Self-guided visits

We welcome schools on self-guided visits

• Examine our reconstructed barrack room and kitchen to help students learn about local history and imagine what it was like here during Victorian times.
• Explore our remarkable collection of big guns from the Middle Ages to the modern day.
• Discover 19 acres of ramparts, outer fortifications, secret underground tunnels, and ammunition bunkers

Fort Nelson is not just about history

• Use atmospheric tunnels to fire your students’ imaginations for creative writing
• Inspire young artists with the unique and beautiful collection of cannon from South Asia and the Far East displayed in our Art of Artillery gallery

Daily programme features

• Presentations about key collection objects and features of the Fort
• A live firing of a 25-pdr gun at 1pm

Entry to the Fort and coach parking is free. Talk to our bookings team about use of our dedicated lunch room.

Find out what’s on when you visit.

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