Hadrian’s
Wall
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The perfect year-round base for taking in Hadrian’s Wall and many of Roman Britain’s top sites.

Hexham is a historic market town in Northumberland, in the far north of England. It sits on the south bank of the River Tyne, roughly in the middle of the 73-mile length of Hadrian’s Wall, and around six miles south of the Wall’s most scenic central section. The compact town centre is dominated by the beauty of Hexham Abbey, founded in 674 AD.

Hexham – despite having a population of just over 10,000 – is the largest town in Tynedale and was west Northumberland’s administrative centre for centuries. As a result, it has an impressive range of visitor facilities: a good range of accommodation, independent shops and a market that’s over 800 years old, pubs, restaurants and cafés, a 400-seat theatre, an Art Deco cinema, supermarkets, and a leisure centre with swimming pool.

Hexham sits in glorious countryside with Northumberland National Park to the north and the North Pennines National Landscape to the south. The town itself boasts great parks and a lovely stretch of the Tyne.