BTW 2010 Calendar of Events

Hadrian's Wall

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Joanna Royle

Hadrian's Wall Heritage Limited

01434 611796

joanna.royle@hadrianswallheritage.co.uk

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Illuminating 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. There will be around 500 individual points of light placed at 250 metre intervals. The first one will be illuminated at a public event at Segedunum Roman Fort at Wallend 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 billed as ‘Welcoming the Light’ to celebrate the light’s arrival and passing through. In addition there will be a number of stewarded points along the Wall where people will be able to view the line of light. The aim is to capture the public’s imagination with an event that will show the immense scale and beauty of Hadrian’s Wall and the countryside, villages, towns and cities that it runs through. It will be a celebration of a truly iconic piece of world heritage. Illuminating Hadrian’s Wall is an ambitious project led by Hadrians’ Wall Heritage Ltd which forms part of North East England’s world-class programme of festivals and events developed by culture10 and presented in partnership with Lakes Alive.