Independent Trails: Fact File BHWP1
Best of Hadrian's Wall Path ~ Heddon-on-the-Wall to Carlisle
Trail
Facts
Total
distance: 55 miles (88km)
Duration: 6 nights, 5 days walking
Minimum/maximum daily distances: 8 miles (13km)/15 miles (24km)
Season: All year
Starting point of holiday: Heddon-on-the-Wall/Wylam
End of holiday: Carlisle
Rail stations (start/finish): Wylam/Carlisle
Code: BHWP1
Itinerary
Day 1: Travel to Wylam. Overnight Wylam (the transfer to Heddon-on-the-Wall the following day is included in the tour price).
Day 2: Heddon-on-the-Wall/Wylam to Chollerford. 15 miles (24km). Overnight Chollerford.
Day 3: Chollerford to Once Brewed. 12 miles (19km). Overnight Once Brewed.
Day 4: Once Brewed to Gilsland. 8 miles (13km). Overnight Gilsland.
Day 5: Gilsland to Walton. 8 miles (13km). Overnight Walton.
Day 6: Walton to Carlisle. 12 miles (19km). Overnight Carlisle.
Day 7: Depart from Carlisle.
Extra nights/Rest days
Consider spending an extra night at Chollerford if you wish to explore Cilurnum (Chesters) Roman fort and study the Clayton Collection at Chesters Museum The hamlet of Once Brewed is a good choice for a rest day if you want to fully explore the Roman forts of Vindolanda and Housesteads and visit their fascinating museums Many people take an extra night in Carlisle and visit the award winning Tullie House Museum, the 12th century cathedral, the half-timbered guildhall that houses a local history museum and the vast medieval castle, with its ancient chambers, stairways and the dungeons that contain the infamous 'licking stones'. Here, parched Jacobite prisoners found enough moisture to stay alive, only to be brutally executed on Gallows Hill.
What's included?
- 6 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 Airport. There is a fast rail service between Manchester Airport and Wylam (via Newcastle). The journey takes 3 hours 40 minutes.
Outward journey from London to Wylam: Train from London Kings Cross to Wylam (via Newcastle). The journey takes about 3 hours 10 minutes.
Return journey to London at the end of the holiday: Train to London Kings Cross (5 hours 30 minutes).