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Fort for the Day

The Forts

Desktop Devices

To zoom in and out:
- using a PC, press CTRL & scroll the mouse wheel or touchpad,
or
- if using a Mac, press Command & scroll the mouse wheel or touchpad.

To move around the map:
'left-click' and drag the mouse wheel or touchpad.

To discover a fort’s location and grid reference, zoom in by:
- clicking onto a single map pin/logo
or
- first clicking on a numbered circle to zoom into several forts and then
- clicking onto a single map pin/logo.

To view the fort’s details:
- click 'View Details'.

Tablet / Mobile Device

To zoom in and out, pinch in and out.

To move around the map, use two fingers.

To discover a fort’s location and grid reference, zoom in by:
- clicking onto a single map pin/logo
or
- first clicking on a numbered circle to zoom into several forts and then
- clicking onto a single map pin/logo

To view the fort’s details:
- click 'View Details'.

Fort for the Day

Fort for the Day

Welcome to 'Fort for the Day', a free-to-use resource that provides you with grid references and details of the nearest path / road to over 700 of the UK’s many forts.

“I love this new website that maps hundreds of forts across Britain – very useful for the historically-minded walker!”
Professor Alice Roberts, February 2022

&

‘Fort for the day: Britain’s ancient hilltop camps are waiting to be explored’:
Read the article in the The Guardian Travel Section

Ninety-nine of Ordnance Survey's Landranger/Discover maps were used to collect these forts and the other maps are currently being surveyed to collect details of the many others – see How it Works for more details.

Our aim is to be as accurate as possible and, if you do see some errors, please do let us know and we can make the alterations. Many thanks.

Where available, official sources of historical information for a fort are also provided.