Birdoswald Roman Fort

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"Start your Hadrian's Wall adventure at Birdoswald Roman Fort in Cumbria. Here you can still see the remains of all of the Wall's defining features. Stand in awe as the longest remaining stretch of the Wall spans as far as your eye can see, and explore the ruins of the Roman fort, a turret and milecastle.Delve into the story of the most famous Roman frontier with a new exhibition in the visitor centre."

Address: Gilsland , Brampton CA8 7DD, CMA, GB

Phone: 016977 47602

State: CMA

City: Brampton

Zip Code: CA8 7DD

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Saturday: 10:00-16:00
Sunday: 10:00-16:00

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Great place to find out more about the history of the area and see a good chunk of what remains of the wall.  Good pay and display parking. And the centre has a good museum , clean toilets and free fresh drinking water for hikers and dogs.Visited onWeekdayWait timeNo waitReservation recommendedNo

Lovely, well contained site. Well maintained and a good starting point for walking along Hadrians wall. Had the usual English Heritage facilities,  cafe and shop and loos. Reasonably easy to drive to.Visited onWeekdayWait timeNo waitReservation recommendedNot sure

An amazing place for a newbie to Adrian's wall. Fascinating facts dotted around the ruins. Plenty to see and will keep you occupied for a good hour. We travelled between her and the priory 4 miles away. The route is packed with sections of the wall. Turned out to be a great little trip

Fantastic information onHadrians wall, with well preserved part of the wall. Museum is also very kiddy friendly with lots of activities for them. All site is doggy friendly too. Lots of walks you can do too if you want a longer visit.Visited onPublic holidayWait timeNo waitReservation recommendedNot sure

Great piece of history and visiting Harian's wall if you don't have time to walk any of it.  Friendly and helpful staff.  Facilities and food on site and well as interactive activities for kids.  Well worth a visit.Visited onWeekdayWait timeNo wait

If you just want to see the wall and not the old fort ruins, then just walk along the wall for free. But if you have the time, the museum is interesting and not expensive.

Very informative site with lots of posts around with information about the Fort. Lots of interactive educational boards, lego to build your own fort, bridges and hadrians wall as well as large arch building foam blocks.   Lovely little tea room/cafe on site too.Visited onWeekdayWait timeNo waitReservation recommendedNo

Hadrian’s Wall represents the ancient history. Well preserved and interactive activities also available. Plenty of places to walk and learn. Great place to visit and know about ancient history.Visited onWeekdayWait time10–30 minReservation recommendedYes

It was OK. I think they've made the most of it with information plaques and a planned route to walk. But ultimately its the remnants of an old wall, not a huge amount of it left and nothing else really there to see. If you're into British Roman history it's worth a visit but as a historical visit alone, I certainly wouldn't rush back. There are only two disabled bays and it was a little pricey for what was there: I think it was £10 per adult? Over-priced for some old bits of wall scattered about and some printed words on placards every now and then. And the staff were a little odd but mild and massively over-precautionary when it came to a "sheer" drop on one side of the hill beside the wall... My 60yr old father moved closer to the edge to get a picture and an excitable teacher-like figure sprung into action and threw herself as quickly as she could over the lumpy field, mud shooting everywhere, hair flapping about like an old dishcloth and upon reaching him, flushed and sweating rather, firmly reminded us all with a fixed and serious gaze that there was indeed a dangerous drop quite close to where he was standing, which was reassuring because he had obviously already seen it and was taking pictures of said drop, so at least we all know he isn't going blind. And funnily enough, the photographs he was taking while she tried to catch her breath and I started considering CPR, had the sign which said "sheer drop" directly in them.  She wanted to make it absolutely clear in that same firm and serious tone that should my rational, sensible thinking father decide to test gravity and throw himself from the dangerous drop, then she would somehow be responsible and would lose her job... I'm not sure what sort of sense that makes, obviously it does to her, to us it was confusing and strange and a little offensive for my ex-military father to be treated like five year old by someone who was wearing velcro strapped shoes. But, hey ho. It always makes for a memorable trip when you encounter unnecessary and bizzare behaviour! But anyway, the wall was fine. Solid 5/10. See pic 2 for dangerous camera skills!

A nice day out, cafe and gift shop on site. Good information and history in the museum and stunning views outside near the fort!Visited onWeekdayWait timeNo waitReservation recommendedNo

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