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Best Roman ruins in the United Kingdom

Roman Britain was a frontier province, and what survives is military and northern as much as civic: forts, a wall and a sacred spring, rather than the theatres and paved cities of the Mediterranean.

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Roman Baths, Bath

Bath, United Kingdom

The Roman Baths in Bath are the remains of the temple and bathing complex that grew around a hot spring in the town of…

18 tickets & tours

Hadrian’s Wall

Hexham, United Kingdom

Hadrian's Wall is the Roman frontier that ran 117 km across northern England from the Tyne to the Solway Firth,…

12 tickets & tours

Chester Roman Amphitheatre

Chester, United Kingdom

Chester Roman Amphitheatre is the largest Roman arena yet uncovered in Britain, built beside the legionary fortress of…

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Vindolanda

Henshaw, United Kingdom

Vindolanda is a Roman fort and civilian settlement on the Stanegate road, just south of Hadrian's Wall in…

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The Roman Baths in Bath still fill the lead-lined Great Bath with water at 46 degrees; Hadrian's Wall climbs the Northumberland crags between forts such as Housesteads and Chesters; Vindolanda, just south of the Wall, has the writing tablets and a summer dig; Chester keeps the largest Roman amphitheatre found in Britain; Billingsgate shows a house and bath suite beneath London. Base yourself in Hexham for the Wall, and book Bath online for weekends.

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