Walltown Visitor Centre

Good stop off for a visit on it's own, or as part of exploring hadrians wall and crags.

Great place to enjoy relatively easy access to the Walltown crags, with large car park and useful information centre. The cafe is really just a snack shop, but has a good range and was appreciated. T...

Great for walking

Brilliant place to walk our three dogs. A great start point with plenty of room to park our motor home. Toilets, cafe and shop at the start/finish and easy walk to the Roman Army museum. We had a wond...

A green and pleasant land...

We came to park here to walk along a stretch of the wall (not visible!) to Thirwall Castle, about 30 minutes' walk away. While the park itself is free to enter, parking was £2 for an hour, and £1 e...

Country park with access to Hadrian's Wall.

We visited the Walltown Country Park on a Saturday in July whilst taking an extended weekend break in Carlisle. We used public transport to reach our destination and this took the form of train to Hal...

Hiking along Hadrian's Wall during a heatwave - lots to see along this stretch as we walked East away from Gilsland

The old quarry at Walltown Quarry Country Park is now a lake. There are a couple of picnic tables here but this quarry lake is not as scenic as Cawfield Quarry, which we passed by shortly afterwards a...