Why this ride
A 59 km round trip from Prudhoe - roughly 50 min in the saddle. The stops in between: Hadrian's Wall and vallum between the trac, Hadrian's Wall and vallum between the fiel and back through Hadrian's Wall and vallum between the trac.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Hadrian's Wall and vallum between the Marc and Hadrian's Wall and vallum between the fiel starting at Prudhoe
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 59 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 50 min
- Journey
- Recorded itinerary
Distance and timing basis
The recorded total and the leg detail need reconciliation. Inspect the leg notes before using this record for timing or navigation. 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 Marc
Most people meet Hadrian's Wall in the wild middle section around Housesteads, where it rides the crags of the Whin Sill. Out here at the eastern end, a few miles from Newcastle, it is a quieter, more domestic affair, and that is part of its charm. Heddon on the Wall, four kilometres away, keeps one of the longest surviving stretches of the wall's full broad foundation on this side of the country, a solid run of masonry beside the road, and the ground around it preserves the vallum, the great flat-bottomed ditch with banks on either side that the Romans dug just south of the wall to mark the military zone. Begun under the emperor Hadrian in AD 122, the whole frontier ran from the Tyne to the Solway, and it is part of the Frontiers of the Roman Empire World Heritage Site.
Read the complete Hadrian's Wall and vallum between the Marc 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 Marc is where the day begins. Next is Hadrian's Wall and vallum between the trac.
2. Hadrian's Wall and vallum between the trac
Just north of Hexham, the A road climbs out of the Tyne valley and meets the Roman frontier on a high, windy shoulder of Northumberland. Here, near Acomb, Wall and the crossing of the North Tyne at Chollerford, the line of Hadrian's Wall and its vallum runs across open farmland, sometimes visible as a low bank, sometimes followed by the road itself. Like every stretch of the frontier, it belongs to the UNESCO Frontiers of the Roman Empire, and this middle section is where the wall starts to feel serious, heading west into the wild central crags.
Read the complete Hadrian's Wall and vallum between the trac 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 trac comes up 17 km in. Next is Hadrian's Wall and vallum between the fiel.
3. Hadrian's Wall and vallum between the fiel
Just west of Chollerford the road climbs onto higher ground and the Wall begins to show itself, first as a hump in the fields, then as a ditch and earthwork running alongside the tarmac. This is the central sector of Hadrian's Wall, built from the 120s on the orders of the emperor Hadrian to mark the northern edge of Roman Britain, and the stretch around Carrawburgh is one of the most atmospheric. The vallum, a broad ditch flanked by mounds on the southern side of the Wall, is especially clear here, and it shows the Roman frontier was not just a wall but a whole military zone, with forts, milecastles, turrets, roads and earthworks.
Read the complete Hadrian's Wall and vallum between the fiel write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
34 km in you reach Hadrian's Wall and vallum between the fiel. Next is back through Hadrian's Wall and vallum between the trac.
4. back through Hadrian's Wall and vallum between the trac
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Hadrian's Wall and vallum between the trac 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 trac, late in the day. Next is Hadrian's Wall and vallum between the Marc.
5. Hadrian's Wall and vallum between the Marc
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Hadrian's Wall and vallum between the Marc 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 Marc. That is the ride.
Leg by leg
Hadrian's Wall and vallum between the Marc to Hadrian's Wall and vallum between the trac
Hadrian's Wall and vallum between the Marc → Hadrian's Wall and vallum between the trac is 11 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Hadrian's Wall and vallum between the trac to Hadrian's Wall and vallum between the fiel
Hadrian's Wall and vallum between the trac → Hadrian's Wall and vallum between the fiel is 14 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Hadrian's Wall and vallum between the fiel to back through Hadrian's Wall and vallum between the trac
Hadrian's Wall and vallum between the fiel → back through Hadrian's Wall and vallum between the trac is 22 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Hadrian's Wall and vallum between the trac to Hadrian's Wall and vallum between the Marc
back through Hadrian's Wall and vallum between the trac → Hadrian's Wall and vallum between the Marc is 11 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.