Walk n142 Hadrian's Wall from Cawfield Quarry to Steel Rigg

The highest point of Hadrian's Wall


Route outline for walk n142:

Cawfield Quarry Car Park  -  Hadrian's Wall  -  The Pennine Way  -  The Hadrian's Wall Path  -  Cawfield Crags  -  Thorny Doors  -  Caw Gap  -  Bogle Hole  -  Lodhams Slack  -  Winshields (Winshield Crags)  -  Green Slack  -  Steel Rigg  -  Hound Hill  -  Melkridge Common  -  East Cawfields  -  Cawfields  -  Cawfield Quarry Car Park



National Trails & Long Paths included on this walk:

Part of this walk follows a section of The Hadrian's Wall Path, a 130km (81 miles) linear footpath connecting Wallsend in Tyne and Wear, England with Bowness-on-Solway in Cumbria, England. The Hadrian's Wall Path is waymarked by a National Trail Acorn. For more walks that include a section of this trail see The Hadrian's Wall Path.


Part of this walk also follows a section of The Pennine Way, a 404km (251 miles) linear footpath connecting Edale in Derbyshire, England with Kirk Yetholm in The Borders, Scotland. The Pennine Way is waymarked by a National Trail Acorn. For more walks that include a section of this trail see The Pennine Way.



You can find more walks near this one on these unique free-to-access Interactive Walk Planning Maps: (click/TAP to select)


1:25,000 scale OS Explorer Map (the ones with orange/yellow covers):

OL43 Hadrian’s Wall


1:50,000 scale OS Landranger Maps (the ones with pink/magenta covers):

86 Haltwhistle & Brampton, Bewcastle & Alston


87 Hexham & Haltwhistle


Some Photos and Pictures from Walk n142 Hadrian's Wall from Cawfield Quarry to Steel Rigg

In no particular order . . .

Walk n142 Hadrian's Wall from Cawfield Quarry to Steel Rigg - My wife Mary and I on Winshield Crags - the highest point on Hadrian's Wall

My wife Mary and I on Winshield Crags - the highest point on Hadrian's Wall

Photo: David Sadtler (1)

Walk n142 Hadrian's Wall from Cawfield Quarry to Steel Rigg - Hadrian's Wall at Steel Rigg with Crag Lough beyond

Hadrian's Wall at Steel Rigg with Crag Lough beyond

Photo: Mike Knipe (47)

Walk n142 Hadrian's Wall from Cawfield Quarry to Steel Rigg - At a milecastle on Hadrian's Wall between Hotbank and Housesteads

At a milecastle on Hadrian's Wall between Hotbank and Housesteads

Photo: Dave Roberts (4)

Walk n142 Hadrian's Wall from Cawfield Quarry to Steel Rigg - Steel Rigg - Walking The Hadrian's Wall Path National Trail - Day 4

Steel Rigg - Walking The Hadrian's Wall Path National Trail - Day 4

Photo: David Wright (120)

Walk n142 Hadrian's Wall from Cawfield Quarry to Steel Rigg - The view from Hadrian's Wall

The view from Hadrian's Wall

Photo: Terence Walsh (4)

Walk n142 Hadrian's Wall from Cawfield Quarry to Steel Rigg - Walking The Hadrian's Wall National Trail

Walking The Hadrian's Wall National Trail

Photo: Mike Knipe (44)

Walk n142 Hadrian's Wall from Cawfield Quarry to Steel Rigg - Crag Lough and Hadrian's Wall from Hotbank

Crag Lough and Hadrian's Wall from Hotbank

Photo: Dave Roberts (2)

Walk n142 Hadrian's Wall from Cawfield Quarry to Steel Rigg - Hadrian's Wall

Hadrian's Wall

Photo: Dave Roberts (1)

Walk n142 Hadrian's Wall from Cawfield Quarry to Steel Rigg - The view west of Steel Rigg - Walking The Hadrian's Wall Path National Trail - Day 5

The view west of Steel Rigg - Walking The Hadrian's Wall Path National Trail - Day 5

Photo: David Wright (125)

Walk n142 Hadrian's Wall from Cawfield Quarry to Steel Rigg - Crag Lough seen from Hadrian's Wall

Crag Lough seen from Hadrian's Wall

Photo: Terence Walsh (1)

Walk n142 Hadrian's Wall from Cawfield Quarry to Steel Rigg - Winshields, Hadrian's Wall

Winshields, Hadrian's Wall

Photo: Steve Ashman (2)

Walk n142 Hadrian's Wall from Cawfield Quarry to Steel Rigg - On Hadrians Wall - with Australian friends, appreciating an English summer!

On Hadrians Wall - with Australian friends, appreciating an English summer!

Photo: Chris Batchelor (1)

Walk n142 Hadrian's Wall from Cawfield Quarry to Steel Rigg - On Hadrian's Wall between Hotbank and Housesteads

On Hadrian's Wall between Hotbank and Housesteads

Photo: Dave Roberts (3)

Walk n142 Hadrian's Wall from Cawfield Quarry to Steel Rigg - Peel Crag, Hadrian's Wall

Peel Crag, Hadrian's Wall

Photo: Mike Knipe (46)

Walk n142 Hadrian's Wall from Cawfield Quarry to Steel Rigg - Walking Hadrian's Wall

Walking Hadrian's Wall

Photo: Terence Walsh (3)

Walk n142 Hadrian's Wall from Cawfield Quarry to Steel Rigg - On the Hadrian's Wall walk

On the Hadrian's Wall walk

Photo: Terence Walsh (2)

Walk n142 Hadrian's Wall from Cawfield Quarry to Steel Rigg - Heading towards Steel Rigg - Walking The Hadrian's Wall Path National Trail - Day 4

Heading towards Steel Rigg - Walking The Hadrian's Wall Path National Trail - Day 4

Photo: David Wright (119)

Walk n142 Hadrian's Wall from Cawfield Quarry to Steel Rigg - Crag Lough from Hadrian's Wall

Crag Lough from Hadrian's Wall

Photo: Terence Walsh (5)

Walk n142 Hadrian's Wall from Cawfield Quarry to Steel Rigg - Mile Castle on Hadrian's Wall

Mile Castle on Hadrian's Wall

Photo: Mike Knipe (45)


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