INTRODUCTION
PART 1: PLANNING YOUR WALK
About the Hadrian’s Wall Path
The history of the Wall 9 – How difficult is the Hadrian’s Wall Path? 20 –
How long do you need? 21
Practical information for the walker
Accommodation 22 – Food and drink 26 – Money 27 – Information for foreign visitors 28 – Other services 29 – Walking companies 29
Budgeting 32
When to go
Seasons 33 – Rainfall 34 – Daylight hours 35 – Annual events 35
Itineraries
Village and town facilities table 36 – Suggested itineraries 38
Which direction? 38 – Side trips 40 – Hadrian’s Wall highlights 40
Taking dogs along the Hadrian’s Wall Path 40
What to take
Keep it light 41 – How to carry it 41 – Footwear 42 – Clothes 42
Toiletries 43 – First-aid kit 43 – General items 43 – Camping gear 44
Money 44 – Documents 44 – Maps 44 – Hadrian’s Wall Passport 45
Recommended reading 46 – Sources of further information 47
Getting to and from the Hadrian’s Wall Path
Getting to Britain 49 – National transport 50 – Local transport 51
PART 2: MINIMUM IMPACT AND OUTDOOR SAFETY
Minimum impact walking
Hadrian’s Wall Code of Respect 54 – Economic impact 56 – Environmental impact 57 – Access 58
Outdoor safety
Avoidance of hazards 60 – Weather forecasts 61 – Blisters 61 – Hypothermia 61 – Hyperthermia 62 – Sunburn 62
PART 3: THE ENVIRONMENT AND NATURE
Flora and fauna
Trees 63 – Flowers 64 – Mammals 66 – Reptiles and fish 68 – Birds 68
Conserving the Hadrian’s Wall Path
Government agencies and schemes 70 – Campaigning and conservation
organizations 72 – Beyond conservation 72
PART 4: NEWCASTLE
City guide
Arrival 74 – City transport 75 – Services 75 – Where to stay 78 – Where to eat 81 – Nightlife 84 – What to see and do 85
PART 5: ROUTE GUIDE AND MAPS
Using this guide
Trail maps 91
The trail guide: Wallsend to Bowness-on-Solway
Wallsend to Heddon-on-the-Wall 92
Segedunum 92 – Wylam 105 – Heddon-on-the-Wall 106
Heddon-on-the-Wall to Chollerford 108
The Corbridge–Hexham alternative 114 (Corbridge 118, Corbridge Roman
Town/Corstopitum 121, Hexham 124, Acomb 127) – Wall 132 – Chollerford 134 – Humshaugh 135 – Chesters 135
Chollerford to Once Brewed/Steel Rigg 136
Housesteads 144 – Once Brewed 148 – Vindolanda 150
Once Brewed/Steel Rigg to Banks 153
Haltwhistle 156 – Greenhead 162 – Gilsland 163 – Birdoswald 166 – Banks 170
Banks to Carlisle 170
Walton 172 – Brampton 174 – Crosby-on-Eden 179 – Carlisle 182
Carlisle to Bowness-on-Solway 187
Burgh-by-Sands 192 – Boustead Hill 194 – Drumburgh 194 – Port Carlisle 194 – Bowness-on-Solway 198
MAP KEYS 200
GLOSSARY 201
AD122 BUS TIMETABLE 202
INDEX 204
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