Canterbury Roman Museum

Underground museum built around an excavated Roman townhouse with original mosaics, hypocaust heating system, and Roman street foundations. The museum displays Roman artifacts found in Canterbury including jewellery, coins, and everyday objects from Durovernum Cantiacorum. It sits below the headline sights but earns its place on a longer visit to Canterbury, especially paired with nearby Canterbury Cathedral. Tickets cost £9 adult, £6 child and 1 hour is enough to see everything without rushing.

Priority: Medium - include with 2+ days Time needed: 1 hour Best for: see canterbury's roman foundations Skip if: You prefer medieval history or have claustrophobia in underground spaces Cost: £9 adult, £6 child

You descend into excavated Roman foundations with intact floor mosaics and wall paintings. Interactive displays let you handle Roman artifacts while walkways guide you through the hypocaust heating system and domestic rooms.

Accessibility: Wheelchair accessible via lift, level pathways throughout underground galleries

See Canterbury's Roman foundations and walk through a genuine Roman house with original mosaics. It is not the first thing you should see in Canterbury, but with two or more days it fills a gap the major sights leave. It pairs naturally with Canterbury Cathedral and Westgate Towers Museum - together they fill a solid half-day.

Skip if: You prefer medieval history or have claustrophobia in underground spaces

• Cool temperature underground - bring a light jacket.
• Interactive displays good for children.
• Combined tickets available with other Canterbury museums.

Insider tip: The museum sits beneath Butchery Lane - you're walking over 2000-year-old Roman streets

Photography allowed throughout, good lighting for mosaics, some reflective display cases