Self-guided walking holidays · Hadrian’s Wall Path
84 miles (135 km) coast to coast, from Wallsend on the Tyne to Bowness-on-Solway. We book your B&Bs, move your bags every day, and give you a trip pack and app with every day's route, hotel and luggage details. You choose the pace: 2 to 8 walking days.
Flat, fast miles at each end; the dramatic Whin Sill crags in the middle. Our crossings all walk this same line, the difference is how many days you take over it; the short breaks pick out the best stretches.
Sixty seconds on the Wall: the crags, the forts, and what we arrange for you.
The service
Every night reserved in bed & breakfasts and inns along the route, with breakfast included. Where beds sit off the trail, transport is arranged.
Leave your bag (up to 20 kg) at breakfast; it’s waiting at your next stop by late afternoon. You walk with a daypack.
A day-by-day trip pack with your hotels, luggage and contacts, and an app that maps each day’s route and works offline.
Start from the east or the west; every itinerary runs both ways at the same price. Full inclusions list.
Choose your pace
Same inclusions every time, what changes is how far you walk each day, which part of the wall you walk, and how much time you keep back for the forts.
Western section · 2 walking days
Two long, low days from Gilsland to the Solway: the longest stretch of standing wall at Birdoswald, a night in Carlisle, and the end of the wall at Bowness.
Best for: Steady walkers who want the wall's western end and the finish at the sea
From £375 pp
View itinerary for The Western Wall Short Break
Central section · 2 walking days
Two hard, magnificent days across the best of the wall, crags, Housesteads and Sycamore Gap, wrapped in a three-night break.
Best for: Fit walkers who want the famous middle in a long weekend
From £375 pp
View itinerary for The Whin Sill Short Break
Crags to the Solway · 4 walking days
Four walking days in three nights: the Whin Sill crags, Birdoswald and Carlisle, then the Solway to the wall's western end at Bowness.
Best for: Fit walkers with four days who want the crags and a coast finish
From £445 pp
View itinerary for Chollerford to the Sea
Full coast to coast · 3 walking days
All 84 miles of Hadrian's Wall in three very long days, with your bags moved each night so you carry a daypack and nothing else.
Best for: Fell runners, fastpackers, ultra walkers and charity challengers
From £509 pp
View itinerary for The Three-Day Wall Challenge
Full coast to coast · 4 walking days
All 84 miles in four big days of walking, with an arrival night to start fresh and a finish night at Bowness so there is no last bus to chase.
Best for: Hill-fit walkers who regularly do 20-mile days
From £655 pp
View itinerary for The Four-Day Crossing
Full coast to coast · 5 walking days
All 84 miles in five walking days, with the entire Whin Sill crag section in one magnificent 20-mile day.
Best for: Strong, experienced walkers who want the whole wall in five big days
From £719 pp
View itinerary for The Five-Day Crossing
Full coast to coast · 6 walking days
The full 84 miles in six honest days of walking, the itinerary most experienced walkers choose, with no spare days built in.
Best for: Fit, regular walkers who want the whole wall at the standard pace
From £699 pp
View itinerary for The Classic Crossing
Full coast to coast · 6 walking days + finish night
The full coast-to-coast walk, finished properly, the same six days as the Classic Crossing, but you sleep on the Solway shore and travel home fresh the next morning.
Best for: Crossers who want a night on the Solway before travelling home
From £769 pp
View itinerary for The Coast to Coast at Ease
Full coast to coast · 6 walking days + arrival & finish nights
The six-day coast-to-coast walk bracketed by an arrival night in Newcastle and a finish night on the Solway, no dawn trains before, no scramble for connections after.
Best for: Walkers travelling far, who refuse to walk and travel on the same day
From £789 pp
View itinerary for The Rested Crossing
Full coast to coast · 7 walking days
The crossing without the 19-mile day: seven walking days, an arrival night, a market-town evening in Brampton, and the slack to actually go inside the Roman forts.
Best for: Walkers who want the forts and no punishing long day
From £939 pp
View itinerary for The Explorer's Crossing
Full coast to coast · 8 walking days
The whole wall over eight walking days, both long stages split, nothing over fifteen miles, most days nearer ten, for walkers who want to finish comfortably, every day.
Best for: Walkers who want the gentlest full crossing, no long days at all
From £1,019 pp
View itinerary for The Unhurried WallOne trail, in depth
We don’t sell four hundred holidays across five continents. We organise walks on one National Trail, which means we know which B&Bs put the kettle on early, which stage catches people out after rain, and where you should stop for a proper lunch rather than a petrol-station sandwich.
Plan with confidence
The knowledge behind our itineraries also goes into these guides, how long it takes to walk Hadrian's Wall, which direction, when to go, how hard it really is, whether you book with us or walk it entirely under your own steam.
Browse all planning guidesThe whole trail in one page: what it is, how long it takes, how hard it is, and every planning decision in the order you should make them.
The trail is 84 miles. Divide it by six days and you get a very different holiday than dividing it by eight. Here's how to choose your divisor honestly.
Around four in five walkers go east to west. The reasons are real but not universal, here's the full case for each direction so you can pick yours.
The season runs roughly April to October. Within it, months differ more than most walkers expect, here's each one's honest character.
Tell us your dates, walking experience and how far you like to walk in a day. We'll recommend the right crossing and confirm a firm price, usually within one working day.
