Hadrians Wall, Roman Britain & the Scottish Borders

From Edinburgh, you will travel south on the old Roman Dere Street which linked the ports in south England with the ancient city of York, past Hadrian’s Wall to the Roman settlements in Central Scotland. Your first stop on this tour will be in the Border town of Jedburgh, a historic Burgh that lies only 12 miles (approx 20 km) north of the Scotland- England border. Continuing south the tour stops at the edge of Cheviot Hills. This crossing point between Scotland and England runs close to the ancient Roman road and has formed the border between the two countries for the past 700 years.

The tour continues through the magnificent forests of Northumberland National Park before arriving at the remains of Hadrian’s Wall. You will have time to walk beside the wall and experience the isolation that Roman foot soldiers would have experienced as they guarded their empire against the barbarians to the north. Return to Edinburgh in the early evening.