England- Walking Hadrian’s Wall Path – 10 Day hike (2025)

England- Walking Hadrian’s Wall Path – 10 Day hike This is the longer version of our Hadrians Wall walk. Though not longer in length, with the addition of a couple of extra days it generally lessens the length of some days, thus making it better for slower walkers, or perhaps those who want to spend more time visiting museums and historical sites. The Walk was officially opened in May 2003 after many years of negotiations with landlords and farmers to finalize the exact route which stretches 83 statute miles/133 km across town and country, forest and moorland, World Heritage Site and National Park. The actual wall, however, was started as long ago as 122 A.D! At this time, The Roman Emperor - Hadrian - was having a lot of trouble with the restless natives to the north; those devilish blue painted Pictish and assorted Caledonian warriors were causing mayhem across the wild Northern frontiers and hassling trade and settlement. It became imperative to create some kind of order and consolidate the extreme North of the Empire, especially after one of the legion divisions was withdrawn from Britain to fight the German tribes, leaving Britain under defended. The wall was built “to separate Romans from Barbarians,” across northern Britain at its narrowest point between the Solway Firth and the North Sea. In its original form it was built in 6 years over 73 modern miles (80 Roman ones). It was extended and enhanced with impressive stone defences following natural ridge lines and with a deep ditch (The Vallum) dug alongside it. Later, much of the stonework was mortared allowing it to survive the centuries to become one of the oldest manmade structures in the country today. The amount of work and finance that would have gone into the wall was immense - even with slave or conscript labour. Small forts called "Milecastles" were built every Roman Mile over the whole of the route. At intervals huge garrison forts were built so that a counterattack or raid could be organised at short notice

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