Roman Chichester

29th April 2026
Year 2 set off on a Roman exploration of Chichester to discover more about the city’s Roman legacy. Their journey began at the North City Walls, where they learned about the extensive road-building that followed the Roman invasion in AD 43.
 
The children then visited the bathhouse at The Novium and enjoyed dressing up as Roman soldiers. At the Cathedral, Rosie Bradberry showed them part of a Roman mosaic beneath the ground and explained the “thin ground” story — how modern Chichester was built on top of the Roman settlement of Noviomagus Reginorum.
 
At The Cross, the children explored the Roman street layout and saw how straight and well-built Roman roads were. On their way to Priory Park, they also stopped to look at the Temple Stone at the Assembly Rooms, the Forum Stones and the East City Walls.