For your safety when visiting Duncannon Fort please read and take careful note of the following information and safety warning.
Duncannon Fort contains barrack buildings, raised ramparts and walls, underground passageways, a deep moat and other structures constructed from the sixteenth century onwards. As such the Fort was not built in accordance with modern health and safety standards or building regulations and the buildings and other structures have deteriorated with age. As a consequence, you must take care for your own safety, and that of others for whom you are responsible, when visiting the Fort.
Many of the surfaces on this tour are uneven. The tour route includes walking across grassy areas, cobbled stones/loose gravel, and descending and ascending on steep stone steps, all of which can be slippy, particularly when wet. We would ask you to plan for this by wearing appropriate footwear.
Some of the doorways and walkways are at a low level, you need to be mindful of this when walking through or under. The route also involves accessing some confined spaces, please ask the guide if this is a concern for you.
The tour route is not recommended for anyone with mobility issues, but if you contact the Tourist Office we can arrange a viewing of the more accessible areas of the Fort.
The tour route is not suitable for pushchairs or prams. Guardians of children should be mindful of their safety and ensure they observe all the safety instructions given by your guide.
It is strictly forbidden to climb onto or lean over any walls or parapets of the Fort, or to climb onto the cannon situated within the grounds, whether to take selfies or otherwise. Smoking is also strictly forbidden in the grounds of Duncannon Fort.
A minimum of two persons is required for each tour for health and safety reasons. Nobody can be admitted to the Fort once the tour has started.
By purchasing your ticket you acknowledge that you and anyone for whom you are purchasing tickets, have read and understand the information/warnings set out above, that you will take care for your own safety and that of any others for whom you are responsible, will comply with any directions given to you by the tour guide and accept the risks inherent to visiting a historic structure of this age and condition.
From time to time Hook Tourism runs tours to areas of the Fort that do not form part of our normal tour route. In return for being allowed access to these areas, we are required by the owners/occupiers of the Fort to ask visitors to sign a legal release of all potential claims against Hook Tourism or the owners/occupiers in the event of any accident or mishap occurring during the tour. If you are purchasing a ticket for a special access tour, you should first read and confirm that you are happy to sign this legal release which can be found here.
*If tickets are sold out on the website, do call into the tourist office as there maybe some availability remaining.
