Carlisle is set to shine during a magical free event including a torchlight procession designed to celebrate the once in a lifetime illumination of Hadrian’s Wall on Saturday 13th March 2010. Hundreds of people are being invited to arm themselves with flaming torches and march through the streets of the Border City for the Welcoming the Light event. Street entertainers and musicians will accompany the parade which will culminate at Bitts Park with an exciting finale.
Welcoming the Light is being held as part of Illuminating Hadrian’s Wall – one of the most spectacular events planned in the UK this year. Led by Hadrian’s Wall Heritage Ltd it will see a total of 500 points of light stretch from one side of Britain to the other. It’s the first time that the full length of Hadrian’s Wall from Wallsend in the North East to Bowness-on-Solway in the North West has been illuminated in more than 1,600 years. (2010 marks the 1,600th anniversary of the end of Roman Britain in 410 AD.)
