Hadrian's Wall Itineraries
Today the Wall sits within the Hadrian's Wall World Heritage Site, which stretches across 150 miles of northern England, reaching all the way to Ravenglass in Cumbria. Many of the forts, turrets and sections of Wall can be visited, along with some great museums, and history is still to be unearthed at live excavations that run every year throughout the site.
So with 14 major Roman sites, forts and museums, where should you go?
If you would like to combine your visit to a fort with some Wall-watching then Birdoswald, Housesteads, Chesters and Segedunum are the places to be. Each of these sites still has Wall remains for you to see.
Alternatively if you would like to see one of the many impressive stretches of Wall in their landscape away from forts and museums, we have included the best in our Frontier Experiences.
The Frontier Experiences are mini itineraries that combine Wall watching with other places of interest, both Roman and non-Roman. Click on the links below to view the experiences in full.
Sites with Wall remains are identified with the highlighted text WALL.
Frontier Experience 1
Ravenglass & Eskdale Railway, St Bees Priory, Muncaster Castle, Whitehaven, The Rum Story & The Beacon, Whitehaven, Moresby Roman Fort, Hardknott Roman Fort. More...
Frontier Experience 2
Maryport, Swarthy Hill Milefortlet & view of Solway Firth, Solway Coast Discovery Centre. More...
Frontier Experience 3
Solway Coast AONB, Bowness-on-Solway, Port Carlisle, Drumburgh Castle, Church & Edward I Monument. More...
Frontier Experience 4
Carlisle, Carlisle Castle, Carlisle Cathedral. More...
Frontier Experience 5
Brampton, Banks East Turret, Pike Signal Tower & Hare Hill Wall (WALL), Leahill Turret, Piper Sike Turret, Appletree Turf Wall (WALL), Lanercost Priory. More...
Frontier Experience 6
Bew Castle, Bewcastle Roman Fort, Bewcastle Cross, Arthuret Church. More...
Frontier Experience 7
Birdoswald to Gilsland (WALL), Willowford Wall, Turrets and Bridge (WALL), Thirlwall Castle, Walltown Crags, Wall & Turret (WALL), Great Chesters Roman Fort, Cawfields Wall & Milecastle (WALL), Haltwhistle, Haltwhistle Burn, Mare & Foal Stone Circle, Allen Banks & Staward Gorge. More...
Frontier Experience 8
Steel Rigg (WALL), Steel Rigg to Housesteads/Cawfields (WALL), Sycamore Gap, Wall & Milecastle (WALL), Greenlee Lough, Coesike Turret, Sewingshields Wall (WALL), Haydon Bridge. More...
Frontier Experience 9
Planetrees Wall (WALL), Brunton Turret & Wall (WALL), Black Carts Wall (WALL), Limestone Corner (WALL), Temple of Mithras, Chesters Walled Garden, St Oswald’s Church. More...
Frontier Experience 10
Hexham, Hexham Abbey, Hexham Old Gaol, Corbridge, Aydon Castle, Dilston Castle & Chapel, Dilston Physic Garden. More...
Frontier Experience 11
Heddon-on-the-Wall (WALL), Whittledean Reservoir, George Stephenson’s Birthplace, Prudhoe Castle, Cherryburn. More...
Frontier Experience 12
Denton Hall Turret & Wall (WALL), Benwell Roman Temple & Vallum Crossing, Pons Aelius Fort, Newcastle Cross, Newcastle, Tynemouth Priory & Castle. More...
For more information on the history of the Wall as well as information on where you can visit and what you can see check out our interactive map.
