Rockbourne Roman Villa, Fordingbridge

Name: Rockbourne Roman Villa
Address: Rockbourne Rd, Fordingbridge, SP6 3PG, United Kingdom
Telephone: +44 1725 518541

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Rockbourne Roman Villa is a Roman courtyard villa excavated and put on public display in the village of Rockbourne in the English county of Hampshire. The villa was discovered in 1942 by a local farmer and excavated by A. T. Morley Hewitt over the next thirty years. ()

Coordinates: 50°57'10"N, 1°49'51"W

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Rockbourne RdFordingbridge SP6 3PG United Kingdom

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+44 1725 518541

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Rockbourne Roman Villa – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Sandy Balls, Breamore House, New Forest Water Park, Blashford Lakes.

3.4 miSE
Forest
Sandy Balls, New Forest
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2.4 miNE
Museum, History museum
Breamore House
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50°54'12"N • 1°47'11"W
New Forest Water Park, Fordingbridge
101 min walk • Watersports, Campsite, Water park
5.8 miS
Park
Blashford Lakes, Ringwood
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4.8 miSW
Manor house
Cranborne Manor
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4.7 miSW
Monastery
Cranborne Priory
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5.4 miSW
Concerts and shows, Civic center, Entertainment
The Hub, Verwood
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6.4 miSW
Park
St Giles Farms
163 min walk • St Giles House is located at Wimborne St Giles in East Dorset in England, just south of Cranborne Chase. It is the ancestral seat of the Ashley-Cooper family, which is headed by the Earl of Shaftesbury. The estate covers over 5,500 acres.
4.6 miSW
50°53'49"N • 1°53'25"W
Dorset Heavy Horse Farm Park Verwood, Verwood
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Church
St Mary's Church, Fordingbridge
70 min walk • St Mary's Church, Fordingbridge is a 12th–13th-century church in Hampshire, England. It was restored in the 19th century.
3.2 miE
Archaeological site
Frankenbury Camp, New Forest
81 min walk • Frankenbury Camp is the site of an Iron Age univallate hillfort located in Hampshire. The site is on a very slight promontory overlooking the Avon Valley on the north-western edge of the New Forest. The fort encloses approximately 11 acres. It has very steep natural slopes on the west and south sides.