Kingsweston Roman Villa — Attraction in Bristol

Bristol's only survivng Roman Villa!

That will never cease to be cool.

Not many places where you can peer into an interesting period of our past slap bang in the middle of a housing estate!

I also like the fact that this stands testament to preseving culture over profit with there having been a fight by all means to not build houses here once discovered - a very Bristolian fight and outcome!

That said, it feels like a bit of a challenge to just "visit" this place. It's behind closed doors and so you need to plan in advance and be in season to get closer access and in particular to the mosaic floors.

Still, a quirky reminder of our Roman history and fascinating to think of how life would have been during...

I took a walk out here to take a look at the ruins. I understood that some of it was inside a building to protect it and that you need to collect the key from the council or the museum at the top of Park Street if you want to get inside. I hadn't realised that there would be a high fence all around the outside area too and that this would also be locked up.

There are information boards in the outside area but unfortunately they are too far away from the fence to be readable which is...

Couldn't see alot behind the fence. The panels with information are too far away to read unless you have binoculars. I was informed by a local person that if you ask at the museum they will give you the keys to get a closer look. Bit of an adventure to go on to get a better look at the mosaic floor. Will try again another time. Update it's open Friday onwards for archeology festival so can get a...