Hadrian’s Cycleway
Self-guided cycle holidays along Hadrian's Cycleway, following world-famous Hadrian’s Wall. We provide accommodation, luggage transfers, maps and guidebooks.
Hadrian’s Cycleway
https://contourscycle.co.uk/hadrians-cycleway
A self-guided cycling holiday along Hadrian’s Wall, from Bowness-on-Solway to Tynemouth.
From £415 per person
From £415 per person
Shadow the line of Hadrian’s Wall all the way from Bowness-on-Solway to Tynemouth along Hadrian’s Cycleway. This 100-mile-long cycling holiday rolls across the green hills of Northumberland between welcoming villages with cosy inns, never straying far from the UK’s largest Roman monument.
Here, the sedimentary progression of history stands on full display, in the castles and churches built on the foundations of ruined Roman forts, and in the houses and towers crafted with stone from Hadrian’s Wall. Amplify the effect with visits to local Roman excavations, or focus instead on the countryside views and quiet, smooth roads.
A bike tour along Hadrian’s Cycleway promises a variety of landscapes and moderate climbs that provide an engaging but accessible challenge for all abilities, while keen historians will undoubtedly relish the opportunity to explore Hadrian’s Wall in its near entirety.
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Cycling from coast to coast along one of England’s oldest and most well-known historical landmarks, following in the footsteps of the ancient Roman legionaries.
Looking back over your journey along the largest ancient monument in northern Europe from the viewing platform in Segedunum.
Cycling up the slopes with the wind at your back, sampling views of green farmland and the spine of Hadrian’s Wall, and coasting down the descents along quiet country roads.
| Code | Tour | Duration | Price per person | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| C-HC1 | From Bowness-on-Solway to Tynemouth | 2 days riding | £415 | |
| C-HC2 | From Bowness-on-Solway to Tynemouth | 3 days riding | £525 | |
| C-HC3 | From Bowness-on-Solway to Tynemouth | 4 days riding | £650 |
Travel to Bowness-on-Solway where your first night's accommodation will be booked
Bowness-on-Solway to Once Brewed. 49.5 miles (79km)
Once Brewed to Tynemouth. 49.5 miles (79km)
Depart from Tynemouth after breakfast
The daily mileages quoted are average trail miles only and do not include the distance from the trail to your accommodation. We do not expect you to have to travel more than 2.5 miles from the trail to your accommodation.
Below are the additional costs that may apply depending on your requirements. Our standard prices per person are based upon two people sharing a room; if you are on your own, or are part of a group but require a room of your own, then the Solo Traveller or Single Supplements apply respectively:
You can add rest days at any of the overnight stops:
Cycling from coast to coast along one of England’s oldest and most well-known historical landmarks, following in the footsteps of the ancient Roman legionaries.
Looking back over your journey along the largest ancient monument in northern Europe from the viewing platform in Segedunum.
Cycling up the slopes with the wind at your back, sampling views of green farmland and the spine of Hadrian’s Wall, and coasting down the descents along quiet country roads.
You can add rest days at any of the overnight stops:
From Bowness-on-Solway the route is almost entirely flat until Warwick Bridge. From here on it rises and falls steeply through Haltwhistle and clambers all the way up to the route’s highest point at Crindledykes, 256 metres above sea level.
It's then a long, undulating descent from here down to Newbrough, broken by a hard but short ascent at Fourstones. Only one noteworthy climb remains, leading into Ovingham, and this is barely moderate in difficulty after the hills that have preceded it.
Hadrian’s Cyclepath rarely strays from good tarmac roads. When it does, it keeps to well-surfaced tracks.
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