Why this ride
60 km from Bardon Mill to Bardon Mill, about 1 h 01 of riding. On the way it passes Hadrian's Wall, Hadrian's Wall between Eden Vale house and and back through Hadrian's Wall.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
The vallum and a British settlement betwee and Hadrian's Wall between Eden Vale house and
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 60 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 1 h 01
- 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. The vallum and a British settlement betwee
There is a stretch of Hadrian's Wall that everybody has seen in photographs: the Wall riding the crest of the Whin Sill like a stone ribbon, plunging into dips and climbing again, with a long, dark lake, Crag Lough, beneath the cliffs. This is it, near Steel Rigg and Once Brewed, and the site on the label, the vallum and the remains of a native British settlement, lies just to the south in the shadow of the crags. It is part of the Frontiers of the Roman Empire World Heritage site, and it is a reminder that people lived here long before the Romans and kept living here while the soldiers watched over them.
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Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
The vallum and a British settlement betwee is where the day begins. Next is Hadrian's Wall.
2. Hadrian's Wall
If you only have time for one stretch of Hadrian's Wall, make it the central section between Haltwhistle and Housesteads. Here the Wall runs along the top of the Whin Sill, a long ridge of hard volcanic rock that forms a natural cliff facing north, and the stone curtain rides the crests like a rollercoaster, dipping into gaps and climbing again. Built from AD 122 on the orders of the Emperor Hadrian, it stretched about seventy-three miles from coast to coast, with milecastles, turrets and forts along its length. The UNESCO listing covers it as part of the Frontiers of the Roman Empire.
Read the complete Hadrian's Wall write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Hadrian's Wall comes up about 13 km into the recorded legs. Next is Hadrian's Wall between Eden Vale house and.
3. Hadrian's Wall between Eden Vale house and
Brampton is a small market town at the foot of the North Pennines, and just north of it, the line of Hadrian's Wall crosses the low country between the Irthing and the Eden. On this stretch, the stone wall itself has mostly vanished, robbed for building material over the centuries, but the line can still be traced in places through fields and hedgerows, along with the vallum, the great earthwork ditch the Romans dug just south of the wall. Parts of the wall in this sector were first built of turf, and only later rebuilt in stone, which is one reason why so little survives here.
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Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
about 30 km into the recorded legs you reach Hadrian's Wall between Eden Vale house and. Next is back through Hadrian's Wall.
4. back through Hadrian's Wall
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Hadrian's Wall write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
back through Hadrian's Wall, late in the day. Next is The vallum and a British settlement betwee.
5. The vallum and a British settlement betwee
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete The vallum and a British settlement betwee write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Back at The vallum and a British settlement betwee. That is the ride.
Leg by leg
The vallum and a British settlement betwee to Hadrian's Wall
The vallum and a British settlement betwee → Hadrian's Wall is 13 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Hadrian's Wall to Hadrian's Wall between Eden Vale house and
Hadrian's Wall → Hadrian's Wall between Eden Vale house and is 17 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Hadrian's Wall between Eden Vale house and to back through Hadrian's Wall
Hadrian's Wall between Eden Vale house and → back through Hadrian's Wall is 17 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Hadrian's Wall to The vallum and a British settlement betwee
back through Hadrian's Wall → The vallum and a British settlement betwee is 13 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.