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Visit the Roman Fort at Binchester near Bishop Auckland from the comfort of your armchair and discover what archaeologists have found at recent excavations at Auckland Castle, the home of the Prince Bishops of Durham.
In partnership with Award Publications
01 May – 01 Sept
Ted’s Time-Travelling Toilet trail brings fun for families this summer. The Corinium Museum has partnered with Award Publications to create a trail around the museum galleries based on the children’s book Ted’s Time-...
Bishop Auckland and its immediately surrounding area has a rich stock of bridges, ranging from road to foot to rail, from fine Medieval masonry bridges to modern bridges of steel and concrete, from short iron trusses to great viaducts of brick and stone. Historic England has recently...
Auckland Castle Park on the edge of Bishop Auckland is what remains of a once much larger medieval deer park established over 900 years ago for the influential Bishops of Durham. From its early beginnings as a space for hunting and grazing, it became a polite post-medieval garden landscape for...
A digital reconstruction of the former church at Bramcote in Nottingham, which was taken down during the 19th century and only the Tower remained. Follow the story on our newly created film of what the church could have looked like, thanks to our archeaology finds, what its heritage was and what...
Explore with us the Kent village of Newington through posts on Twitter and Facebook about the archaeology that reveals the lives of previous residents. There will be one for each day of the Festival.
Join Historic England on a drone flight of the deserted village and Tudor garden at Quarrendon Leas, Buckinghamshire.
We have a film for you. The amphora displayed at the Conwy Culture Centre is a relic from the Roman occupation of Conwy – soldiers were based at Canovium (Caerhun) from the 1st century AD. This specimen was made in Naples and could have stored wine or grain. It was discovered in a garden in...
This lecture was recorded in December 2015 from the Winchester Excavations Committee (WEC) Annual Lecture Series and is now being made available online for the CBA Festival of Archaeology.
Bishop Auckland has a rich history and heritage from its earliest Roman beginnings through its occupation by the Prince Bishops of Durham to its major expansion as an industrial town in the 19th century and as a thriving commercial centre in the 20th century. Now in the 21st century it is moving...
