1.6  2.6
 25/8  Oldwall – Crosby-on-Eden  177   3.1  5.0
 26/7  Crosby-on-Eden – Eden Bridge  181   4.2  6.7
 27/6  Eden Bridge – Grinsdale  187   3.4  5.4
 28/5  Grinsdale – Beaumont  197   1.7  2.7
 29/4  Beaumont – Dykesfield  203   2.7  4.3
 30/3  Dykesfield – Drumburgh  210   2.7  4.3
 31/2  Drumburgh – Port Carlisle  216   2.9  4.6
 32/1  Port Carlisle – Bowness-on-Solway  222   1.0  1.6

 

The error has been corrected in subsequent reprints of the guide.

 
 
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