The route
Hadrian's Wall Path
138.3 km and 1,613 m of climbing: the crossing of Hadrian's Wall Path, east to west between Wallsend and Bowness-on-Solway.
Drawn with a pen, line by line
- Distance
- 138.3 km
- Elevation gain
- 1,613 m
- Highest point
- 335 m
- Summits, passes and villages
- 37
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The route in numbers
Indicative figures computed by Plotrek on its illustrative route, with altitudes from a terrain model. They may differ from the organiser's.
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Reading the route
Hadrian's Wall Path starts in Wallsend, at 19 m above sea level, and crosses the north of England from east to west. Opened as a National Trail in 2003, this long-distance path follows Hadrian's Wall. Our route covers 138.3 km with 1,613 m of climbing: a modest relief.
From Wallsend, the path reaches Heddon on the Wall at km 24.5, then Chollerford at km 50. It climbs towards Busy Gap (km 63.8) and Sycamore Gap (km 68.2), then drops to Gilsland at km 83.6 and Walton at km 96.8. The plain leads to Carlisle, at km 115.1, then Burgh by Sands, at km 125.9.
The high point of the route, 335 m, lies at km 71.1, between Peel Gap and Caw Gap. The longest climb gains 263 m, from km 8.1 to km 42.9, very drawn out. The finish is in Bowness-on-Solway, at km 138.3, 8 m above sea level, on the edge of the estuary.
Paths and places: © OpenStreetMap contributors. Altitudes measured on the route.
03 · Your poster
The route, drawn with a pen
The relief of Hadrian's Wall Path, from Wallsend to Bowness-on-Solway, takes shape in contour lines: our pen plotter draws it with a pen, line by line. Your name and your dates sit in the cartouche, in A4, A3 or A2.
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Official information
- Illustrative route redrawn by Plotrek from public data: the course announced by the organiser and OpenStreetMap paths. It is not the official course of the event.
- Altitudes: terrain model AWS Terrain Tiles
- Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors
- Figures and text: Plotrek