Arrive at the town of Bowness-on-Solway sitting on the Solway
Firth and looking across the firth to the coast of Scotland.
Take a walk along the coastline, stroll along the sands or just
relax in a local hostelry before dinner this evening.
A short transfer this morning puts you on the start of our walk
along the new national trail that is the Hadrian's Wall Path.
On your first day you enjoy a leisurely walk along from the coast,
through the town of Carlisle, before climbing quite gradually
out of the town and into the low hill-land of the Cumbrian countryside.
Leaving your accommodation you quickly rejoin
the path of the wall and continue along the trail. Today is a
day of gentle rise and fall with the opportunity to see the 2,000
year old Birdoswald Roman Fort (which once housed over 1,000
Roman soldiers). Today's walk ends in the spa town of Gilsland
nestling on the banks of the Irthing.
Today's section includes the most popular and visited part of
the wall. Entering the Northumberland National Park you climb
up from Gilsland as the wall follows the natural lie of the land
and abuts the top of crags looking over into Scotland, and also
affording views of the Northern Pennines. Walking down to Once
Brewed you are met by our transport and transferred to your stay
in the town of Haltwhistle.
From Once Brewed your path takes you past small lochs, crags,
milecastles and Roman forts as the wall winds it way back and
forth across the high country before starting to descend down
toward Chollerford on the banks of the Tyne.
Rising to Brunton Bank the trail follows a fairly direct line
across the fells, cutting across farmland and the sources of
minor rivers as it starts to gradually descend toward the B6318
and onward to Heddon-on-the-Wall. By this stage the wall has
all but disappeared, being evidenced only by a large ditch or
occasional ridgeline alongside the path.
The tour is completed after breakfast with a transfer to Newcastle,
Gateshead or to the Roman Fort of Segedunum at Wallsend.
6 nights accommodation, based on two adults sharing, in approved
hotels and guesthouses (normally with en-suite facilities).
One transfer to/from either Newcastle Airport or Newcastle Central Station and Heddon-on-the-Wall or Carlisle Station and Bowness-on-Solway at start or end of the tour. Please contact us for transfers to/from or Gateshead, Teeside International Airport or further afield. We can also arrange a transfer from one coast to the other for an additional cost of approx £75.
Meals consist of a full breakfast each day. The Meals Package option also includes a
packed
lunch and a two/three course meal each evening. Drinks are not
included.
Luggage transfer each day along the route, detailed
daily route notes, and map(s).
For more information on Hadrian's Wall visit the English Heritage
website at www.english-heritage.org.uk.
Further information on the Hadrian's Wall Path itself can be
found at the National Trails site www.nationaltrail.co.uk/HadriansWall.
The Hadrian's Wall Tourism Partnership is also a good source
of information. You can visit this at www.hadrians-wall.org.
Flight schedules and information on Newcastle
Airport.
For information on trains to Newcastle and Carlisle, visit the National
Rail site.
Option 1 - Standard Package The
price for the Hadrian's Wall self-guided (standard package) tour
is £395 Sterling (approx $650 US Dollars or €475
Euro) per person sharing.
- 6 nights accommodation, based on two adults sharing, in approved
hotels and guesthouses (normally with en-suite facilities).
- One transfer to/from either Newcastle Airport or Newcastle
Central Station and Heddon-on-the-Wall or Carlisle Station
and Bowness-on-Solway at start or end of the tour. Please contact
us for transfers to/from or Gateshead, Teeside International
Airport or further afield. We can also arrange a transfer from
one coast to the other for an additional cost of approx £85.
- Meals consist of a full breakfast each day.
- Luggage transfer each day along the route, detailed daily
route notes, and map(s).
Option 2 - Meals Package The
price for the Hadrian's Wall self-guided (meals package) tour is £550
Sterling (approx $900 US Dollars or €660 Euro) per person
sharing.
- 6 nights accommodation, based on two adults sharing, in approved
hotels and guesthouses (normally with en-suite facilities).
- One transfer to/from either Newcastle Airport or Newcastle
Central Station and Heddon-on-the-Wall or Carlisle Station
and Bowness-on-Solway at start or end of the tour. Please contact
us for transfers to/from or Gateshead, Teeside International
Airport or further afield. We can also arrange a transfer from
one coast to the other for an additional cost of approx £75.
- Meals consist of a full breakfast each day, packed lunch,
and a two/three course meal each evening. Drinks are not included.
- Luggage transfer each day along the route, detailed daily
route notes, and map(s).
Single supplement -
Single occupancy (if accompanying a party) at £90
Lone traveller supplement - Travelling
alone (not with a party) at £150. Note that this is in
place of the single supplement (not in addition to it).
You can start your self-guided tour on any day
that you wish throughout the year. Please complete a booking
form, or contact us to arrange.
