This 11.5 miles hike had an anti-clockwise route which started in the town centre of Much Wenlock. First we went in a north easterly direction, mainly along the Housesteads Circular Day Hiking Hadrians Wall was about 9 miles in distance and undertaken in April 2011. Myself and my partner Anne did this hike whilst on a Northumberland hiking holiday. We drove from our cottage accommodation in Bellingham to the starting location of Housesteads National Trust pay and display car park on the B6318.
Probably the most well known part of the northern frontier defence of the Roman Empire here in Britain is Housesteads Roman fort on Hadrian's Wall. These days it is owned by the National Trust and managed jointly with English Heritage. The fort towers over the wild land north of the wall on the cliffs of Housesteads Crags. This hiking route loops over landscape which at times I would describe as wild or untamed. The last leg of the hike returns from the east with fabulous views of the wall and north of the wall. I would advise hikers with little experience to only attempt this hike on a clear day.
Read more about this Housesteads Circular Day Hiking In Northumberland, Shropshire, England, UK on my blog at: Housesteads Circular Day Hiking, Hadrians Wall, Northumberland
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