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Hadrian's Wall and Housesteads Roman Fort

United Kingdom Northumberland Hexham

Hadrian's Wall and Housesteads Roman Fort
Photo: Steven Fruitsmaak, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

The wall built across northern England by the Emperor Hadrian from 122 AD to guard the Roman Empire's north-west frontier. Its most dramatic stretches follow the crags of the Whin Sill in Northumberland. Housesteads is the best-preserved fort, with barracks, a hospital and the famous Roman latrines.


Walk the wall west from Housesteads to Sycamore Gap (the famous tree was cut down in 2023) and Steel Rigg. Vindolanda, nearby, has an excellent museum with Roman writing tablets. The Hadrian's Wall Path follows the whole wall, 135 km.

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