The Roman Villa at The Newt in Somerset
Museums & Science Centres · Bruton, Somerset
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Closed — opens tomorrow at 9.30am
EducationalBooking required
What’s there
- Parking
Visitor car park on The Newt estate, signposted from the estate entrance; the 667 bus stops at the visitor car park.
Only facilities we’ve confirmed are listed — anything missing here we simply haven’t checked, rather than know to be absent.
The Roman Villa is one of the attractions on The Newt estate in Somerset, a working farm and garden. It combines an archaeological museum built over the exposed foundations of a Romano-British villa with a reimagined villa beside it that visitors can walk through. Displays explain the excavation and show artefacts found on the site, and there are interactive elements aimed at all ages. Rooms in the reconstruction are staged with mosaics, frescoes and garden schemes, and some team members appear in period costume. A virtual reality experience gives a day-in-the-life view of Roman Somerset. Families can also eat Roman-inspired food in the villa courtyard on set days. The site runs a free schools programme for primary pupils. Visits are by timed booked slot, and the surrounding estate has uneven paths, so it suits families who are comfortable with a short walk outdoors.
Estate gardens have winter (27 Sep to 8 Mar, 9am to 4.30pm) and summer (9 Mar to 28 Sep, 9am to 6pm) hours; the villa's own slot times are as stated in hoursNote.
Stuff to take with you
The things people wish they’d packed for a day out like this one.
- Refillable water bottleMost places will fill it for free.
- Snacks that survive a rucksackCheaper than the café, and buys you twenty minutes.
- Wet wipes
- Small first aid kitPlasters solve more days out than anything else here.
- Colouring book and pencils
- Sick bagsYou only forget these once.
- Spare carrier bagFor the wet things. There are always wet things.
- Loose changeLockers and old-fashioned car parks.
- Hand sanitiser
- Notebook
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