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Sycamore Gap (Robin Hood Tree) – Steel Rigg Loop from Frankham

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Sycamore Gap (Robin Hood Tree) – Steel Rigg Loop from Frankham

Sandra lucas and Adrian planned a hike

June 18, 2021

Sycamore Gap (Robin Hood Tree) – Steel Rigg Loop from Frankham

Moderate

03:44

13.5km

3.6km/h

230m

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Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

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278 m

Housesteads Roman Fort and Hadrian's Wall

Highlight • Historical Site

Good footwear recommended, path varies from gravel, to mud and rock.

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4.39 km

Sycamore Gap (Robin Hood Tree)

Highlight • Natural Monument

As of September 27th 2023 we are shocked and desperately saddened to learn that the famous Sycamore Gap tree at Hadrian's Wall has been felled overnight in what appears to …

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4.69 km

Milecastle 39 (Castle Nick) on Hadrian's Wall

Highlight • Historical Site

Milecastle 39, known as Castle Nick, is nestled between Highshield Crags and Peel Crags. With views to the north and south, it survives well. The milecastle appears to have been occupied until the late 4th century.

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4.78 km

Sycamore Gap and Hadrian's Wall

Highlight (Segment) • Historical Site

"The Hadrian's Wall was a Roman frontier fortification system of the British Limes, which was between Newcastle and Solway Firth, near the present-day border between Scotland and England in the …

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4.78 km

View of Hadrian's Wall at Crag Lough

Highlight • Historical Site

Great views from this prominent and arguably the most scenic part of the wall.

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5.45 km

Steel Rigg and Hadrian's Wall

Highlight • Historical Site

One of the most iconic features in the Northumbrian landscape, the cliff face of Steel Rigg shows how the Romans incorporated the natural landscape into their defences against the barbarians.

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9.02 km

View of Vindolanda Roman Fort

Highlight • Viewpoint

From here you get a view of the magnificent Fort Vindolanda, a Roman auxilliary fort that offers a wonderful insight into daily life in Roman Britain during the 1st and 2nd centuries AD.

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13.5 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

4.90 km

2.16 km

803 m

736 m

Surfaces

6.51 km

4.91 km

1.05 km

803 m

226 m

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Sycamore Gap (Robin Hood Tree) – Steel Rigg Loop from Frankham

Housesteads Roman Fort and Hadrian's Wall

Sycamore Gap (Robin Hood Tree)

Milecastle 39 (Castle Nick) on Hadrian's Wall

Sycamore Gap and Hadrian's Wall

View of Hadrian's Wall at Crag Lough

Steel Rigg and Hadrian's Wall

View of Vindolanda Roman Fort

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