Self-Guided Family Cycling Holiday - Hadrian's Cycleway - 4 Days Cycling

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Travel along the northern boundary of Britannia and the Roman Empire and rediscover the Emperor Hadrian’s Wall on two wheels.

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Holiday Highlights

Cycling next to Hadrian’s Wall near Birdoswald
Seeing a live archaeological dig at Vindolanda
Beating your parents up one of the cheeky Skedaddle climbs
Corbridge and sinking a well-deserved pint of local ale – It’s not all about the kids you know!!
Seeing who’ll be the first to spot the ‘Blinking Eye’ bridge in Newcastle
Ice cream in Tynemouth and the sense of achievement having ridden from coast to coast as a family

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Day	Description	Distance	Ascent	Meals
1	Arrival into Newcastle	Non Cycling Day
2	Bowness on Solway to Brampton	28 Miles / 45 Kms Approx.	500m	B
3	Brampton to Twice Brewed	22 Miles / 35 Kms Approx.	650m	B
4	Twice Brewed to Newburn	32 Miles / 52 Kms Approx.	450m	B
5	Newburn to Tynemouth	18 Miles / 29 Kms Approx.	300m	B

Meals: B = Breakfast L = Lunch D = Dinner | Please keep in mind the distances and ascent information provided are intended to be indicative and may vary from the actuals due to accommodation changes or when compared on different GPS devices and software

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Holiday Information

Utilising the National Cycle Network, with that extra Skedaddle ingredient, we cycle along the boundary of the Old Roman Empire, starting and finishing at either end of Hadrian’s Wall. During the cycling you'll follow in the footsteps of Roman soldiers, whilst experiencing some of the rich heritage that Cumbria and Northumberland have to offer. This wonderful cycling holiday passes through open hill country, peaceful river valleys and finishes at the North Sea at Tynemouth.

After arriving into Newcastle you spend the first night in this vibrant city before we transfer you to Bowness-on-Solway and the start of your ride which ends 100 miles later in Tynemouth where we will meet you and transfer you back to Newcastle for your onward journey home.

There's lots to see along the way for both adults and children and the sense of achievement at completing a coast to coast cycling journey as a family is for many the real highlight.

This self-guided trip is for a minimum of 2 people and accommodation, transfers, luggage transfers and emergency back up are all included. We also provide detailed route notes and maps to enable you to do the route self-guided. Nothing could be simpler!

Looking for a UK family cycling holiday on quiet roads, traffic free paths and National Cycle Network routes? Then the Hadrian's Cycleway is the holiday for you. This trip can also be done over 6 days and also as a 4 day supported trip.

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Holiday Feedback

Cannot fault.

Our son had an injury just before our original dates…no problem! Saddle Skedaddle rearranged at no additional cost. We arrived at the cafe early on the last day… no problem! SS brought forward the pick up point at the end of route. Cannot fault. We particularly loved the accommodation at Scotch Mews. A lovely gem for our first night en route. Our favourite day was day 2 from Brampton to Newbrough – this was the longest but also the most satisfying, and with greatest exposure to sites of interest along Hadrian’s Wall. Perhaps we will be more ambitious in route selection next time. We loved Vindolanda and were really glad that we stopped at the Roman Army Museum too. We were also glad that we had elected to stay an extra night in Newcastle at the end which avoided a lengthy car journey in sweaty cycle kit!

Andrea, Lincolnshire
A really good experience

A really good experience for myself and 15 year old son. The excellent Roman museums on route brought Hadrians wall to life!

Jane, Hampshire, UK
Doing a family cycling holiday was great!

Our favourite day was the third day of cycling which took us from Twice Brewed mostly downhill through the countryside. The weather was great, the cycling was lovely, and the scenery was beautiful.

Megan, USA
Excellent!

The accommodation was fab – the lady at Brookside was so helpful in taking us and picking us up from the pub; the room at Twice Brewed was lovely and big (useful when you have a teenager who likes to spread the contents of her bag….) and Keelman’s was huge, plenty of room to dry out soggy kit and the restaurant was vey reasonably priced! I was also impressed by the advice from the rep and the back up provided. It helped that the route was relatively easy and not too far from civilisation so finding lunches/rest stops etc wasn’t a problem.

Mary, West Midlands
Good!

We all really enjoyed the experience of the ride and the quality of the accommodation, so definitely recommend it to family and friends and would like to return.

Suzanne, London

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