Why this ride
From Hexham it runs 65 km to Hexham; allow about 56 min of riding. It goes by way of Hadrian's Wall and vallum between the road, Bean Burn 1 Roman temporary camp and back through Hadrian's Wall and vallum between the road.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Corbridge and Bean Burn 1 Roman temporary camp
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 65 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 56 min
- Journey
- Recorded itinerary
Distance and timing basis
Ordered leg totals agree within rounding. Stop distances are approximate sums of rounded legs. Stops, delays, approach and any separate return travel add time. Basis: producer-declared routed record.
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Distance and riding time are measured on the routed road. Check local closures and conditions before you ride.
Waypoint introductions and full write-ups
1. Corbridge
Two thousand years ago, Dere Street, the Roman road heading north into Scotland, crossed the Tyne here, and a town grew up around a supply base just behind Hadrian's Wall. Coria, now called Corbridge Roman Town, was a bustling place with granaries, temples, workshops and a main street, and its remains, managed by English Heritage, are among the most important Roman sites in Britain. The museum displays finds including the Corbridge Hoard, a chest of armour and equipment, and the Corbridge Lion, a sculpture of a lion attacking a stag.
Read the complete Corbridge write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Corbridge is where the day begins. Next is Hadrian's Wall and vallum between the road.
2. Hadrian's Wall and vallum between the road
Between Hexham and Haydon Bridge, the river Tyne runs through a wide green valley, and on the ridge to the north the line of Hadrian's Wall can be traced across fields and woods in a series of ditches, banks and stretches of masonry.
Read the complete Hadrian's Wall and vallum between the road write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Hadrian's Wall and vallum between the road comes up about 17 km into the recorded legs. Next is Bean Burn 1 Roman temporary camp.
3. Bean Burn 1 Roman temporary camp
There is not much to see at Bean Burn, and that is rather the point. East of Haltwhistle, in the South Tyne valley a little below the line of Hadrian's Wall, archaeologists have traced the outline of a Roman temporary camp: a rectangle of low banks and ditches, often barely visible except from the air or in raking evening light. Camps like this were thrown up by soldiers on the march or during construction of the Wall, a night's or a season's shelter surrounded by a turf rampart and a ditch, with leather tents pitched inside in neat rows. Northumberland has an unusual concentration of them, and they tell a quieter story than the forts: of thousands of men moving across this landscape, digging in, moving on.
Read the complete Bean Burn 1 Roman temporary camp write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
about 33 km into the recorded legs you reach Bean Burn 1 Roman temporary camp. Next is back through Hadrian's Wall and vallum between the road.
4. back through Hadrian's Wall and vallum between the road
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Hadrian's Wall and vallum between the road write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
back through Hadrian's Wall and vallum between the road, late in the day. Next is Corbridge.
5. Corbridge
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Corbridge write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Back at Corbridge. That is the ride.
Leg by leg
Corbridge to Hadrian's Wall and vallum between the road
Corbridge → Hadrian's Wall and vallum between the road is 17 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Hadrian's Wall and vallum between the road to Bean Burn 1 Roman temporary camp
Hadrian's Wall and vallum between the road → Bean Burn 1 Roman temporary camp is 16 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Bean Burn 1 Roman temporary camp to back through Hadrian's Wall and vallum between the road
Bean Burn 1 Roman temporary camp → back through Hadrian's Wall and vallum between the road is 14 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Hadrian's Wall and vallum between the road to Corbridge
back through Hadrian's Wall and vallum between the road → Corbridge is 17 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.