Segedunum Roman Fort & Museum

Segedunum Roman Fort & Museum is a museum in North Tyneside, England which is located on Buddle Street. Segedunum Roman Fort & Museum is situated nearby to the railway station Wallsend, as well as near Sir G B Hunter Memorial Hospital.

Type: Museum
Description: museum in Wallsend, Tyne and Wear, England, UK
Also known as: “Segedunum”, “Segedunum museum”, “Segedunum Museum”, and “Segedunum Roman Fort”
Address: Buddle Street, Wallsend, NE28 6HR
Wheelchair access: yes

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Segedunum and Wallsend.

Segedunum

Archaeological site

Photo: Christine Westerback, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Segedunum was a Roman fort at modern-day Wallsend, North Tyneside in North East England. The fort lay at the eastern end of Hadrian's Wall near the banks of the River Tyne. Segedunum is situated 330 feet west of Segedunum Roman Fort & Museum.

Wallsend

Railway station

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Wallsend is a Tyne and Wear Metro station, serving the town of Wallsend, North Tyneside in Tyne and Wear, England. It joined the network on 14 November 1982, following the opening of the fourth phase of the network, between Tynemouth and St James via Wallsend. Wallsend is situated 640 feet northwest of Segedunum Roman Fort & Museum.

Sir G B Hunter Memorial Hospital

Hospital

Photo: Christine Westerback, CC BY-SA 2.0.

The Sir G B Hunter Memorial Hospital is a health facility at Wallsend Green, Wallsend, Tyne and Wear, England. It is managed by Cumbria, Northumberland, Tyne and Wear NHS Foundation Trust. Sir G B Hunter Memorial Hospital is situated 2,900 feet north of Segedunum Roman Fort & Museum.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Wallsend and Hebburn.

Wallsend

Photo: AlasdairW, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Wallsend on Tyne is a town in Tyne and Wear in the northeast of England. It's industrial, with a population of almost 44,000 in 2011, and lies four miles east of Newcastle upon Tyne. It got its name as the eastern end of Hadrian's Wall.

Hebburn

Town

Photo: Mike Ellison, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Hebburn is a town in the South Tyneside borough of Tyne and Wear, England. It was historically in County Durham and became part of Tyne and Wear in 1974.