Why this ride
A 55 km round trip from Prudhoe - roughly 46 min in the saddle. The stops in between: Hadrian's Wall & vallum between field boun, Hadrian's Wall and vallum between the fiel and back through Hadrian's Wall & vallum between field boun.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Hadrian's Wall from Oatens Bank and Hadrian's Wall and vallum between the fiel
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 55 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 46 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. Hadrian's Wall from Oatens Bank
The road west from Heddon-on-the-Wall runs straight as a ruler, and there is a reason for that. The B6318, known locally as the Military Road, was built by General Wade's engineers after the Jacobite rising of 1745 so that troops could move quickly between Newcastle and Carlisle, and for long stretches they laid it right on top of Hadrian's Wall, using the Roman stones as foundation. At Oatens Bank, just beyond Heddon, you ride with the Wall beneath your tyres and the ditch and vallum still visible in the fields beside you, two thousand years of frontier engineering compressed into a few metres.
Read the complete Hadrian's Wall from Oatens Bank write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Hadrian's Wall from Oatens Bank is where the day begins. Next is Hadrian's Wall & vallum between field boun.
2. Hadrian's Wall & vallum between field boun
Hadrian's Wall runs for about seventy-three miles across the north of England, from the Solway Firth in the west to the Tyne in the east, built on the orders of the Emperor Hadrian after his visit to Britain in 122 AD.
Read the complete Hadrian's Wall & vallum between field boun write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Hadrian's Wall & vallum between field boun comes up about 12 km into the recorded legs. Next is Hadrian's Wall and vallum between the fiel.
3. Hadrian's Wall and vallum between the fiel
Here the Wall is at its most dramatic. In the central sector of Hadrian's Wall, north of Haydon Bridge and Hexham in Northumberland, the Roman frontier runs along the top of the Whin Sill, a long ridge of hard volcanic rock that breaks the moorland into a series of north-facing cliffs. The Romans built their wall right along the crest, using the natural defences, and the result is a line of stone that rises and falls with the crags like the spine of a great animal. Behind it, to the south, runs the vallum, a broad earthwork ditch with mounds on either side that marked the military zone, still clearly visible across the fields.
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
about 26 km into the recorded legs you reach Hadrian's Wall and vallum between the fiel. Next is back through Hadrian's Wall & vallum between field boun.
4. back through Hadrian's Wall & vallum between field boun
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Hadrian's Wall & vallum between field boun 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 & vallum between field boun, late in the day. Next is Hadrian's Wall from Oatens Bank.
5. Hadrian's Wall from Oatens Bank
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Hadrian's Wall from Oatens Bank 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 from Oatens Bank. That is the ride.
Leg by leg
Hadrian's Wall from Oatens Bank to Hadrian's Wall & vallum between field boun
Hadrian's Wall from Oatens Bank → Hadrian's Wall & vallum between field boun is 12 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Hadrian's Wall & vallum between field boun to Hadrian's Wall and vallum between the fiel
Hadrian's Wall & vallum between field boun → 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 & vallum between field boun
Hadrian's Wall and vallum between the fiel → back through Hadrian's Wall & vallum between field boun is 17 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Hadrian's Wall & vallum between field boun to Hadrian's Wall from Oatens Bank
back through Hadrian's Wall & vallum between field boun → Hadrian's Wall from Oatens Bank is 12 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.