Hadrian's Wall Path - Day 6

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Carlisle - Burgh by Sands: 7 miles (11 km)
Burgh by Sands - Bowness-on-Solway: 11 miles (18 km)
Totals for Day: 18 miles (29 km)

Burgh by Sands

After a 7-mile walk from Carlisle, take a break in the village of Burgh by Sands (www.burghbysands-parishcouncil.co.uk/index.html). The village is known as the place where Edward I died in 1307 while on a campaign fighting the Scottish. Visit St Michael's Church (www.visitcumbria.com/car/chc4.htm), where his body was laid out. The church is built within a Roman fort along Hadrian's Wall.

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Bowness-on-Solway

The final stretch of the trail brings you to the costal village of Bowness-on-Solway, the end of the Hadrian's Wall Path National Trail. The village lies within the Solway coast Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (www.countryside.gov.uk/LAR/Landscape/DL/aonbs/aonb_solway.asp). The second-largest Roman fort on Hadrian's Wall was built in Bowness-on-Solway, and in the Kings Arms pub, you can see the details of the fort while you take a well deserved rest.

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