Why this ride
From Seascale it runs 227 km to Seascale; allow about 3 h 51 of riding. On the way it passes Low Mire, Hadrian's Wall & vallum from A6071 to The and back through Low Mire. The line favours views over speed.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Ravenglass Roman fort and Hadrian's Wall & vallum from A6071 to The
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 227 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 3 h 51
- 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. Ravenglass Roman fort
Ravenglass is the only coastal village in the Lake District National Park, a small huddle of whitewashed houses along a single street facing a tidal estuary where three rivers, the Esk, the Irt and the Mite, meet the Irish Sea. At low tide the estuary becomes a vast expanse of mud, sand and channels, with boats lying aslant on the shingle, and at high tide the water laps almost at the cottages' doorsteps. The Romans saw the same harbour and built a fort here, Glannoventa, as a supply base on the Cumbrian coast, linked to the line of coastal forts and towers that extended from Hadrian's Wall down the coast.
Read the complete Ravenglass Roman fort write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Ravenglass Roman fort is where the day begins. Next is Low Mire.
2. Low Mire
Low Mire lies in the quiet farmland behind the Cumbrian coast, near Dearham and Maryport, where the land slopes gently down to the Solway Firth and the hills of southern Scotland rise across the water. It is an area of small fields, hedges and scattered farms, with the Lake District fells visible to the south-east on clear days.
Read the complete Low Mire write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Low Mire comes up about 57 km into the recorded legs. Next is Hadrian's Wall & vallum from A6071 to The.
3. Hadrian's Wall & vallum from A6071 to The
Do not expect a great stone wall here. Near Brampton, on the stretch running out toward the A6071, Hadrian's Wall is mostly a matter of earthworks and imagination: a line in a field, a softened ditch, the long parallel banks of the vallum to the south. In this western sector the wall was originally built of turf and timber before being rebuilt in stone, and centuries of farmers and builders carried off the dressed stones for barns and churches. What survives is listed as part of the UNESCO Frontiers of the Roman Empire, and once your eye tunes in, you start seeing the line everywhere.
Read the complete Hadrian's Wall & vallum from A6071 to The write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
about 114 km into the recorded legs you reach Hadrian's Wall & vallum from A6071 to The. Next is back through Low Mire.
4. back through Low Mire
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Low Mire write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
back through Low Mire, late in the day. Next is Ravenglass Roman fort.
5. Ravenglass Roman fort
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Ravenglass Roman fort write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Back at Ravenglass Roman fort. That is the ride.
Leg by leg
Ravenglass Roman fort to Low Mire
Ravenglass Roman fort → Low Mire is 57 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Low Mire to Hadrian's Wall & vallum from A6071 to The
Low Mire → Hadrian's Wall & vallum from A6071 to The is 57 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Hadrian's Wall & vallum from A6071 to The to back through Low Mire
Hadrian's Wall & vallum from A6071 to The → back through Low Mire is 56 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Low Mire to Ravenglass Roman fort
back through Low Mire → Ravenglass Roman fort is 57 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.