Saturday Walk - Bardon Mill to Hexham (Hadrian's Wall from Housesteads to the B6318 near Walwick) [Carlisle Trip]

Length: 28.6 km (17.8 mi) 

Ascent/Descent: 455/509m 

Net Walking Time: ca. 6 ½ hours

Toughness: 7 out of 10

 

Take the 09.33 Middlesbrough train from Carlisle, arrives Bardon Mill 10.12. 

Return trains from Hexham: 17.08, 17.25, 18.09, 18.30, 18.48, 19.30, 20.25 etc. Buy a Hexham Return.

 

Bardon Mill to Hadrian’s Wall: 5.7 km with 261/84m ascent/descent via Thorngrafton Common. Out of Bardon Mill village along country lanes and up Thorngrafton's grassy common onto Barcombe Hill, with stunning views across an upland plateau to the undulating craggy landscape that is the core and most scenic part of Hadrian's Wall Path.

Hadrian’s Wall: 13.8 km with 132/302m ascent/descent from Housesteads to B6318 near Walwick. Mostly road pavement with some fast traffic including crossing the North Tyne on a road bridge. Sights: Chesters/Cilurnum Fort & Museum (ticketed); abutment of Chesters Roman Bridge over North Tyne (750m off route); two good, long pieces of Wall and Wall footings in fields, showing the change from Broad Wall to Narrow Wall, one also including Turret 26B (the Brunton Turret), the best-preserved one with a freestanding altar.

B6318 near Walwick to Hexham: 9.1 km with 62/123m ascent/descent. Along a quiet country lane into the Tyne Valley to the Watersmeet, the confluence of South and North Tyne. From there to the outskirts of Hexham along the River Tyne.

Shorter Walk: Bus Line AD122 (Haltwhistle - Hexham), stops at all noteworthy sites en route. 

Lunch/Tea: Picnic or Housesteads Fort Café (900m off route); Corbridge Coffee Company, a mobile coffee company in the car park at Brocolitia Fort. Numerous options in Hexham. See the walk directions for details.

For walk directions, maps, height profiles, photos and gpx/kml files click here. 

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