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Watling Street is a Roman road that forms part of the extensive network of highways constructed during the Roman occupation of Britain. The road runs through Northamptonshire as part of its longer route connecting London to Wroxeter in Shropshire, serving as a major artery for military, administrative and commercial traffic. In places within Northamptonshire the Roman metalled surface and characteristic construction layers remain visible, demonstrating the engineering standards employed in Romano-British road building. The road continued in use long after the Roman withdrawal and influenced the alignment of medieval and modern routes through the county.
Watling Street Roman Road is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1412692. View the official record →
Watling Street is a Roman road that forms part of the extensive network of highways constructed during the Roman occupation of Britain. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1412692.
Watling Street Roman Road is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Historic England (NHLE) — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in England. The official designation reference is 1412692.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Barby motte castle (3.4 km), Medieval settlement of Ashby St Ledgers (4.3 km), Watford Park: C18 garden remains overlying the shrunken medieval village of Watford and associated ridge and furrow cultivation (4.4 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Watling Street Roman Road's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
Every location is different. Not every section appears for every place, only what the historical record actually holds turns up in a report.
Watling Street Roman Road stands on Lias Group, bedrock that formed in the Aalenian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone, limestone and sandstone.