The footbridge is on the route of the Pennine Way, and leads up to one of the highest remaining sections of the Wall, just past the Roman Army Museum at the top of the hill. It is possible to walk or cycle along this fascinating central section of about 25 miles, and visit forts, archaeological excavations and museums like Vindolanda and Housesteads, most are open all year. Of course you can take your car and drive up to each point, but there is nothing like an invigorating walk along these high remote crags, looking across the wild moorlands as the Romans must have done nearly 2,000 years ago, and watching as the Kestral, Lapwing and Curlew dip and rise on the air currents. The National Park information Centre issues a walks booklet, and there are sometimes guided walks. Visitor Farms with goats and deer, Castles and Roman Wall.
Cycle hire and cassette guides available.
Nestling in the moors nearby is a lead mining centre, museum, and a narrow gauge railway. Beamish Open Air Museum was voted Museum of Europe in 1989 and is open all year. In the summer the National Trust open some of their grand old houses, Cragside and Wallington are a popular choice. Kielder forest, reservoir, and the Scottish borders are half an hour's drive and the Lake District less than an hour away. For evenings, there are folk nights, theatre in Hexham and Carlisle, local music and slide talks on Hardrians Wall at Holmhead on request.