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Runs Daily April-September National Landscape Milecastle 39 AD122 Discovery Centre AD122 Plus Tickets East Brampton Hexham The website Crindledykes Bardon Discover Hadrian’s Wall from anywhere on the Go North East West Riding Mill www.hadrianswallcountry.co.uk is a bus network, with unlimited travel on all Go North East Buses 2 Mill and and Peel Cottage change 318 Crindledykes Haltwhistle Stocksfield wealth of information about the local area including the AD122 Hadrian’s Wall Bus. 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Present your valid AD122 1) Leaving the Sill, cross 2) Before reaching 3) Continue along the trail in an 4) Catch the AD122 bus from NUS or International Traveller’s Guide for your chance to win. bus ticket at the following the B6318 and walk along Steel Rigg, cross over easterly direction, past Sycamore Housesteads back to The Sill Student ID Card. the path towards Steel and join Hadrian’s Wall Gap to Housesteads Roman Fort National Landscape Discovery For full terms and conditions visit Travel Information on the Go attractions for 10% off http://tinyurl.com/y7g4wpyq Family tickets are Rigg. Path National Trail via and Museum, one of the most Centre. 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For information on places to stay visit Northumberland Terms and conditions apply, please check with the attraction for details. Look out for our Traveller’s Guides for other areas or download them out and walks by bus Tourism’s website at www.visitnorthumberland.com Not valid with any other offer. at http://tinyurl.com/y7g4wpyq Caw Roman Distance: 4 miles Camps Gap Distance: 5 1/2 miles Time: Approx. 3 hours Cawfield Crags DAY OUT THREE Conservation tip - November to March DAY OUT ONE DAY OUT TWO Time: Approx 3 Hours OS map: OS Explorer Map OL43 Picnic OS map: OS Explorer Map OL43 when ground conditionsStart/Finish: are wet Haltwistle use the centre Site 9 Hadrian’s Wall Classic A6 Hadrian’s Wall Roman Military WayHaltwistle between Cawfieldsbus to Cawfields Cawfields The Tyne Trail Haltwhistle Burn and Caw Gap. The AD122 doesn’t run in Burnhead Quarry Roman Finish winter but you can re-trace your steps from Corbridge Camps Corbridge to Hexham to Cawfields the Milecastle inn to Haltwhistle Burn and Roman Station r Camp e R t ive then return to Haltwhistle. Hexham 6 r Ty Wa Hexham ne ile Abbey v e Milecastle Inn to Haltwistle by bus D Haltwhistle Burn to Cawfields Finish Gate East A695 Hexham Corbridge Station School Dilston Park G Lodge 1 Start a llo w A s 5 69 B 3 Dilston 5 an k 2 Halfmile Wood Dour Oaky Knowe Crags To walk from the Sill to 4 Crags Duke’s House Housesteads (one way) Park Wood On this walk you follow the beautiful Haltwhistle Burn seeing evidence of Haltwhistle’s industrial Distance: 4 miles past. You climb out of the Burn for views towards the Wall, walk past Roman remains before Time: Approx. 2 hours climbing further over moorland to fine views of the Tyne valley. Herding OS map: OS Explorer Map OL43 Hill Broomshaw 1. From Corbridge head out of town towards 4. Keeping straight ahead, Hill Form The route takes you along the iconic central The pretty village of Corbridge was once a supply the Train station, crossing the bridge over the base for Roman Civilians and soldiers. You can the path widens to a track section of Hadrian’s Wall. Starting from The Sill River Tyne. Just after the bridge, turn right and passes Dukes House discover many Roman treasures uncovered with through a metal gate and follow the path Greenholes National Landscape Discovery Centre (www. on the left. Once past all Pyke Dyke the Corbridge Hoard at the local museum. along the river flood bank. At the end of the thesill.org.uk), this walk takes you via Steel along the buildings, the wood on Brickworks Neuk bank drop down and, with the wall on your 1. From the ‘Centre of Britain’ sign walk 6. Continue until you reach the military to Sycamore Gap and then on to Housesteads the right opens to a field. Today, you can still walk through the town’s streets left, follow it round to continue alongside the through the archway opposite and into the road, turning right (take care when Roman Fort, where you can catch the AD122 bus Continuing along the track, tuen right and experience a time-capsule of Roman life. Devils Water over the railway line to Dilston. supermarket car park. crossing road), then soon after follow the back again. Refreshments are available at The along the path down the edge of the field In fact many of the houses here are built with stone and straight into Halfmile Wood.