Why this ride
225 km from Silloth to Silloth, about 3 h 21 of riding. It goes by way of Boothby Roman fort, Haltonchesters Roman fort and back through Boothby Roman fort. It was put together for the scenery rather than the shortest line.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Silloth Golf Course tower 12a and Haltonchesters Roman fort
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 225 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 3 h 21
- 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. 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
Silloth Golf Course tower 12a is where the day begins. Next is Boothby Roman fort.
2. Boothby Roman fort
Brampton is a small red-sandstone market town on the edge of the northern Pennines, and just outside it, on the line of the old Stanegate road, lay Boothby, one of the Roman forts that guarded the frontier before Hadrian's Wall was built. There is nothing much to see on the ground now, only a field and a slight rise, but the location is a good jumping-off point for some of the best riding and the best Wall sites in Cumbria.
Read the complete Boothby Roman fort write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Boothby Roman fort comes up about 62 km into the recorded legs. Next is Haltonchesters Roman fort.
3. Haltonchesters Roman fort
Where Dere Street, the great Roman road north from York, met Hadrian's Wall, the Romans built a gateway, and a mile or so west of it they placed the fort of Haltonchesters, known to them as Onnum. Today the site is a grassy field on the edge of the Military Road above the Tyne valley, with little to see beyond the faint outline of ramparts. But the setting is the thing: rolling Northumberland farmland, stone walls, the Tyne below, and on a clear day views far to the north and south.
Read the complete Haltonchesters Roman fort write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
about 113 km into the recorded legs you reach Haltonchesters Roman fort. Next is back through Boothby Roman fort.
4. back through Boothby Roman fort
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Boothby Roman fort write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
back through Boothby Roman fort, late in the day. Next is Silloth Golf Course tower 12a.
5. Silloth Golf Course tower 12a
Return visit. Read the place description above.
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
Back at Silloth Golf Course tower 12a. That is the ride.
Leg by leg
Silloth Golf Course tower 12a to Boothby Roman fort
Silloth Golf Course tower 12a → Boothby Roman fort is 62 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Boothby Roman fort to Haltonchesters Roman fort
Boothby Roman fort → Haltonchesters Roman fort is 51 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Haltonchesters Roman fort to back through Boothby Roman fort
Haltonchesters Roman fort → back through Boothby Roman fort is 51 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Boothby Roman fort to Silloth Golf Course tower 12a
back through Boothby Roman fort → Silloth Golf Course tower 12a is 62 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.