Segedunum Roman Fort, Baths and Museum

Dip into history by visiting the World Heritage Site of Segedunum in Wallsend.

At this museum, find the Roman Fort, once home to 600 Roman soldiers guarding Hadrian’s Wall. See its remains from the 35-metre viewing tower and enjoy interactive exhibits and the reconstructed Roman bath house and section of the Wall.

In AD 122, the Emperor Hadrian ordered a mighty frontier system to be built across Britain, designed to consolidate and define the Empire and help protect against raiding parties from the north.

The result was Hadrian’s Wall, a 73 mile barrier stretching from the River Tyne in the east to the Solway Firth in the west. Segedunum, which means ‘Strong Fort’, was built to guard the eastern end of the Wall and stood for almost 300 years as a symbol of Roman rule.

Today, Segedunum is once again a major site on Hadrian’s Wall. It is the most excavated fort along the Wall with surviving foundations of many buildings and part of the Wall itself.

Children under 16 years enjoy free entry.