Walltown Craggs, Image (c) Andrea Perrett.
Walk in Your Shoes: Walltown Crags
Walking the far reaches of Northumberland.
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 below.
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.
All route information can be found here.
The walk is free, however booking is required so we can accommodate numbers, and donations to November Club would be well received.
Collison and Conflict
If you would like to listen to the soundscape during the walk, please go to the website below where you will find instructions on how to download the sound walk app, Echoes and the soundwalk Collision and Conflict onto your phone at home before you arrive. Please bring a set of headphones and the sound pieces should begin playing automatically in the location that they were intended by the artist on the walk. You can keep walking whilst you listen, enjoying the sounds in the landscape. A member of Green Croft Arts will also be at hand to support and give an insight into the commissions and the artists.