Why this ride
From Carlisle it runs 93 km to Carlisle; allow about 1 h 43 of riding. The stops in between: Campfield, Silloth Golf Course tower 12a and back through Campfield.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Hadrian's Wall between Fulwood House at Bu and Silloth Golf Course tower 12a
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 93 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 1 h 43
- 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 between Fulwood House at Bu
Drumburgh is a few farms and a ruined-looking castle at the edge of the Solway marsh, and it is easy to miss, but it sits on the line of Hadrian's Wall where it slides down to the shore at Bowness. The castle was built from the stones of a Roman fort, called Congavata, and that gives a picture of how much of the frontier went into later buildings. The label places us on a stretch of Wall between Fulwood House and the next landmark, with Parton Roman fort on the far side of Cumbria, a reminder that Hadrian's frontier carried on around the coast.
Read the complete Hadrian's Wall between Fulwood House at Bu 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 Fulwood House at Bu is where the day begins. Next is Campfield.
2. Campfield
Out on the Solway coast west of Carlisle, the land flattens into salt marsh, peat bog and wide tidal sands, and the sky takes over. Campfield Marsh, near Bowness-on-Solway, is a nature reserve run by the RSPB, a mix of salt marsh, wet grassland and raised bog, and in winter it fills with tens of thousands of geese, barnacle and pink-footed, arriving from the Arctic, along with waders that feed on the mud at low tide. Across the firth, the town of Annan and the Scottish hills are visible on a clear day.
Read the complete Campfield write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Campfield comes up about 15 km into the recorded legs. Next is Silloth Golf Course tower 12a.
3. Silloth Golf Course tower 12a
Silloth is a Victorian seaside town that never quite got the crowds it was built for, and it is all the better for that. Laid out in the 1850s as a port and resort at the end of a railway from Carlisle, it has wide cobbled streets, terraces of sandstone houses and a huge open green between the town and the sea, where people stroll, play and watch the sunsets over the Solway. On the dunes south of the town, near the famous golf course, the Romans built a chain of towers along the coast, and tower 12a was one of them, part of the Frontiers of the Roman Empire World Heritage site.
Read the complete Silloth Golf Course tower 12a write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
about 46 km into the recorded legs you reach Silloth Golf Course tower 12a. Next is back through Campfield.
4. back through Campfield
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Campfield write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
back through Campfield, late in the day. Next is Hadrian's Wall between Fulwood House at Bu.
5. Hadrian's Wall between Fulwood House at Bu
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Hadrian's Wall between Fulwood House at Bu 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 between Fulwood House at Bu. That is the ride.
Leg by leg
Hadrian's Wall between Fulwood House at Bu to Campfield
Hadrian's Wall between Fulwood House at Bu → Campfield is 15 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Campfield to Silloth Golf Course tower 12a
Campfield → Silloth Golf Course tower 12a is 31 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Silloth Golf Course tower 12a to back through Campfield
Silloth Golf Course tower 12a → back through Campfield is 32 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Campfield to Hadrian's Wall between Fulwood House at Bu
back through Campfield → Hadrian's Wall between Fulwood House at Bu is 15 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.