Multi-Day Roman Tour

Having once been the northern frontier of the Roman Empire, the North East of England holds an extraordinary legacy shaped by soldiers, settlers and distant cultures. This story reaches from Carlisle, the command centre during the campaigns of Emperor Septimius Severus, to the western stretches of Hadrian’s Wall. The journey begins with the remarkable Roman collection at Tully House Museum before moving east to Birdoswald Roman Fort, once home to a thousand-strong unit from the far edges of the empire. As the wall cuts through dramatic landscapes, its central section reveals Housesteads, the most complete Roman fort in Britain, and Vindolanda, where decades of excavations have uncovered vivid details of everyday life and military organisation.

Continuing eastward, the final chapter of the experience unfolds in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, where the Great North Museum showcases many of the wall’s most important archaeological finds. The route then leads to Segedunum Roman Fort at Wallsend and finally to Arbeia in South Shields, once a major supply base at the mouth of the River Tyne. Together these sites complete a compelling exploration of Hadrian’s Wall, offering insight into how Rome defended its empire, integrated diverse peoples and adapted to the challenges of a wild and changing frontier.