Hadrian's Wall Path Trailblazer Walking Guide

"...an easy read and an interesting read. This guide is an essential part of the planning process. Parts of the walk is in remote parts and can be challenging. It provides the information to prepare for the adventure. Also, this is not just a guide to planning and preparing to wallk the trail between Bowness-on-Solway and Wallsend it is also a very informative ‘armchair’ read about the history of the wall, how the Romans built and used it and detailed notes on the surrounding area including flora and fauna.""Trailblazer have produced as near as can be a definitive edition. It covers everything needed for hiking and camping along the way. It includes public transport, all types of accommodation, cafes and shops. It also includes detailed 1:20,000 map pages."

• INTRODUCTION; About the Hadrian’s Wall Path: How difficult is the Hadrian’s Wall Path? 12 – How long do you need? 13 – Hadrian’s Wall highlights 13 – When to go 14; PART 1: PLANNING YOUR WALK: Practical information for the walker: Route finding 17 – Accommodation 17 – Food and drink 21 - Information for foreign visitors 24 – Money 26 – Other services 26 - Walking companies 26 – Taking dogs along the Hadrian’s Wall Path 29 Budgeting 30: Itineraries: Which direction? 31 – Village and town facilities table 32 -Suggested itineraries 34; What to take: Keep your luggage light 37 – How to carry it 37 – Footwear 38- Clothes 38 – Toiletries 39 – First-aid kit 40 – General items 4- Camping gear 40 – Money and documents 40 – Maps 41- Hadrian’s Wall Passport 42 – Recommended reading 42 - Sources of further information 45; Getting to and from the Hadrian’s Wall Path: National transport 46 – Getting to Britain 47 – Local transport 48; PART 2: HADRIAN’S WALL: History: The decision to build the Wall 52 – Hadrian builds his Wall 52 : The Romans in Britain 58 – The Wall post-Hadrian 60 - After the Romans 62; PART 3: MINIMUM IMPACT WALKING & OUTDOOR SAFETY: Minimum impact walking - Hadrian’s Wall Code of Respect 68 – Economic impact 68 - Environmental impact 70 – Access 71; Outdoor safety: Avoidance of hazards 72 – Weather forecasts 73 – Blisters 74 - Hypothermia, hyperthermia and sunburn 74; PART 4: THE ENVIRONMENT & NATURE: Conservation; Government agencies and schemes 76 - Flora and fauna: Trees 78 – Flowers 79 – Reptiles and fish 81 – Mammals 81 – Birds 83; PART 5: ROUTE GUIDE AND MAPS: Using this guide 85 (E = walking east to Newcastle W = walking west from Newcastle); E: Bowness-on-Solway to Carlisle 87 – Bowness-on-Solway 87; W: Carlisle to Bowness-on-Solway 105 – Carlisle 105; E: Carlisle to Walton 111 – Brampton 119 – Walton 121; W: Walton to Carlisle 121; E: Walton to Steel Rigg (for Once Brewed) 123 - Birdoswald 128 – Gilsland 132 – Carvoran 138 – Haltwhistle 142; W: Steel Rigg to Walton 145 – Once Brewed 147 – Vindolanda 148; E: Steel Rigg to Chollerford 150 – Housesteads 154 – Chesters 165; W: Chollerford to Steel Rigg 165 – Chollerford 166; E: Chollerford to Heddon-on-the-Wall 166 - Wall 167 – East Wallhouses 174; W: Heddon-on-the-Wall to Chollerford 178 – Heddon o/t Wall 180; E: Heddon-on-the-Wall to Wallsend (Segedunum) 180 - Wylam 184 – Segedunum 190; W: Wallsend (Segedunum) to Heddon-on-the-Wall 196; PART 6: NEWCASTLE; Arrival 197 – Transport 198 –Services 199 – Where to stay 202- Where to eat and drink 204 – What to see and do 207; APPENDICES & INDEX; Acomb–Hexham–Corbridge alternative 213 (Acomb 213, Hexham 216, Corbridge 220) – Glossary 225 – GPS Waypoints 226 Taking a dog 230 – Index 232– Map key 237; OVERVIEW MAPS & PROFILES 242