Bowness on Solway

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The Hadrian's Wall Path is normally split into 5 sections, between 14 and 24 miles per day. Bowness on Solway to Carlisle is the first, or last section at about 15 miles. The Path opened in 2003.

There is a Campsite in the Village also with Wigwams and a Guest House, popular with walkers as seen in the image bottom right.

The image top is of the start of the Hadrian's Wall Path in the Village.

The Second image is of the Fort Maia Visitor Centre with a Cafe and Bistro, across the road from the Hadrian's Wall Path.

Fort Maia was the second largest Fort on Hadrian's Wall at about 6 acres, built from the year 120AD, little remains as the village was built over it, and used the stone for the buildings. The largest fort was at Carlisle named Uxelodunum at about 10 acres.

The third image is of the Village centre with the Kings Arms pub, diner and B&B, built in 1720 as a Coaching Inn.

The second bottom image is of St Michael’s Church in the Village, built from the 1100s with Stone from Hadrian's Wall.

The Village of Bowness on Solway would have evolved around fishing and farming up to the Solway Junction Railway was built through the Village in 1869, connecting Cumbria to southwest Scotland.

A huge Viaduct was built across the Solway Firth from Bowness on Solway to Annan in Scotland for the Railway, just over 1 mile long, demolished in 1934 due to high maintenance costs.

This Railway was built to transport high grade Iron Ore from Cumberland in England to the Iron Works in Ayrshire and Lanarkshire in Scotland.

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Bowness on Solway is now a quiet farming village, Nature Reserve, and tourist attraction, including angling on the Solway for bass, cod, flounder, plaice, sea trout, and thornback ray.