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

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

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July 19, 2021

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

Moderate

04:29

15.9km

3.6km/h

320m

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Overview

Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels.

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Start point

Guest House

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2.55 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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3.46 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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3.46 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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3.69 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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4.45 km

The Graig Woodland Path

Highlight • Viewpoint

wasnt expecting to see woods after a long walk along hadrians wall, but a lovely wooded area

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7.73 km

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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11.7 km

View of Vindolanda Roman Fort

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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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15.9 km

End point

Guest House

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

5.46 km

4.34 km

2.96 km

2.56 km

591 m

Surfaces

6.65 km

4.08 km

3.43 km

1.49 km

253 m

Route Details

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Highest point (330 m)

Lowest point (160 m)

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

Steel Rigg and Hadrian's Wall

View of Hadrian's Wall at Crag Lough

Sycamore Gap and Hadrian's Wall

Sycamore Gap (Robin Hood Tree)

The Graig Woodland Path

Housesteads Roman Fort and Hadrian's Wall

View of Vindolanda Roman Fort

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