Why this ride
208 km from Maryport to Maryport, about 3 h 07 of riding. It goes by way of The Stangate at Crosby Lodge, Hadrian's Wall and vallum between Chesters and back through The Stangate at Crosby Lodge. The coast is the point of it.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Sea Brows and Hadrian's Wall and vallum between Chesters
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 208 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 3 h 07
- 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.
Reading history stays on this device. My road watch requires a separate selection; opening it does not subscribe this ride.
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. Sea Brows
Maryport is a small harbour town on the Cumbrian coast, built in the eighteenth century by the Senhouse family, who named it after Mary, the wife of Humphrey Senhouse. Long before that it was a Roman fort called Alauna, part of the coastal defences that continued south along the shore from the end of Hadrian's Wall. The Senhouse Roman Museum, set in a former Victorian naval battery on the cliffs, has a remarkable collection of altars found nearby, many of them dedicated by the commanders of the cohorts stationed here.
Read the complete Sea Brows write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Sea Brows 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 Sea Brows.
5. Sea Brows
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Sea Brows write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Back at Sea Brows. That is the ride.
Leg by leg
Sea Brows to The Stangate at Crosby Lodge
Sea Brows → 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 Sea Brows
back through The Stangate at Crosby Lodge → Sea Brows is 55 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.