Circular Walks
We have put together some suggestions for walking different sections of Hadrian’s Wall Country in our circular walks. The circular walks and itineraries present some of the best walking in Hadrian’s Wall Country. You can concentrate on the Wall itself or sample some of the hidden gems just waiting to be discovered – the choice is yours. Just pick the walks that suit you and enjoy yourself!
Top 15 walks in Hadrian's Wall Country
1 Fort-to-Fort - North and South Tyneside (up to 8 miles)
2 Jesmond Dene, Lord Armstrong's Back Garden (up to 3 miles)
3 Around the Town Walls, Newcastle City (3 miles)
4 Wylam to Prudhoe, alongside the River Tyne (3 1/2 miles)
5 Corbridge and Aydon Castle - Corbridge, Northumberland (6 miles)
6 Chesters and Humshaugh - Chesters Roman Fort (2 1/2 miles)
7 A "barbarian" view of the Wall, Hadrian's Wall in Northumberland National
Park (3 1/2 miles)
8 Once Brewed, Roman Vindolanda and Housesteads - Hadrian's Wall in
Northumberland National Park
9 Cawfields to Caw Gap, Hadrian's Wall in Northumberland National Park
(2 miles)
10 Haltwhistle Burn to Cawfields (6 miles)
11 Gilsland Spa "popping stone" - Cumbria and Northumberland Borders
(3 1/2 miles optional 2 1/2 miles to Birdoswald Roman Fort)
12 Carlisle City, Carlisle City's historic quarter (1 1/2 miles)
13 Forts and Ports (3 1/2 miles)
14 Roman Maryport and the Smugglers Route (3 miles)
15 Whitehaven to Moresby Roman Fort, coastal walk from Whitehaven
(3 miles)
To download these top 15 walks and the Walking in Hadrian's Wall Country guide visit www.nationaltrail.co.uk/hadrianswall where you will also find a number of other walking ideas.
