Canterbury Roman Museum
About
Built around and over the excavated remains of a Roman townhouse, with an in-situ mosaic pavement left where it was found rather than lifted into a display case. The museum sits below modern street level on Butchery Lane, on the site where wartime bomb damage first exposed the Roman remains in 1942, and it uses reconstructed room settings, everyday objects and hands-on displays to explain daily life in Roman Durovernum Cantiacorum. A good rainy-day stop right in the middle of the old town.
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Highlights
- ✓An in-situ Roman mosaic pavement, viewed where it was excavated
- ✓Built on the site exposed by bomb damage in 1942
- ✓Reconstructed Roman room settings and everyday finds
- ✓A lift gives access to the below-ground gallery
Tips
- →Adult and family pricing is currently discounted as part of a summer 2026 offer; confirm the rate after 1 September.
- →A short, level walk from the Cathedral precinct via Butchery Lane.
- →Good option on a wet day, since the whole museum is indoors and below ground.
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