Booking Your Visit

The Vindolanda Museum and the Roman Army Museum open in line with the UK government restrictions. Please check here for the most up to date information on current covid restrictions.

School Booking Request Form

Booking your Visit

To book a visit please complete our online School Booking Request Form. If your dates are available you will receive an email confirmation of your booking. If you would like to check availability or discuss any aspects of your visit you can call and speak to a member of our staff on 01434 344 277.

2022 Opening dates.

Vindolanda Fort only will be open in January 2022

Vindolanda Museum & The Roman Army Museum will open for the 2022 season on 12th February 2022.

See here for times.

Familiarisation Visit

We highly recommend that you make a pre-visit to our site and museums to plan your time before the big day? We offer pre-visit vouchers for 2 adults and 3 children (we know most teachers have to do this in their own time) to any school who has booked with us. Please ask for one when making your booking.

Risk Assessments

The Vindolanda Trust has produced notes to help you with your risk assessments to the sites. Click on the link below for our hazard identification information sheet.

Hazard Identification Sheet

2022 Group Prices for groups of 15 or more
	Adult Group	Senior / Student Group	Child Group
Vindolanda Standard	£8.30	£7.87	£4.95
Roman Army Museum Standard	£7.20	£6.75	£3.96
Combined ticket for both sites	£12.60	£11.88	£7.20

Free adult places

We offer 1 free adult to every 10 children. Any additional adults would enter at the child price.

School Booking Request Form

Latest

Recruiting Collections Volunteers

We are looking for new collections volunteers to work with Vindolanda's Small Finds as part of the Creating Connection Project funded by the Arts Council England. Interested in applying? Find out more.
Youth Volunteering

We are offering different opportunities for teenagers and young adults to volunteer at Vindolanda. Find out more about a short work experience at Vindolanda as well as the Vindolanda Youth Panel.
Staying Healthy at Vindolanda

Explore the Roman world of medicine - how did the Romans stay healthy? Marcus the medicus takes you through the medical ideas of the Romans.
Ancient Graffiti Uncovered

The latest Vindolanda discovery of an ancient carved stone with the image of a phallus and graffiti gives us a fascinating window into the emotions of someone in the 3rd century.

Additional Resources

Want to take your class on a Wall walk? Would they like to play an app while at Vindolanda? Need some extra images to help them see the past. Click here for additional resources.
The Missing Dead App

A game based on an unsolved mystery at Vindolanda. Follow Marcus as he investigates this mystery in the Roman times and learn what questions the archaeologists still have today.
For Teachers

All you need to know about bringing a school group to visit our sites. Here you can find information about or programme, hazard identification sheets, facilities, and FAQs for your visit.
Worksheets

We offer three themes for your visits to our sites, the Roman War Machine, Things we share and What have the Romans done for us. Each theme has worksheets for the children to complete during their visit.

Tickets & Arrival Windows

How to visit Vindolanda Roman Fort and Museum and the Roman Army Museum. This page will take you through the new systems we have in place for visiting our sites, what is open and how to visit.
Roman Vindolanda Fort & Museum

Visit Roman Vindolanda today and you will find one of the North East’s most famous and not to be missed tourist attractions lying in the beautiful landscape of Hadrian's Wall Country. Formerly a key military post on the northern frontier of Britain, Vindolanda is the home of Britain's 'Top Treasure' - the Vindolanda Writing Tablets - and is one Europe's most important Roman archaeological sites, with live excavations taking place every year.
Roman Army Museum

Lying in magnificent countryside next to a sweeping section of Hadrian's Wall and based at the site of Magna Roman Fort, the Roman Army Museum is an authentic and dramatic tribute to Rome’s extraordinary military legacy. Step into the life of a Roman soldier and experience life on the front line of Emperor Hadrian’s formidable British frontier.
Getting here

How to find us no matter how you like to travel, make your journey as smooth as possible and enjoy more time with us.
Visitor Information

Information and links to all you need to know about visiting our sites, Roman Vindolanda Fort and Museum and the Roman Army Museum.
Ancient Graffiti Uncovered

The latest Vindolanda discovery of an ancient carved stone with the image of a phallus and graffiti gives us a fascinating window into the emotions of someone in the 3rd century.
Booking and Visiting FAQ's

Have you got questions about what to expect when you arrive or how to book? Take a look at our Frequently Asked Questions page which answers some of our visitors most popular queries.
Work for us

Find out about any opportunities to join the award winning teams at Vindolanda and the Roman Army Musuem.
Day Planner

This is a suggested day planner for your visit to Roman Vindolanda and the Roman Army Museum.
Luna, Moon Goddess

The ancient Roman moon goddess, Luna, derives her name from the Latin lucere, meaning ‘to shine’ and was seen not only as the divine embodiment of the moon but also the female counterpart of the sun, Sol.

Carved stone depicting mystery horseman uncovered.

A beautifully carved sandstone relief which depicts a naked male figure holding a spear stood in front of a horse/donkey has been uncovered during the annual excavations at the Roman fort of Vindolanda near Hadrian’s Wall in Northumberland. Read more