Why this ride
93 km from Carlisle to Carlisle, about 1 h 43 of riding. It goes by way of Campfield, Silloth Golf Course tower 12a and back through Campfield.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Hadrian's Wall vallum between West End 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 vallum between West End
Out on the Solway plain the land flattens, the sky gets enormous, and the sea is never far off even when you cannot see it. The stretch of the vallum near West End lies between Carlisle and the village of Burgh by Sands, on the last run of Hadrian's Wall towards its western end at Bowness-on-Solway. Here the Roman frontier ran along the edge of the marshes and the estuary, where the tide sweeps in across vast sands and salt marsh. Nothing of the Wall stands above ground in this section, but the line is clear on the map, and the country around has a strange, quiet beauty.
Read the complete Hadrian's Wall vallum between West End 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 West End 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 vallum between West End.
5. Hadrian's Wall vallum between West End
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Hadrian's Wall vallum between West End 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 West End. That is the ride.
Leg by leg
Hadrian's Wall vallum between West End to Campfield
Hadrian's Wall vallum between West End → 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 vallum between West End
back through Campfield → Hadrian's Wall vallum between West End is 15 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.