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 honest route notes that tell you which day is hardest and where to find lunch. You choose the pace: 2 to 8 walking days.
Flat, fast miles at each end; the dramatic Whin Sill crags in the middle. Every itinerary walks this same line, the difference is how many days you take over it.
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.
Maps and daily notes that flag the climbs, the exposed stretches, and where the cafés and taps actually are.
A phone number that answers, 24/7, if a boot fails or a knee complains. Full inclusions list.
Choose your pace
Same trail, same inclusions, what changes is how far you walk each day and how much time you keep back for the forts.
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 £325 pp
View itinerary for The Whin Sill Short Break
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 £519 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 £619 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 £719 pp
View itinerary for The Rested Crossing
Full coast to coast · 7 walking days
The crossing without the 18-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 £819 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 £894 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 that goes into our route notes also goes into these guides, how many days you need, 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.