Why this ride
A 51 km round trip from Hexham - roughly 43 min in the saddle. On the way it passes Hadrian's Wall and vallum between the fiel, Haltwhistle Burn 1 Roman temporary camp and back through Hadrian's Wall and vallum between the fiel.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Hadrian's Wall & vallum between field boun and Haltwhistle Burn 1 Roman temporary camp
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 51 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 43 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 & 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 is where the day begins. Next is Hadrian's Wall and vallum between the fiel.
2. 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
Hadrian's Wall and vallum between the fiel comes up about 13 km into the recorded legs. Next is Haltwhistle Burn 1 Roman temporary camp.
3. Haltwhistle Burn 1 Roman temporary camp
Haltwhistle likes to call itself the centre of Britain, a claim measured, by one method or another, from the farthest tips of the island, and it does sit in the narrow waist of the country, between the North Sea and the Irish Sea. The town, with about four thousand people, lies in the South Tyne valley, just south of Hadrian's Wall, and it is a good base for exploring the central section of the frontier.
Read the complete Haltwhistle Burn 1 Roman temporary camp 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 Haltwhistle Burn 1 Roman temporary camp. Next is back through Hadrian's Wall and vallum between the fiel.
4. back through Hadrian's Wall and vallum between the fiel
Return visit. Read the place description above.
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
back through Hadrian's Wall and vallum between the fiel, late in the day. Next is Hadrian's Wall & vallum between field boun.
5. 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 at Hadrian's Wall & vallum between field boun. That is the ride.
Leg by leg
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 13 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Hadrian's Wall and vallum between the fiel to Haltwhistle Burn 1 Roman temporary camp
Hadrian's Wall and vallum between the fiel → Haltwhistle Burn 1 Roman temporary camp is 12 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Haltwhistle Burn 1 Roman temporary camp to back through Hadrian's Wall and vallum between the fiel
Haltwhistle Burn 1 Roman temporary camp → back through Hadrian's Wall and vallum between the fiel is 12 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Hadrian's Wall and vallum between the fiel to Hadrian's Wall & vallum between field boun
back through Hadrian's Wall and vallum between the fiel → Hadrian's Wall & vallum between field boun is 13 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.