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MuseumsSite Name: The Sill Alternative Name: Hadrian's Wall Visitor CentreCountry: England
NOTE: This site is 0.979 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Northumberland Type: Museum
Nearest Town: Haltwhistle Nearest Village: Greenhead
Map Ref: NY7527566896
Latitude: 54.996024N Longitude: 2.388002W
Condition:
| 5 | Perfect |
| 4 | Almost Perfect |
| 3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
| 2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
| 1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
| 0 | No data. |
| -1 | Completely destroyed |
| 5 | Superb |
| 4 | Good |
| 3 | Ordinary |
| 2 | Not Good |
| 1 | Awful |
| 0 | No data. |
| 5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
| 4 | Short walk on a footpath |
| 3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
| 2 | A long walk |
| 1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
| 0 | No data. |
| 5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
| 4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
| 3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
| 2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
| 1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
| 0 | no data |
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TheCaptain visited on 23rd Sep 2022 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 3 Access: 5 Day on Hadrians Wall. Drive to Housesteads, bus to The Sill, cup of coffee, then walk up to the trig point on Winshield Crag before walking back eastwards along Hadrians wall to Housesteads Fort
Anne T visited on 23rd Jun 2019 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 3 Access: 5 The Sill, Once Brewed: After visiting Great Chesters/Aesica, we popped over to the Sill for a cup of tea and a bowl of soup. It took three attempts to get our (simple) order correct, although as the Sill was popular with walkers, it meant queuing up each time to get the correct items.
I was curious to see if Tynedale North of the Wall Archaeology Group had their display about their surveys at Edges Green and Cleughfoot. We walked round the very small exhibition, which included a piece of rock art (on loan from the Great North Museum) and an inscribed Roman stone, but could see nothing from the group.
It was difficult to know if the display was aimed at adults or children; having wandered around it, most of it seemed aimed at the younger age group.
A pleasant place for a rest and refreshments, but I had expected more of a museum.
Average ratings for this site from all visit loggers: Condition: 4 Ambience: 3 Access: 5
Information for visitors can be obtained through their website - see The Sill. "The Sill is the most significant initiative to be undertaken in rural Northumberland in a lifetime and the largest undertaking by any National Park".
The Sill is open from 9.30am until 6pm every day of the year (except Christmas Day, when it is closed). A charge is made for parking on exit (number plate recognition systems in operation).
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