Transcription of Cawfields to Caw Gap 9 Walk - Northumberland
1 To Caw Gap 9 WalkCircular walk Distance2 milesEstimated walk time 1 hourGradeModerate (some steep slopes)Suggested start/finishCawfields Quarry car park (Grid Ref: NY 714 666)Tourist information Once Brewed InformationCentre Tel: 01434 344396 Public transportAD122 Hadrian s Wall Bus(between Easter andOctober)Ordnance Survey mapExplorer (OL) 43 Hadrian s WallPlaces to eat and drink Milecastle Inn 1/2mile onB6318 military road; picnic table at CawfieldsQuarry; Greenhead Hotel and Olde Forge Tea Room Other walks in this area Greenhead andBlenkinsopp Common(includes Walltown Quarry).(Enquire at TouristInformation Centre)Directions From Cawfields Quarry car parkwalk east past the quarry laketowards Milecastle 42. With Hadrian s Wall on your left,follow the National Trail as far as theroad at Caw Gap.
2 Turn immediately to your right, ina few yards cross over the stilesigned Cawfields Quarry 1 mile. Following the low-level routenext to the Vallum and RomanMilitary Way back to tip - Not suitable for walking between November and Hadrian s Wall Whin Sill Vallum the bank and ditchearthwork Nearby attractions Once Brewed National ParkVisitor Centre Brocolitia Fort and the Temple ofMithras Cawfield Crags Chesters Roman Fort (English Heritage) Greenhead village Hexham market town Housesteads Roman Fort (English Heritage/National Trust) Roman Army Museum(Carvoran) Thirlwall Castle Roman Vindolanda Walltown Crags Willowford Roman bridgeabutmentLocation:Hadrian s Wall in Northumberland National ParkCawfield CragsMilecastle 42 and Cawfields Roger Coulam Graeme PeacockMilecastle InnThorny DoorsCawfields Quarry(disused)CawGapMilecastle42 PicnicsiteTo Once BrewedCawfields CragsRoman Military Way (course of)Vallum (course of)B6318To Haltwhistle, A69 (2 miles)To Walltown Quarryand Roman Army Museum(Carvoran)Reproduced by permission of Ordnance Survey on behalf of HMSO.
3 Crown Copyright (2007). All rights reserved. Ordnance Survey Licence number WalkNational TrailHadrian s WallParkingRoman SiteRefreshmentsStart point
