Hadrian's Wall Path: Compare 7 Walking Holidays from 7 Firms
Self-guided Hadrian's Wall Path walking holidays, side by side: how long each firm takes, what it costs and what the price includes.
- Holidays
- 7
- on Mooch, checked weekly
- Firms
- 7
- self-guided operators
- Length
- 6–9 days
- whole trail, shortest to longest
- Price from
- £650
- per person, two sharing
The whole trail, firm by firm
Cheapest first. Each price is the operator's own 'from' price per person for the itinerary shown, and includes luggage transfer between overnight stops unless the row says otherwise.
| Firm | Holiday | Days | From |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brigantes | Hadrian's Wall Path: Wallsend to Bowness on Solway | 6 | £650 |
| Celtic Trails | Hadrian's Wall Path: Bowness-on-Solway to Wallsend | 7 | £775 |
| Mickledore | Hadrian's Wall Path: Wallsend to Bowness-on-Solway | 8 | £889 |
| Macs Adventure | Hadrian's Wall Path: East to West | 8 | £895 |
| Discovery Travel | Hadrian's Wall Path: Wallsend to Bowness on Solway | 8 | £910 |
| Hillwalk Tours | Hadrian's Wall Path: Wallsend to Bowness-on-Solway | 8 | £929 |
| Let's Go Walking | Hadrian's Wall Path: Wallsend to Bowness-on-Solway | 9 | £1,127 |
The trail
- An 84 mile (135 km) National Trail from Wallsend, Newcastle upon Tyne, to Bowness-on-Solway in Cumbria. National Trails
- Anyone reasonably fit can walk it and the route is relatively easy; the 23 miles (37 km) between Chollerford and Birdoswald are the hardest, with many short climbs and descents. The route is clearly marked. National Trails
Hadrian's Wall weather by month
At Durham, the warmest month is July (average high 20.2°C) and the wettest is November (76.3 mm). It gets about 681 mm of rain a year.
°C, average daily low to high; the number is the high
mm a month
Show the numbers
| Month | High °C | Low °C | Frost days | Rain mm |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 6.9 | 1.3 | 10.3 | 53.1 |
| Feb | 7.8 | 1.4 | 9.8 | 45.5 |
| Mar | 9.9 | 2.5 | 6.5 | 41.1 |
| Apr | 12.5 | 4.1 | 3.2 | 51.2 |
| May | 15.4 | 6.5 | 0.8 | 44.5 |
| Jun | 18.0 | 9.3 | 0.0 | 61.1 |
| Jul | 20.2 | 11.3 | 0.0 | 60.9 |
| Aug | 19.9 | 11.3 | 0.0 | 66.5 |
| Sep | 17.4 | 9.2 | 0.0 | 56.8 |
| Oct | 13.5 | 6.5 | 1.2 | 63.0 |
| Nov | 9.7 | 3.6 | 4.6 | 76.3 |
| Dec | 7.1 | 1.4 | 10.4 | 60.9 |
Station: Durham: about 25 km from Wallsend and 55 km from Housesteads. Its sunshine record covers only part of 1991–2020, so sunshine is left out. Averages of the monthly figures for 1991–2020, worked out by Mooch from the Met Office historic station data, Durham (Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0). They are not the Met Office's official climate averages.
Questions people ask
- How long does a self-guided Hadrian's Wall holiday take, and what does it cost?
- The 7 whole-trail holidays listed here take 6 to 9 days, from £650 per person including luggage transfer, from 7 firms. Prices are each firm's lowest published price and change by season.
- Which part of Hadrian's Wall Path is hardest?
- National Trails says the 23 miles (37 km) between Chollerford and Birdoswald are the most difficult, with many short climbs and descents. The rest of the route is relatively easy for anyone reasonably fit. National Trails
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How this was put together
Where a firm sells several versions of the walk, Mooch shows one; for the firms added in November 2026 that is the shortest itinerary covering the whole trail. Price and length always come from the same itinerary on the firm's site, and Mooch's availability checker revisits each page about once a week. Trail facts are from the official trail site, read 8 November 2026.