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Illuminating Hadrian's Wall - Saturday, March 13
Illuminating Hadrian's Walllluminating Hadrian’s Wall will create a spectacular line of light from coast to coast. This once in a lifetime event will take place on Saturday 13 March, 2010 and will follow the route of the 84 mile long Hadrian’s Wall Path National Trail.
Around 500 individual points of light placed at 250 metre intervals will be used to light up the Wall. The first one will be illuminated at a public event at Segedunum Roman Fort at Wallsend in the North East, with the line of light then making its way along the Wall to Bowness-on-Solway in Cumbria over the following hour. As it reaches Carlisle there will be a second public event ‘Welcoming the Light’ to celebrate the light’s arrival and passing through.
Car Parking
Please note that the car parks at Steel Rigg and Birdoswald will be closed to the general public all day on March 13 due to this event.
Housesteads Roman Fort and Brocolitia car parks will remain open until 2pm.
The following car parks will remain open as normal: Once Brewed, Thirlwall View, Walltown, Walltown Crags, and Cawfields.
National Park Visitor Centres will be open as normal.
Webcams
If you would prefer to view this event from the comfort of your own home, why not log on to the Northumberland National Park website and see the lights from one of our webcams (Winshields Crags or Walltown Crags)?
For more information go to www.illuminatinghadrianswall.com
