Billingsgate Roman House and Baths

18/05/2022

Celebrate by booking a tour to visit the extraordinary Billingsgate Roman House & Baths.
Get your tickets at https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/billingsgate-roman-house-and-baths-tour-2022-tickets-294048887137?aff=BBHfbk

15/04/2022

Looking for something to do this weekend?
How about a self-guided walk of ?

Step into the heart of and discover ancient sites like Billingsgate Roman House and Baths. Pick up a leaflet at the or download it at shorturl.at/agiDI
Get your tickets to the bathhouse at shorturl.at/ntBCL

12/04/2022

Ancient Romans didn't have chocolate treats at their celebrations, but they certainly had eggs (associated with fertility & rebirth), wine and honey 🥚🍷🐝

Join a Saturday London City Guides tour of Billingsgate Bathhouse to learn more about
Get your tickets 🎟️ https://bit.ly/3uzijBL
📷 Unusual Roman wooden bottle stopper
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08/04/2022

Haven't got any plans for tomorrow yet?
Don't worry, you still have time to book your place on our guided tours of this wonder.

Billingsgate Roman House and Baths tours take place on Saturdays and provide a fascinating insight into everyday Roman life in London. Book your visit 👉http://ow.ly/cCMq50IyiPC

Hidden gem Billingsgate Roman House and Baths reopened to the public yesterday and the first London City Guides guided tours of the year were fantastic! Tours take place on Saturdays and provide a fascinating insight into everyday Roman life in London. Book your visit 👉http://ow.ly/cCMq50IyiPC

02/04/2022

101 Lower Thames St may look like an ordinary office building, but what's hidden behind those modern doors? 🔎

28/03/2022

Can you imagine living in Roman London? Now is your chance to transport yourself to the 3rd century AD and imagine you're a guest at Billingsgate Bathhouse on the Thames waterfront. Tempted?

Book your tickets at https://www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/bathhouse

17/03/2022

STOP PRESS: Billingsgate Roman House and Baths is reopening for visits!

Discover hidden & get close to amazing archaeological remains. Tours by London City Guides on Saturdays from 2 April.

More info and tickets at cityoflondon.gov.uk/bathhouse

08/10/2021

Billingsgate Roman House and Baths - Google Arts & Culture

Beneath the curious cobbled pathways of the City of London lies a rich Roman history that has survived 2,000 years of building, fires and bombings. Find out about how the bathhouse was discovered, and what the remains tell us. https://artsandculture.google.com/story/billingsgate-roman-house-and-baths/NgISZAaL1hOiLg

Google Arts & Culture features content from over 2000 leading museums and archives who have partnered with the Google Cultural Institute to bring the world's treasures online.

04/10/2021

While our doors are closed, you can still explore the 1800-year-old site online. Discover how it was found and preserved in 1848, and see the remains of the house and bathhouse as they are today. Explore more: https://bit.ly/2WF4Ee9

09/08/2021

Billingsgate Roman House and Baths Guided Tour 2021

Really excited by the reopening of the Billingsgate Roman House and Baths. Don't miss out on the opportunity to discover the fascinating history of Roman London on your doorstep. Tours available later this month. Limited numbers so book promptly at https://bit.ly/3s1VVOv

Visit one of the City's most secret places.

09/04/2021

Archaeological archives are full of objects. Here’s one of our favourites – a brooch that was dropped on the ruins of our site in around AD 450

07/04/2021

Here’s a beautiful fragment of a drinking vessel in the Museum of London Archaeology archive from our site

06/04/2021

An unusual item in our archive at the Museum of London Archaeology Archive is a wooden stopper from a bottle. Wooden items don't often get preserved except on wet sites like ours, which is very close to river level.

01/04/2021

Our archive is split partially in our building and partially in the Museum of London Archaeology archive.

31/03/2021

Our City Together | Women in Roman London

On the last day of watch our video with Dr Rebecca Redfern about the archaeological evidence for women and their lives in London

CW: discussion of evidence for domestic violence

https://www.ourcitytogether.london/do/women-in-roman-london

Explore the evidence of women's lives in Roman London with Billingsgate Bathhouse and Museum of London.

30/03/2021

Our City Together | Inspire | We uncover the stories of women in the ancient Roman world revealing an existence of fortitude, willingness and determination.

Before the end of read an article by one of our great volunteers about the evidence for women’s lives in the Roman world. https://www.ourcitytogether.london/inspire/the-role-of-women-in-the-ancient-roman-world

Actresses, doctors, calligraphers and wives. Roman women took on many roles in an ancient society whilst still being deemed as the lesser s*x.

25/03/2021

Our City Together | Cleaning the Bath: Conservation at Billingsgate Roman House and Baths

This spring the bath is getting a clean. Watch our video with Inspector of Ancient Monuments Jane Sidell about this process. What are you spring-cleaning? https://www.ourcitytogether.london/do/cleaning-the-bath-conservation

Learn about conservation efforts that prevent environmental damage at Billingsgate Bathhouse, an 1800-yr-old Roman archaeological site near the River Thames.

24/03/2021

Clocks go forward this weekend. For the inhabitants of Londinium, the sun would instead continue to rise earlier and earlier. Should we still keep daylight saving?

19/03/2021

The Roman spring festival of Minerva, Quinquatria, started on 19th March and may have involved plays, feasting and gladiator displays. How do you celebrate the spring?

18/03/2021

Our City Together | Inspire | We uncover the stories of women in the ancient Roman world revealing an existence of fortitude, willingness and determination.

This article was written by one of our wonderful volunteers about the evidence for women's lives in the Roman world, including Roman London. https://www.ourcitytogether.london/inspire/the-role-of-women-in-the-ancient-roman-world

Actresses, doctors, calligraphers and wives. Roman women took on many roles in an ancient society whilst still being deemed as the lesser s*x.

12/03/2021

Our City Together | Women in Roman London

In case you missed it first time round, watch our recorded talk with Dr Rebecca Redfern of the Museum of London about the evidence for women’s lives in Roman London.

Content warning: short discussion of evidence for domestic violence.

https://www.ourcitytogether.london/do/women-in-roman-london

Explore the evidence of women's lives in Roman London with Billingsgate Bathhouse and Museum of London.

11/03/2021

Our City Together | The Work of Giants | Writing a novel set in Londinium, 500AD

Which book are you looking forward to reading? Rebecca Stott’s book set in our house after the end of the Roman occupation in AD 500 is published next year and we can't wait to read it! Find out more about it here. https://www.ourcitytogether.london/do/the-work-of-giants-rebecca-stott

Novelist and historian Rebecca Stott, winner of the Costa Prize for Biography 2017 for her memoir In the Days of Rain, talks about writing her latest novel set

09/03/2021

Our City Together | Women in Roman London

Our City Together | Women in Roman London

Explore the evidence of women's lives in Roman London with Billingsgate Bathhouse and Museum of London.

08/03/2021

Our City Together | Women in Roman London

Our talk with Dr Rebecca Redfern of the Museum of London for International Women's Day about the evidence for women’s lives in Roman London will premiere in five minutes. Watch on the link below.
https://www.ourcitytogether.london/do/women-in-roman-london

Explore the evidence of women's lives in Roman London with Billingsgate Bathhouse and Museum of London.

05/03/2021

Our City Together | Women in Roman London

Watch our talk with Dr Rebecca Redfern of the Museum of London about the evidence for women’s lives in Roman London for . It'll premiere at 2.00pm on Monday 8th March. https://www.ourcitytogether.london/do/women-in-roman-london

Explore the evidence of women's lives in Roman London with Billingsgate Bathhouse and Museum of London.

04/03/2021

It’s ! What’s your favourite book set in the Roman world?

03/03/2021

Book on to our British Science Week free family online event this Saturday with The Salters' Company and Tower Bridge https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/online-family-workshop-surprising-science-tickets-140822226069

26/02/2021

Book onto our Surprising Science free online family event on Saturday 6th March for British Science Week with Tower Bridge and the Salters' Company. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/online-family-workshop-surprising-science-tickets-140822226069

25/02/2021

Our City Together | Cleaning the Bath: Conservation at Billingsgate Roman House and Baths

A series of heroes saved our site from deterioration, including the London Inspector of Ancient Monuments, Dr Jane Sidell, who advises us still on conservation at the site. Hear about the job she does in the video. Who are your heritage heroes? https://www.ourcitytogether.london/do/cleaning-the-bath-conservation

Learn about conservation efforts that prevent environmental damage at Billingsgate Bathhouse, an 1800-yr-old Roman archaeological site near the River Thames.

23/02/2021

A series of heroes saved our site from destruction and deterioration, including the volunteers of the City of London Excavation Group under Peter Marsden in 1967-70 and a team from the Department of Urban Archaeology, later Museum of London Archaeology, under Peter Rowsome in 1987-90. There are links to their articles about the site in the London Archaeologist in the comments. Who are your heritage heroes?

17/02/2021

A series of heroes saved our site from destruction, including Mr Bunning the City architect in 1848 when the bathhouse was first discovered. Who are your heritage heroes?

15/02/2021

Building Londinium

Looking for something fun to do in ? Book on to our free Building Londinium Day on Thursday with Guildhall Art Gallery and London’s Roman Amphitheatre and the Salters' Company https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/building-londinium-tickets-139836104553

Calling all time explorers and budding architects! Discover Roman London and help bring it to life through craft and design activities.

14/02/2021

Happy Valentine's Day

Hearts being made from building blocks on a background of a Roman tesselated floor at Billingsgate Roman House and Baths

08/02/2021

Building Londinium

Looking for something fun to do in ? Book on to our free Building Londinium Day with London's Roman Amphitheatre and the Salter's Company https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/building-londinium-tickets-139836104553

Calling all time explorers and budding architects! Discover Roman London and help bring it to life through craft and design activities.

05/02/2021

It was on this day in 1848 that the article about the discovery of our site appeared in the Illustrated London news alongside this painting of the site.