Why this ride
208 km from Maryport to Maryport, about 2 h 59 of riding. The stops in between: The Stangate at Crosby Lodge, Hadrian's Wall and vallum between Chesters and back through The Stangate at Crosby Lodge.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Maryport Golf Course tower 22a and Hadrian's Wall and vallum between Chesters
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 208 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 2 h 59
- 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. Maryport Golf Course tower 22a
Hadrian's Wall gets the fame, but the Romans kept watching long after it ended at Bowness. The coast of Cumberland, from the Solway to St Bees, was fitted with a line of forts, fortlets and watchtowers, each numbered in sequence, and Tower 22a is one of them. It stands on the cliff above Maryport, in a place that the golf course has swallowed, and what you will find is a modest earthwork or a marker rather than a standing tower. The Romans built Alauna, a fort at Maryport, on the high ground above the harbour, and the finds from it, a collection of seventeen carved altars buried in a pit, are displayed in the Senhouse Roman Museum in a former naval battery overlooking the sea.
Read the complete Maryport Golf Course tower 22a write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Maryport Golf Course tower 22a is where the day begins. Next is The Stangate at Crosby Lodge.
2. The Stangate at Crosby Lodge
Before there was a Wall, there was a road. The Stanegate, a Roman route running east to west between the Tyne at Corbridge and the Eden at Carlisle, was the first frontier line in northern Britain, guarded by a string of forts decades before Hadrian ordered his great barrier built a little to the north. Near Crosby-on-Eden, a few miles east of Carlisle, the line of the old road passes through gentle farmland on the north bank of the Eden, and while there is little to see of the road itself, the landscape tells the story of how the Romans picked their way across this narrow neck of the country.
Read the complete The Stangate at Crosby Lodge write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
The Stangate at Crosby Lodge comes up about 55 km into the recorded legs. Next is Hadrian's Wall and vallum between Chesters.
3. Hadrian's Wall and vallum between Chesters
The North Tyne comes down from the Kielder hills and the empty moorland of the border, and at Chollerford it passes beneath an old stone bridge on its way to meet the South Tyne near Hexham. Just west of the bridge, the Wall strides away uphill from Chesters fort, and this stretch, with the Wall and the vallum running together across farmland and woods, is part of the Frontiers of the Roman Empire World Heritage site.
Read the complete Hadrian's Wall and vallum between Chesters write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
about 103 km into the recorded legs you reach Hadrian's Wall and vallum between Chesters. Next is back through The Stangate at Crosby Lodge.
4. back through The Stangate at Crosby Lodge
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete The Stangate at Crosby Lodge write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
back through The Stangate at Crosby Lodge, late in the day. Next is Maryport Golf Course tower 22a.
5. Maryport Golf Course tower 22a
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Maryport Golf Course tower 22a write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Back at Maryport Golf Course tower 22a. That is the ride.
Leg by leg
Maryport Golf Course tower 22a to The Stangate at Crosby Lodge
Maryport Golf Course tower 22a → The Stangate at Crosby Lodge is 55 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
The Stangate at Crosby Lodge to Hadrian's Wall and vallum between Chesters
The Stangate at Crosby Lodge → Hadrian's Wall and vallum between Chesters is 48 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Hadrian's Wall and vallum between Chesters to back through The Stangate at Crosby Lodge
Hadrian's Wall and vallum between Chesters → back through The Stangate at Crosby Lodge is 50 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through The Stangate at Crosby Lodge to Maryport Golf Course tower 22a
back through The Stangate at Crosby Lodge → Maryport Golf Course tower 22a is 55 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.