| The modern Scottish-English border is about forty | | | | enjoyable affair walking in England's northernmost |
| miles to the North of Hadrian's Wall, running along | | | | county. |
| the upper edge of the Northumberland National | | | | The terrain of the route along Hadrian's Wall is of |
| Park. In the times of the Romans though, the line | | | | moderate difficulty, with undulations more than |
| that runs roughly East to West between | | | | steep slopes. Covering about ten miles per day on |
| Newcastle and Carlisle marked the boundary | | | | a guided English walking break, you can take in |
| between the civilised world and that of the | | | | views of the graceful surrounding landscape, with |
| barbarians to the north. | | | | evidence of fortresses and outposts along the |
| The section of Roman wall that can be explored | | | | way while passing through some of the most |
| on a walking holiday in England is just part of the | | | | breathtaking scenery in Britain. The middle |
| former empire's giant frontier, known as "the | | | | sections of Hadrian's Wall, in particular, have not |
| limes," which extended across northern Europe. | | | | altered much since Roman times, and there are |
| There are sections of Roman wall in Germany | | | | parts where you can imagine what it must have |
| and there's an equivalent blockade in North Africa. | | | | been like to guard the border in those times. It is |
| The fact that the surviving walls in Africa, | | | | this combination of historical significance and |
| hundreds of miles away, closely resembles the | | | | marvellous scenery that rightly makes Hadrian's |
| brick formations of the bastion in Britain is | | | | Wall the most popular tourist attraction in |
| evidence of the military efficiency of the Roman | | | | Northern England. |
| legions that oversaw the construction of these | | | | The guided walks offer accommodation along the |
| walls. | | | | way, such as at the Battlesteads Hotel in Wark, |
| By walking along England's Hadrian's Wall Path | | | | which is about halfway along the wall. It is a cosy |
| walkers can see a UNESCO World Heritage | | | | countryside inn and restaurant with a selection of |
| protected site, preserved as a monument of the | | | | organic drinks and cask ales. Pieces of Hadrian's |
| Roman occupation of Britain and testament to the | | | | Wall were used in building the hotel. |
| ingenuity that created the walls, ditches, forts and | | | | The walk closes on the west coast of England at |
| watchtowers across a seventy-mile stretch of | | | | Bowness-on-Solway, which is a pretty village on |
| land. | | | | the Solway Firth. The Firth separates the two |
| Guided English walking breaks along Hadrian's Wall | | | | modern countries of Britain at Bowness, so |
| usually begin in the small Northumberland village of | | | | walking in England here puts you within a few |
| Heddon-on-the-Wall, ten miles from Newcastle. | | | | yards of Scotland, just as a legionnaire would |
| The village has long uninterrupted sections of wall | | | | have been when patrolling the border almost two |
| and marks the beginning of an easy-going and | | | | thousand years ago. |