hadrian's wall?

Question

id like to walk along hadrian's wall, does anyone know of groups who organise such walks, has anyone done it? im fit & dont mind roughing it for a few days & i can cope with hangovers!!!
regards

Answer 1

Not sure how much you know about Hardian's Wall but there are sections of it which don't exist anymore - most noticably those that are buried beneath what is now Newcastle and Carlisle.

There is a recognised trial that follows Hardian's Wall where it exists and close to the original course where it no longer exists. It's the imaginatively called Hadrian's Wall Path... http://www.nationaltrail.co.uk/hadrianswall/

Don't know of any groups which organise such walks but the route is very easy to follow on the Ordnance Survey maps (Landranger or Explorer maps will be your best choice).

It you pushed yourself you could complete the walk in just 2 days but allow 3 or 4 days to take it nice and steady and stop at pubs etc along the way - of which there are many close at hand.

There's plenty of organised accommodation but not that much scope for 'roughing it' unless you intend to camp in a field (for which you'd probably have an angry farmer waking you at 6am wanting to know what you were playing at). There are some places where you could bivvy but not that many.

If I were to do it I'd look at a fairly long first day to get through Carlisle and the boring bits and stay the night in Gilsland (great pub with excellent food - it's the one near the very long slide, ask locally). Easy day on day 2 to allow for the previous night in the pub and to take in the best part of the walk, spending the night at Haughtongreen (basic free shelter open to anyone). Either finish with one long day or split into two short days staying somewhere along the Military Road (the B6318).

Answer 2

We toured the wall via a taxi out of Hexam England last April for 60. pounds and he stayed with us the whole time.
We took the train from London and spent the night at Langley Castle that is now a hotel.
Our taxi driver told us many people walk the entire wall.
What some do he said is carry a cell phone and call for a taxi when they are through for the day then have another taxi return them to the same spot the next morning. I would imagine though that you would have to walk a while to find cell service, the area is very remote. Loads of sheep and green hills, we even saw an actual home with a heather thatched roof.
We did see some people walking the wall. Our driver also told us that some of the wall is now under the road. It was a wonderful journey we will never forget. And my only other advice would be to ask for a local to take you round, ours was raised in Hexam and told us all about not only the wall and the roman forts but also the whole area. We traveled through the streets of Hexam past their beautiful church were he told us there are tunnels under the streets where the priests would hide when the Vikings came to raid. It was so cool.

Answer 3

My nineteen year old son walked the wall west to east last summer with two friends. They took a week to do the 84 miles. They just took tents a map and a guidebook - lots available at local bookshops - and planned to walk to where there was a campsite each day and they had no problems - other than blisters!!!. There were plenty of pubs and others places for food and liquid refreshment. He particularly recommends a pub called the Centurion I think in the village of Once Brewed (it is a real place I promise you)

There are lots of companies which will organise your walk for you if you want to do it that way. Google Hadrian's Wall and you have a great choice of sites to look at.

Answer 4

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