Independent Trails: Fact File HWP0
Hadrian's Wall Path ~ Wallsend to Bowness-on-Solway
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Trail Facts
Total distance: 84
miles (135km)
Duration: 5 nights, 4 days walking
Minimum/maximum daily distances: 18 miles (29km)/24 miles
(38.5km)
Season: All year
Starting point of holiday: Wallsend
End of holiday: Bowness-on-Solway
Code: HWP0
Itinerary
Day 1: Travel to Wallsend.
Day 2: Wallsend to East Wallhouses. 21 miles (33.5km)
Day 3: East Wallhouses to Once Brewed. 21 miles
(33.5km).
Day 4: Once Brewed to Newtown. 18 miles (29km).
Day 5: Newtown to Bowness-on-Solway. 24 miles
(38.5km).
Day 6: Depart from Bowness-on-Solway.
What's included?
- 5 nights accommodation in en-suite rooms with private bathrooms (where available) in selected hotels, inns, guesthouses and farmhouse B&B's along the trail.
- Full English breakfast.
- Door to door luggage transfer.
- Maps with the route marked on and a guidebook describing the trail.
- An information pack containing an itinerary, instructions on how to find your accommodation each night, town plans, information about facilities and places of interest along the trail and a kit list.
- Detailed travel instructions on how to get to the start of your holiday and back from the end of it.
- Emergency assistance
Travel Information
Detailed instructions on how to get to the start of the
holiday and back from the end of it are sent to you on booking. A summary is
given below.
Most convenient major city and International airports: Manchester. There is a regular rail
service between Manchester
airport and Newcastle. The
journey takes about 3 hours. From the railway station take the Metro to Wallsend.
Outward journey from London to Wallsend: There is a fast a
frequent rail service between London Kings Cross and Newcastle (about 3 hours). From the railway station take the Metro to Wallsend.
Return journey to London at the end of the holiday: Bus
from Bowness-on-Solway to Carlisle railway station (25 minutes). Train to London Kings Cross (5 hours
30 minutes).