Hiking Hadrian’s Wall Path

Hadrian’s Wall Path follows the path of the Roman wall that was built in the 2nd Century AD across what is now Northern England.

Below are our blog posts that describe our adventure walking along this unique piece of history.

Hadrian’s Wall Path: Summary and Reflections

This post is about our walk along Hadrian’s Wall Path. It might be helpful if you are planning a similar trip. Janet and I walked the path westerly over eight days…

HWP Day 1: Segedunum to Newcastle

While our Hadrian’s Wall Path itinerary from Macs Adventures has us walking from Segedunum to Heddon in one long 17+ mile day, we arrived in Newcastle a day early to split…

HWP Day 2: Newcastle to Heddon-on-Wall / Wylam

The lack of wall on today’s stretch is replaced by a journey through time. The Romans started building the wall in 122 and they left Britannia in about 410 when Barbarians…

HWP Day 3: Heddon to Chollerford / Humshaugh

Today reminded us why we come back to England to go walking – the countryside. We loved the friendly sheep and the very friendly horse. We gave space to the cows…

HWP Day 5: Twice Brewed to Greenhead / Haltwhistle

Today was full of unexpected pleasures. The weather forecast had been a depressing amount of mist and heavy rain but the weather set a great mood. While there was plenty of…

HWP Day 7: Brampton to Carlisle

Today was different and not recommended for other HWP walkers. Our dilemma was how to return to the HWP from the Scotch Arms Mews in Brampton. We had walked off-trail from…

HWP Day 8: Carlisle to Bowness-on-Solway

Today was the final leg of our trek across England following Hadrian’s Wall. It did not disappoint, remaining consistent with some of the highlights from previous days while adding a few…

HWP: Epilogue

I thought we’d finished yesterday, but it doesn’t really sink in until the following morning when you don’t have to put on hiking gear nor get your bag ready for pick…