Situated in the heart of the South Downs National Park are the remnants of the Bignor Roman Villa. On display is one of the longest villa corridors in the UK, and only a third of it has been exposed. The walls and mosaic floors were discovered over 200 years ago and are still covered by the original Georgian buildings constructed to protect the mosaics; the unique buildings have their own historical significance. > Read more

With a new state-of-the-art and award winning exhibition and visitor centre the Brading Roman Villa is one of the finest Romano-British archaeological sites in the UK. The Roman villa started out as a simple farmstead, but by the time it was destroyed by fire towards the end of the 3rd century it was an impressive villa with some excellent mosaic floors. The main building of the villa is now entirely exposed and under cover. > Read more

The Roman Villa at Chedworth is thought to be one of the largest of its kind in Britain. During your visit you can see a number of well preserved, typical elements of a Roman villa, including a latrine, a bath house, a dining room with magnificent mosaic floors, and a shrine at a natural spring. You will also encounter many large snails, these are the very descendants of those introduced by the Romans for food. > Read more

The Roman Palace of Fishbourne is thought to have been the residence of the local king Togidubnus. What started out as a military base at the time of the Roman invasion of Britain in 43 AD went on to become an incredibly lavish palace by the end of the first century. Under cover is the largest collection of in-situ mosaics in Britain, and outside a formal garden has been replanted just as it was during the Roman period. > Read more

Over a period of less than four hundred years, what started out as a simple military post guarding a river crossing developed into a substantial villa. The villa is best known for its mosaic floor, substantially restored in the late 1970s, depicting Orpheus. The mosaic decorates a reception room with three apses, unique in Britain but popular in Italy and north Africa during the 4th century AD. > Read more

Loupian Villa was occupied for some 600 years, from the early years of the Roman Empire until the 5th century AD. To begin with it was a modest farmhouse, but during the 1st and 2nd centuries it became a large residence with its own thermal springs. The villa was entirely rebuilt in the 5th century, which is when the spectacular mosaic floors were installed, and it is these that are the villa's attraction today. > Read more

Construction of the Lullingstone villa began around 100 AD; the villa was at its most luxurious during the mid 4th century AD. Today you can see some exquisite mosaics, as well as the more rare wall paintings. This villa had one of the earliest Christian shrines in Britain. As one of the most well preserved of the Roman villas in England, this is a great all-weather site to visit. A light show is used to bring the villa back to life. > Read more

Built in the 4th century AD, Séviac Villa was a luxurious mansion with a typical villa layout, including an inner open courtyard (peristyle), heated baths and pool, a hypocaust system for under floor heating, and over 600 m2 of mosaic floors. The mosaics are said to be amongst the most exceptional in the region. > Read more

Wroxeter may be a small rural village today, but during the Roman period Viroconium Cornoviorum, as it was called then, was the fourth largest city in Roman Britain - nearly as big as Pompeii. And it is because there has not been much subsequent development that the archaeology is greatly undisturbed. > Read more