Booking a Visit
Booking a visit to the Royal Armouries at Fort Nelson couldn’t be simpler.
Contact our Bookings Officer to discuss your requirements:
Tel: 01329 848 507
Email: educate.nelson@armouries.org.uk
When booking please have the following information available:
- Address, postcode and phone number
- Visit dates and estimated arrival and departure times
- Approximate numbers of students and adults
- Key Stage/ year group and any relevant SEN details
- Curriculum area you would like to focus on
- Choice of session and any live interpretation requests (where applicable)
- If you require entry to the museum prior to opening (this is relevant for Wednesday visits)
We will send you:
- Letter confirming your booking and details
- Payment form (where applicable)
Useful Information for Your Visit
Lunch
The Powderkeg Cafe provides a range of food and drinks at reasonable prices. Packed lunches can be eaten within rooms allocated within the Fort buildings but in the summer months many wish to sit outside on the ramparts.
Parking
Free Parking is available at Fort Nelson.
To ensure the safety of your pupils, they should only enter the coach park under adult supervision.
Gun Firings
A lunchtime firing of one of our many “big guns” happens daily during the winter and twice daily during the summer. This is always a part of the timetable for a visiting group and will usually occur at the beginning or end of the lunch period.
If it is scheduled at the end of the lunchtime period please make sure your group have finished their lunch and left the area clean and free from debris 5 minutes before firing time. This allows adequate time to muster on the Parade ground.
Children of a sensitive nature may need prior warning, as the guns are very loud.
