[1] From the lay-by, return towards the village of Wall, and at the entrance to the village, cross the road and take the side road opposite into the village with the recreation ground (and toilets) on your left. At a T junction, turn left and at the end of the road go straight ahead through a gate on a footpath which rises steeply on steps up the hill. Bear slightly right and continue to the top of the hill and go forward to locate a waymarked gap through the wall into the next field.
(A) Here is a defended Iron Age settlement with ramparts and the remains of 6 round houses.
[2] Take this and bear right and cross a wall by a stile. and continue with a small wood on your left. Go left at the end of the wood and follow it for 50m and then bear right on a grassy track to cross a stile into a field. Cross the field towards the centre of a wood and go into this over a stile. Bear right on a narrow footpath through the wood. On exiting into the next field, bear slightly left heading towards the centre of a wood to the right of some farm buildings. Go into this small wood over a stile and at the far end, turn right on a track to reach a road. Turn left on this road to reach the centre of the hamlet of Fallowfield.
[3] Turn left for 50m and then turn right down a track signed by a finger post to Salmonswell. Go through a gate and continue on a track across a large field, and on going through a farm gate into the next field, turn right along the wall line to enter a wood.
[4] At a track junction, turn right and follow the track until it meets a paved road. Turn left on this road and follow it for 800m until it reaches a road junction.
[5] Turn left on the road uphill, and pass a crossroads. After a further 200m, turn left into a field at a finger post marked Hangman's Hill. After passing a copse on your left, bear half right across the field and exit through a farm gate. Turn left and follow the field boundary of the next field for 300m to exit over a stile onto a track.
[6] Turn left and follow the track up hill for 100m and turn right into a field. Follow a track across the field, passing through a gate into a rough field with stone outcrops and then crossing a stile. Follow the track past a copse on your right and then go through 2 gates into a field with a large earth heap ahead. Pass to the right of this and cross the field to the far corner passing a ruined house on your left. Cross a stile, after 20m cross a further stile on your left and bear right away from the fence keeping the gorse bushes on your left. On reaching a stile at a wall, bear left before crossing the stile , and then bear left again to follow a path parallel with the Military Road. You have now reached Hadrian's Wall and are walking along the Hadrian's Wall footpath.
(B) - Hadrian's Wall was built in about AD 122-4 on the orders of the Roman Emperor Hadrian to define the edge of the Roman Empire. For much of this section, the wall was demolished and used as the base for the Military Road which was built in 1753 to link the east and west coasts to allow the rapid movement of english troops after the Jacobite Rebellion in 1745. The ditch to the north of the wall is still visible as is the vallum (ditch and berm) to the south of the wall.
[7] Follow the path through a wooded area into a field and exit by a stile onto the road. Cross the road and take a path on the opposite side in the same direction. Follow this path for 1km passing a tea shop until St Oswald's church is seen in trees over a field on your right. Cross the field to visit the church.
(C) St Oswald's church is near the site of battle of Heavenfield where King (later Saint) Oswald defeated the pagans to obtain the kingship of Northumbria. An exhibition on the historical background is in the church.
[8] Go back to the road on the access track to the church and turn right before reaching the road and follow the marked footpath down the hill to exit onto the road. Cross the road and go down steps into the field. Turn right and follow the path past a preserved section of Hadrian's wall where a change in width can be noted. Continue downhill through a wood to exit onto a side road.
[9] At this point the alternative route on the map can be followed by turning left on the side road, when the starting point can be reached after 500m. To continue the full walk, turn right onto the main road and turn left on it downhill. (Take great care as the verge is narrow and the road busy). Go over a cross roads, and continue over a disused railway bridge. (The old station can be seen on the right), until just short of the river bridge. Turn left at an English Heritage sign, on a fenced footpath which terminates after 500m at Chesters Bridge.
(D) Chollerford bridge over the river Tyne was built in 1775 to replace a medieval bridge which was demolished by floods in 1771.
(E) Chesters bridges are the remains of 2 roman bridges across the North Tyne.
[10] Return on the footpath to the road and turn right back to the cross roads. Turn right and follow the road footpath back to your starting point.