INTRODUCTION; About the Hadrian's Wall Path: How difficult is the Hadrian's Wall Path? 12 - How long do you need? 13 - Hadrian's Wall highlights 13 - When to go 14; PART 1: PLANNING YOUR WALK: Practical information for the walker: Route finding 17 - Accommodation 17 - Food and drink 21 - Information for foreign visitors 24 - Money 26 - Other services 26 - Walking companies 26 - Taking dogs along the Hadrian's Wall Path 29 Budgeting 30: Itineraries: Which direction? 31 - Village and town facilities table 32 -Suggested itineraries 34; What to take: Keep your luggage light 37 - How to carry it 37 - Footwear 38- Clothes 38 - Toiletries 39 - First-aid kit 40 - General items 4- Camping gear 40 - Money and documents 40 - Maps 41- Hadrian's Wall Passport 42 - Recommended reading 42 - Sources of further information 45; Getting to and from the Hadrian's Wall Path: National transport 46 - Getting to Britain 47 - Local transport 48; PART 2: HADRIAN'S WALL: History: The decision to build the Wall 52 - Hadrian builds his Wall 52 : The Romans in Britain 58 - The Wall post-Hadrian 60 - After the Romans 62; PART 3: MINIMUM IMPACT WALKING & OUTDOOR SAFETY: Minimum impact walking - Hadrian's Wall Code of Respect 68 - Economic impact 68 - Environmental impact 70 - Access 71; Outdoor safety: Avoidance of hazards 72 - Weather forecasts 73 - Blisters 74 - Hypothermia, hyperthermia and sunburn 74; PART 4: THE ENVIRONMENT & NATURE: Conservation; Government agencies and schemes 76 - Flora and fauna: Trees 78 - Flowers 79 - Reptiles and fish 81 - Mammals 81 - Birds 83; PART 5: ROUTE GUIDE AND MAPS: Using this guide 85 (E = walking east to Newcastle W = walking west from Newcastle); E: Bowness-on-Solway to Carlisle 87 - Bowness-on-Solway 87; W: Carlisle to Bowness-on-Solway 105 - Carlisle 105; E: Carlisle to Walton 111 - Brampton 119 - Walton 121; W: Walton to Carlisle 121; E: Walton to Steel Rigg (for Once Brewed) 123 - Birdoswald 128 - Gilsland 132 - Carvoran 138 - Haltwhistle 142; W: Steel Rigg to Walton 145 - Once Brewed 147 - Vindolanda 148; E: Steel Rigg to Chollerford 150 - Housesteads 154 - Chesters 165; W: Chollerford to Steel Rigg 165 - Chollerford 166; E: Chollerford to Heddon-on-the-Wall 166 - Wall 167 - East Wallhouses 174; W: Heddon-on-the-Wall to Chollerford 178 - Heddon o/t Wall 180; E: Heddon-on-the-Wall to Wallsend (Segedunum) 180 - Wylam 184 - Segedunum 190; W: Wallsend (Segedunum) to Heddon-on-the-Wall 196; PART 6: NEWCASTLE; Arrival 197 - Transport 198 -Services 199 - Where to stay 202- Where to eat and drink 204 - What to see and do 207; APPENDICES & INDEX; Acomb-Hexham-Corbridge alternative 213 (Acomb 213, Hexham 216, Corbridge 220) - Glossary 225 - GPS Waypoints 226 Taking a dog 230 - Index 232- Map key 237; OVERVIEW MAPS & PROFILES 242
