Why this ride
60 km from Benwell to Benwell, about 48 min of riding. On the way it passes Hadrian's Wall and vallum between the Marc, Hadrian's Wall and vallum between the trac and back through Hadrian's Wall and vallum between the Marc.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Hadrian's Wall in wall mile 6 and Hadrian's Wall and vallum between the trac
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 60 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 48 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 in wall mile 6
Wall mile 6 is not a place name but a measurement, since the Romans divided Hadrian's Wall into numbered miles counting from the east, and the sixth mile falls at Benwell, now a western suburb of Newcastle. Here, between terraces of Victorian houses, the remains of the Roman fort of Condercum once looked out over the Tyne valley, and you can still see a stretch of the Wall's foundation, the base of a turret and the remains of a small temple dedicated to a local god, Antenociticus, one of the few such temples to survive along the frontier. The fort stood on a ridge above the river, a good place to watch for trouble and a good place to be seen.
Read the complete Hadrian's Wall in wall mile 6 write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Hadrian's Wall in wall mile 6 is where the day begins. Next is Hadrian's Wall and vallum between the Marc.
2. 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 comes up about 13 km into the recorded legs. Next is Hadrian's Wall and vallum between the trac.
3. 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
about 25 km into the recorded legs you reach Hadrian's Wall and vallum between the trac. Next is back through Hadrian's Wall and vallum between the Marc.
4. back through 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 through Hadrian's Wall and vallum between the Marc, late in the day. Next is Hadrian's Wall in wall mile 6.
5. Hadrian's Wall in wall mile 6
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Hadrian's Wall in wall mile 6 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 in wall mile 6. That is the ride.
Leg by leg
Hadrian's Wall in wall mile 6 to Hadrian's Wall and vallum between the Marc
Hadrian's Wall in wall mile 6 → Hadrian's Wall and vallum between the Marc is 13 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
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 12 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Hadrian's Wall and vallum between the trac to back through Hadrian's Wall and vallum between the Marc
Hadrian's Wall and vallum between the trac → back through Hadrian's Wall and vallum between the Marc is 21 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Hadrian's Wall and vallum between the Marc to Hadrian's Wall in wall mile 6
back through Hadrian's Wall and vallum between the Marc → Hadrian's Wall in wall mile 6 is 13 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.