Bancroft Roman Villa
Bancroft Roman Villa is a Roman villa in the Bancroft district of Milton Keynes in Buckinghamshire, England. Originally a winged-corridor house, the villa eventually became a grand building with mosaics and a formal garden.Photo: Stuart and Fiona Jackson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Opening hours: 24/7
- Type: Archaeological site
- Description: Roman villa in Buckinghamshire, England
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Milton Keynes Museum and Blue Bridge.
Milton Keynes Museum
Museum
Photo: Steve Daniels, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Milton Keynes Museum is an independent local museum in the parish of Wolverton and Greenleys in Milton Keynes, England. It is mostly run by volunteers with a small number of paid staff. Milton Keynes Museum is situated 2,400 feet west of Bancroft Roman Villa.
Blue Bridge
Bridge
The Blue Bridge is an 1830s bridge over the West Coast Main Line near Wolverton in Milton Keynes, England. Built to take a farm track over a new cutting for the London and Birmingham Railway, it was designed by Robert Stephenson, the L&BR's chief engineer and extended in the 1880s when the line was widened. Blue Bridge is situated 1,400 feet west of Bancroft Roman Villa.
Wolverton railway station
Railway station
Photo: Hassocks5489, Public domain.
Wolverton railway station serves Wolverton, a constituent town of Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, England. The station is on the West Coast Main Line, about 52 miles from Euston, between Milton Keynes Central and Northampton. Wolverton railway station is situated 1 mile northwest of Bancroft Roman Villa.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Bradville and Bradwell Abbey.
Bradville
Suburb
Stantonbury is a district and civil parish of Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, England, situated roughly 2 miles north of Central Milton Keynes. The toponym Stanton is derived from an Old English term for "stone-built farmstead" and the bury element from the French family Barri who held it in 1235.
Bradwell Abbey
Suburb
Photo: Bogbumper, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Bradwell Abbey or Bradwell Priory is a scheduled monument and urban studies site in Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, England. It was a Benedictine priory, founded around 1154 and dissolved in 1524.
Wolverton
Town
Photo: John Salmon, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Wolverton is a constituent town of Milton Keynes, England. It is located in the north-west of the city, beside the West Coast Main Line, the Grand Union Canal and the river Great Ouse.
Bancroft Roman Villa
- Categories: Roman villa, Roman archaeological site, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Stantonbury, Milton Keynes, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
52.05542° or 52° 3′ 20″ northLongitude
-0.79509° or 0° 47′ 42″ westOpen location code
9C4X3643+5XOpenStreetMap ID
node 652692046OpenStreetMap feature
historic=archaeological_siteWikidata ID
Q4854164
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In Other Languages
“Bancroft Roman Villa” goes by many names.
- Czech: “Římská vila v Bancroftu”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Loughton Valley Linear Park and Bancroft Park Children’s Play Area.
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