Verulamium

Verulamium was a major Roman town in Britain located where modern St Albans now stands in Hertfordshire, and it remains one of the best-documented Roman urban sites in England. The site includes earthworks, excavated foundations and a dedicated museum displaying mosaics and artefacts.

Visitors encounter visible sections of the town defences, exposed hypocaust heating systems, mosaic floors and the remains of a Roman theatre set within a public park. The Verulamium Museum presents finds from excavations and explains the town’s urban plan and material culture for visitors.

The town was occupied and developed under Roman administration from the 1st century AD and suffered attacks and rebuilding phases during the 1st to 4th centuries; its archaeological footprint was later overlain by medieval and modern St Albans. Geographically the ruins and museum lie immediately south of St Albans city centre, about 32 km north of central London.

• Proximity to London: Located immediately south of St Albans city centre, roughly 32 kilometres (about 20 miles) north of central London, making it an easy day trip from the capital.
• Museum displays: Mosaic floors and smaller finds from the site are displayed in the on-site museum, which interprets excavated domestic and public Roman buildings.

What to See #

• Verulamium Museum: Collection of Roman artefacts, mosaics and display panels interpreting the town's development from pre-Roman settlement to Roman municipium and later decline.
• Archaeological park and hypocaust remains: Earthwork remains and visible traces of the Roman grid; visitors can see exposed hypocausts and portions of Roman road lines in the parkland.
• Roman theatre and town wall: Earthwork and partial remains of a Roman theatre and the line of the Roman town wall, visible within the public park adjacent to St Albans.