Why this ride
From Hexham it runs 234 km to Hexham; allow about 3 h 19 of riding. The stops in between: Hadrian's Wall between the road to Garthsi, Wolsty North tower 13a and back through Hadrian's Wall between the road to Garthsi.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Hadrian's Wall and vallum between the Fenc and Wolsty North tower 13a
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 234 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 3 h 19
- 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. Hadrian's Wall and vallum between the Fenc
East of the crags the Wall country softens into the Tyne valley, a green landscape of meadows and woods, and near Corbridge you meet something the Wall itself never had: a town. Corbridge Roman Town, known to the Romans as Coria, grew up at the crossing of the River Tyne and the great north road, Dere Street, and served as a supply base for the army and a market for the civilians who followed it. The granaries and fountain survive, and a museum holds finds such as the famous Corbridge Lion, a sculpture of a lion devouring a stag. The label puts us on a stretch of Wall and vallum near Herd Hill, a few kilometres north-east.
Read the complete Hadrian's Wall and vallum between the Fenc 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 Fenc is where the day begins. Next is Hadrian's Wall between the road to Garthsi.
2. Hadrian's Wall between the road to Garthsi
The Emperor Hadrian visited Britain in AD 122 and ordered a wall built from coast to coast, and the soldiers who did the work left their marks in stone that still stands across the north of England. The section near Brampton, in Cumbria, lies toward the western end of the Wall, where it crossed gentler country toward Carlisle and the Solway Firth. Here the Wall was first built partly in turf and later rebuilt in stone, and the remains of turrets, milecastles and the ditch can still be traced in the fields. Hadrian's Wall is part of the UNESCO Frontiers of the Roman Empire.
Read the complete Hadrian's Wall between the road to Garthsi write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Hadrian's Wall between the road to Garthsi comes up about 57 km into the recorded legs. Next is Wolsty North tower 13a.
3. Wolsty North tower 13a
Silloth is a small Victorian town on the Solway coast of Cumbria, built in the nineteenth century as a port and a seaside resort, with wide cobbled streets, a green along the seafront and views across the Solway Firth to the hills of Scotland. Just south of the town, at Wolsty, the Romans built a tower as part of the defences that extended Hadrian's Wall down the Cumbrian coast. Tower 13a was one of a chain of small towers and milefortlets, spaced along the shore to watch for raiders crossing the firth from the north.
Read the complete Wolsty North tower 13a write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
about 117 km into the recorded legs you reach Wolsty North tower 13a. Next is back through Hadrian's Wall between the road to Garthsi.
4. back through Hadrian's Wall between the road to Garthsi
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Hadrian's Wall between the road to Garthsi 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 between the road to Garthsi, late in the day. Next is Hadrian's Wall and vallum between the Fenc.
5. Hadrian's Wall and vallum between the Fenc
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Hadrian's Wall and vallum between the Fenc write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Back at Hadrian's Wall and vallum between the Fenc. That is the ride.
Leg by leg
Hadrian's Wall and vallum between the Fenc to Hadrian's Wall between the road to Garthsi
Hadrian's Wall and vallum between the Fenc → Hadrian's Wall between the road to Garthsi is 57 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Hadrian's Wall between the road to Garthsi to Wolsty North tower 13a
Hadrian's Wall between the road to Garthsi → Wolsty North tower 13a is 60 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Wolsty North tower 13a to back through Hadrian's Wall between the road to Garthsi
Wolsty North tower 13a → back through Hadrian's Wall between the road to Garthsi is 60 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Hadrian's Wall between the road to Garthsi to Hadrian's Wall and vallum between the Fenc
back through Hadrian's Wall between the road to Garthsi → Hadrian's Wall and vallum between the Fenc is 57 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.