Opening Times

Roman Vindolanda Fort & Museum (Follow Brown Tourist Signs from Bardon Mill)

From 12th February Roman Vindolanda Fort & Museum is fully open from 10am until 5:00pm (last admission 4pm)

A booking system is in place for all visitors.

We suggest you allow at least 2 hours for a visit to Vindolanda. Some our of visitors can happily stay for 4+ hours so please leave yourselves enough time to explore.

Learn more about Roman Vindolanda Fort & Museum

Roman Army Museum (CA8 7JB)

From 12th February the Roman Army Museum is fully open from 10am until 5:00pm (last admission 4pm).

A booking system is in place for all visitors. 

We estimated the average visit to the Roman Army Museum to be 1.5 hours. This is an all indoors museum looking at the life of Roman soldiers on Hadrian's Wall.

Learn more about the Roman Army Museum

Cafe Facilities

Our Cafes are for ticket holders. We offer a range of refreshments with seating both indoors and outside.

Accessibility

You can view the access statements for both our sites here which give an overview of all our facilities and services.

Roman Army Museum       Roman Vindolanda

Please leave your pets at home, assistance dogs only allowed on the site.

COVID-19

The safety of our staff, visitors and volunteers is of primary importance to us. 

What we expect from you.

• Please do not visit us if you feel unwell.
• Wearing a face covering indoors is now a personal choice, please respect all other people.
• Use the hand sanitiser we provide or/and bring your own.
• Please be patient and respect social distancing at all times.
• Be kind to our staff and others.

We have the following measures in place.

• To help maintain effective social distancing by staggering entries we’re continuing timed arrival windows for all visitors. Every visitor is encouraged to reserve an arrival window for their visit. During busy periods we may unfortunately have to turn away visitors who don't book themselves an arrival window in advance, or who arrive outside of their booked arrival window during busy periods. The great news is that, once here, you can stay all day.
• Our reception areas have hand sanitiser stations for you to use.
• We have one-way systems in place to follow inside our museums.
• Our toilets are open and are being cleaned frequently throughout the day.

For the latest information on Covid-19 in Northumberland please visit the Northumberland County Council Information Hub