Housesteads Roman Fort

Staff made little or no effort to advise when we bought our ticket - they could have saved us a lot of trouble at the site! The route from car park to fort is via a 1:4 gravel path and a gate which whilst wide enough for a wheelchair is set at a right angle making it very difficult for a chair to negotiate - admittedly there's a driving route for disabled visitors that bypasses this but we thought we would enjoy the walk (our first mistake as the gravel gives no traction!). Access to the fort itself is diabolical - via a steep grassy, uneven slope. In the photos, that's the slope behind the sign for the museum - you can see the access gate at the top. Once in the fort you need to take care as the site slopes quite a bit in places. The grassy surface is occasionally bumpy and uneven. There's a museum by the fort. This by contrast has good access. There's an excellent film show.