Fort for the Day
The grid reference and access details are provided for each of these forts from the relevant Ordnance Survey (OS) Landranger map (1:50,000).
Welcome to 'Fort for the Day', a free-to-use project that provides you with grid references and access details to 365 of Great Britain's many forts, plus one extra for Leap Year. Covering the length and breadth of Great Britain from the Shetland Isles to the Isles of Scilly, one of these forts is hopefully near, or near-ish, to where you live or a place you visit. If it appears that you can get cl
26/04/2022
Forts from Hadrian’s Wall that have appeared on Fort for the Day so far this year include Aesica Roman Fort in Northumberland and Birdoswald Roman Fort in Cumbria – have you visited any of the forts on Hadrian’s Wall?
📷: Historic England
18/04/2022
Today is officially the ICOMOS International Day for Monuments and Sites, or as it’s more simply known, 'World Heritage Day’.
Did you know there is over 1,100 WHS in the world and there are currently 33 sites in the UK, with one being Hadrian’s Wall?
📷: World Heritage UK
15/04/2022
Hadrian’s Wall turns 1900 years old this year! Built in 122AD to guard Roman Britain from Scotland, it includes more than 15 forts. Over a dozen of these are already listed on FftD, and the remaining will be added shortly…
https://www.fortfortheday.co.uk/ #/
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14/04/2022
Hadrian’s Wall has been standing proud for 1900 years!
To commemorate such a momentous “birthday”, there are lots of exciting events and activities going on throughout 2022. Take a look at them here: bit.ly/ehhadrianswall-1900
Hadrian's Wall 1900 2022 celebrates the 1900th anniversary of the beginning of the construction of Hadrian’s Wall. English Heritage along with with the wider Hadrian’s Wall partnership are commemorating 1900 years of history of the UNESCO World Heritage Site (WHS) in a year long festival
29/03/2022
The clocks changed on Sunday, Spring is here, and April is just a few days from now which means the Easter holidays are not far away!
According to a family member who new to this subject, "I now look at the landscape differently. Is this a good spot for a fort?". And after finding a map showing the main Roman roads and the main towns with Roman names she also texted, "I feel I am getting even more geeky!".
Why not head off on an adventure to a nearby fort? They make for wonderful family days out, with lots to explore and see, and they’re mostly free to visit! Find your nearest fort on our website.
https://www.fortfortheday.co.uk/ #/
📷: Madmarston Hill, taken by David Hammond
21/03/2022
Today is World Poetry Day!
In honour of this day, we’re sharing Roman Wall Blues; a lyrical exploration of the loneliness of the Roman border soldier posted to the edge of the world.
Auden incorporated this poem in his 1937 radio play, Hadrian’s Wall, about the history of the wall using a family daytrip to the fort of Housesteads as a framing device.
18/03/2022
Another family we spoke to had already used Fort for the Day on a recent family trip! They said it was the “perfect amount of information for a family day out”, sharing enough but not too much information so they could go off and explore together.
Why not take a look and find the fort nearest to you?
📷: Cramond Roman Fort on the banks of the Firth of Forth, taken by Carol Watson