Listings for The Living Frontier events along Hadrian’s Wall at spring half term

Event: Hadrian's Wall Living Frontier: Roman Warriors and Soldiers

Date: Sunday 24th and Monday 25th May

Time: 11am - 5pm

Tickets: Adults £5.50, Concessions £4.50, Children £3.50

Venue:Birdoswald Roman Fort, Nr Greenhead, Cumbria, CA8 7DD

Description: Come face to face with Roman soldiers from the time of the invasion of Britain to the end of Roman rule and the time of the legendary King Arthur.

Event: Hadrian's Wall Living Frontier: Senhouse Alive!

Date: Tuesday 26th May

Time: 11am - 5pm

Tickets: Adults £3 Concessions £1.50

Venue: Senhouse Roman Museum, The Battery, Sea Brows, Maryport, Cumbria CA15 6JD

Description: Historical story telling, weaponry displays, and the chance to dress up and train as a roman soldier, make roman pottery and eat Roman food.

Event: Hadrian's Wall Living Frontier: Launch of Living Frontier and Carlisle's Historic Quarter

Date: Thursday 28th May

Time: 10.30 am - 4.30pm

Tickets: Free

Venue: Carlisle City Centre

Description: Roman, Viking and Civil War re-enactors march though the city converging on the Guildhall. There will also be Roman and Elizabethan street performers and a speech from Emperor Hadrian himself.

Event: Hadrian's Wall Living Frontier: Roman Army Museum

Date: Friday 29th May, Saturday 30th May, Sunday 31st May

Time: 10am - 4pm

Tickets: Adults £4.20, Concessions £3.70, Child £2.50, Family £11.50

Venue: Roman Army Museum, Greenhead, Northumberland CA6 7JB

Description: The Time Bandits & Northumbria Kitchen re-enact scenes from Roman frontier life with authentic tent, kit, soldiers, cooking and weaponry displays.

Event: Hadrian's Wall Living Frontier: Bureau of Silly Ideas - A whiff of history

Date: Friday 29th May, Saturday 30th May, Sunday 31st May

Time: 10am until 4pm

Tickets: Adult: £4.40, Children: £2.30, Concession: £3.50

Venue:Housesteads Roman Fort, Bardon Mill, Northumberland NE47 6NN

Description: The Bureau of Silly Ideas will be leading people by the nose to ancient times. Be warned - everything wasn't 'rosy in the garden' back then.

Event: Hadrian's Wall Living Frontier: Re-populate Housesteads

Date: Friday 29th May

Time: Gather for a photograph at 5pm

Tickets: Adult: £4.40, Children: £2.30, Concession: £3.50

Venue:Housesteads Roman Fort, Bardon Mill, Northumberland NE47 6NN

Description: An ambitious project to get enough visitors into this iconic Roman Fort to create the numbers it would have seen nearly two thousand years ago.

Event: Hadrian's Wall Living Frontier: Arbeia Museum

Date: Friday 29th May, Saturday 30th May, Sunday 31st May

Time: Friday and Saturday 10am - 4pm, Sunday 11am- 4pm

Tickets: Free

Venue: Arbeia Museum Baring Street, South Shields, NE33 2BB

Description: Displays of Viking combat, tools and crafts, plus a Viking ship replica.

Event: Hadrian's Wall Living Frontier: Corbridge Roman Town: Roman Hunters

Date: Saturday 30th May, Sunday 31st May

Time: 11am - 5pm

Tickets: Adults £6.00 Concessions £5.00 Child £4.00

Venue:Corbridge Roman Town, Near Corbridge, Northumberland, NE45 5NT

Description: Roman Cavalry re-enactment, a display of birds of prey and discover how these birds were used by the Romans in hunting.

Event: Hadrian's Wall Living Frontier: The Roman Army Returns

Date: Friday 29th May, Saturday 30th May

Time: 11am - 5pm

Tickets: Adults £6.00 Concessions £5.00 Child £4.00

Venue:Corbridge Roman Town, Nr Corbridge, Northumberland NE45 5NT

Description: A Century of 80 Roman re-enactors from around Europe display their military skills and bring to life the training, drill and battle practices of the Roman Army.

Event: Hadrian's Wall Living Frontier: Segedunum Museum

Date: Friday 29th May, Saturday 30th May, Sunday 31st May

Time: 10am - 4pm

Tickets: Adults £4.20 Child £2.80

Venue: Segedunum Museum, Buddle Street, Wallsend, Tyne and Wear, NE28 6HR

Description: Displays of Viking combat, tools and crafts from the tenth century.

Event: Hadrian's Wall Living Frontier: Vindolanda Fort

Date: Friday 29th May, Saturday 30th May, Sunday 31st May

Time: 10am - 4pm

Tickets: Adults £4.95, Concessions £4.10, Children £3.00

Venue:Vindolanda, Greenhead, Northumberland, CA6 7JB,

Description: Military and weaponsdisplays based on authentic Roman army manuals and re-enactment of domestic life at a Roman army camp.

Event: Hadrian's Wall Living Frontier: The Border Reivers

Date: Friday 29th May, Saturday 30th May, Sunday 31st May

Time: 11am - 5pm

Tickets: Adults £4.50, Concessions £3.80, Children £2.30

Venue:Birdoswald Roman Fort, Nr Greenhead, Cumbria, CA8 7DD

Description: Re-enactment of the life of feuding Border Reivers families in Tudor times with weapons and horsemanship displays. Children can take part in military drill sessions.

Event: Hadrian's Wall Living Frontier: Carlisle Castle:

Date: Friday 29th May, Saturday 30th May

Time: 10.30 am - 3.30pm

Tickets: Adults £4.50 Concessions £3.80 Children £2.30

Venue: Carlisle Castle, Carlisle, Cumbria CA3 8UR

Description: Roman and Tudor street performers.

Event: Hadrian's Wall Living Frontier: Civil War at Carlisle Castle

Date: Friday 29th and Saturday 30th May 2009

Time: 11am - 5pm

Tickets: Adults £4.50. Concessions £3.80. Child £2.30

Venue: Carlisle Castle, Carlisle, Cumbria CA3 8UR

Description: Visit the castle under siege at the time of the English Civil War. See soldiers preparing for battle, shooting at the enemy and join the 17th Century cook and barber surgeon at work,

Event: Hadrian's Wall Living Frontier: Living History Pageant

Date: Saturday 30th May

Time: 8pm

Tickets: Adults £10, Concessions £5.00

Venue:Tynedale Rugby Football Club, Station Road, Corbridge, Northumberland NE45 5AY

Description: Roman, Viking and English Civil War historical re-enactment, featuring chariots, long boats and equestrian displays together with music, drama and cutting edge technology.

Event: Hadrian's Wall Living Frontier: Civil War Crafts at Carlisle Castle

Date: Sunday 31 May 2009

Time: 11am - 5pm

Tickets: Adults £4.50. Concessions £3.80. Child £2.30

Venue: Carlisle Castle, Carlisle, Cumbria CA3 8UR

Description: Meet a range of Civil War craftsmen including the barber surgeon, the blacksmith and the cloth maker.

Event: Hadrian's Wall Living Frontier: Roman Fun and Games

Date: Sunday 31 May

Time: 11am - 5pm

Tickets: Adults £4.50 Concessions £3.80 Child £2.30

Venue:Corbridge Roman Town, Nr Corbridge, Northumberland NE45 5NT

Description: Show illustrating Roman science, technology, games, pastimes and everyday life.

Event: Hadrian's Wall Living Frontier: Historical costumes

Date: Sunday 31 May

Time: 11am - 5pm

Tickets: Contact for details

Venue: Tullie House Museum and Art Gallery, Castle Street Carlisle CA3 8TP

Description: Dress up as a character from the past and discover what life was like along Hadrians Wall.

Phone number for all activities: 01434-322002

Website for all activities: www.livingfrontier.com