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Walk 2803 - Hadrian's Wall and Haughton Common

Nat Park   Northumberland
County/Area   Northumberland
AuthorPeter Lane
Length20.0 miles / 32.5 km
Ascent2200 feet / 667 metres
Gradehard

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This Northumberland walk includes sections of the Pennine Way and Hardian's Wall National Trails. The route is tougher than one might expect with the wall following a switchback route. The start is Brocolitia Fort one of many antiquities preserved along Hadrian's Wall.

Suggested Maps

It is recommended you take a map with you when following a walk route. The preferred scale is 1:25000 used by the Explorer series.

OS ExplorerSheet OL43
OS LandrangerSheet 87

Note : If two maps are listed at the same scale then either (a) both are required for full coverage of the route or (b) the route is covered on both maps.

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Grade - easy/moderate
Length - 3.8 miles / 6.1 km

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Length - 4.5 miles / 7.3 km

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Grade - easy/moderate
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Cross Fell & Great Dun Fell from Kirkland
Grade - moderate/hard
Length - 12.0 miles / 19.5 km

Note : The distances quoted to other walks in the vicinity are measured in a straight line. The distance by road may be further.
 


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27 miles / 43 km away

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