The official companion to the National Trail, Hadrian's Wall Path which opened in May 2003. It is a footpath of some 84 miles (135km) linking Wallsend, near Newcastle upon Tyne, with Bowness on Solway on England's west coast. The Path shadows, for it's greater part, the historic line of Hadrian's Wall; it is the only National Trail to lie within a World Heritage Site and there are many opportunities to explore the fascinating history of four centuries of Roman rule.
It is also a walk of dramatic contrasts, starting amid bustling, redeveloped Newcastle, where the path passes the Millennium Bridge, the new Baltic arts complex and the Sage Gateshead Music Centre, finishing on the lonely shores of the Solway Firth, with its unique wildlife.
To follow the Roman wall from coast to coast, all you need is this one book. It contains: the entire route split into convenient sections; 1:25 000 Ordnance Survey maps for each section, marked with points of special interest & short circular routes off the trail.
A complete description of the route divided into six chapters, each covering one day's walk. Full colour photographs throughout. Background information on local history, wildlife, archaeology and landscape.
National Trails are long distance routes covering about about 2,500 miles in England and Wales created by linking existing local footpaths. In Scotland the trails are called long distance routes.
The first National Trail was the Pennine Way which opened in 1965 and since then another 14 have opened up in England and Wales.
Funding for the National Trails is mainly provided by government through Natural England and the Countryside Council for Wales.
The National Trails are walked in part or from end to end by tens of thousands of people every year. You don't have to start at one end - you can start anywhere & sample a part of these treasured stretches of land.
Aurum also publish Recreactional Path Guides which take in other Long Distance paths which haven't (yet) been categorised as National Trails.
Popular guides from the range include...
The West Highland Way, The Cumbria Way, The Pennine Way (North & South), The South West Coast Path, The Coast to Coast Walk & the World Heritage Site that is Hadrian's Wall Path.
Aurum Press were founded in 1976 and in partenrship with Natural England publish a series of official National Trail Guides & Recreational Path Guides which cover all the established National Trails. A percentage of the profits from the sales of the guides is returned to Natural England for use in maintaining & improving the network.
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