Join Ramblers Wellbeing Walks Northumberland for short, local and accessible walks to help you get more active.
Walks are over easy ground and taken at steady pace to suit everyone
Walks range from 10 to 90 minutes in length
At least one short walk a week, starting at the same time and place every week
All walks are accessible on foot or by public transport
You only need to join a group once to access all future walks
Appreciate the vastness of Northumberland as we head out West towards the border with Cumbria. This 7-mile walk takes in the heights of Walltown Crags before following the combined long-distance walking routes of Hadrian’s Wall Path and the Pennine Way to Green Croft, returning via Greenhead.
Walking along the Wall and the Vallum, we are once again in the midst of amazing historical treasures. Aside from ruins of the Wall itself, we will walk past Milecastle 45, Thirlwall Castle and across Magna Roman Fort, home to two of the most exotic Roman regiments to have served in Roman Britain, the Syrian archers and the Dalmatian mountain soldiers. If we are lucky, we might eve see the archaeologists at work on the Fort.
We plan to lunch at Green Croft on the Wall, home to Green Croft Arts led by Amanda Drago & Kit Haigh. During lockdown, Green Croft Arts commissioned a beautiful soundwalk, Collison and Conflict, which you can tap into on our walk. Details of how to do this are in the route information.
This really is a walk that combines some of Northumberland’s greatest treasures: its landscape, its history and, of course, its arts and culture. You are very welcome!
The walk will start from, and end at, the car park at Walltown Country Park.
The walk is approximately 7 miles long and includes some hill-walking. Please bring your own refreshments, including lunch.
Meet at the car park at Walltown Country Park
Walks are over easy ground and taken at steady pace to suit everyone
Walks range from 10 to 90 minutes in length
At least one short walk a week, starting at the same time and place every week
All walks are accessible on foot or by public transport
You only need to join a group once to access all future walks
