Chesters Roman Fort and Museum - Hadrian's Wall
Museums & Science Centres · Bardon Mill, Northumberland
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Open now — closes 5pm
🏠 Indoor & outdoor
What’s there
- Café on site
- Picnic area
- Dogs welcome
Only facilities we’ve confirmed are listed — anything missing here we simply haven’t checked, rather than know to be absent.
Set in the valley of the River Tyne, Chesters Roman Fort is the best-preserved Roman cavalry fort in Britain. Around 500 cavalry troops – the elite of the Roman auxiliary forces – were based here. Today, imaginative interpretation, including a fun family trail, helps you explore the fort’s many clearly marked features. Children can hunt for the ‘rubbing stones’ concealed among the buildings, collecting tips to help them on the trail. Between the fort and the river, you’ll find the finest example of a military bath house anywhere in Britain. The Clayton Museum displays Roman finds and artefacts collected by Victorian antiquarian John Clayton. There is also a Coffee House serving hot and cold drinks, sweet treats, ice creams and sandwiches. The site offers a Folktale Creature Trail for families. Owned and managed by English Heritage. Free entry for English Heritage members.
Stuff to take with you
The things people wish they’d packed for a day out like this one.
- Refillable water bottleMost places will fill it for free.
- Snacks that survive a rucksackCheaper than the café, and buys you twenty minutes.
- Wet wipes
- Small first aid kitPlasters solve more days out than anything else here.
- Cool bag
- Umbrella
- Kitchen roll
- Sunglasses
- Hand sanitiser
- Flask of tea
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