Lexden Earthworks & Bluebottle Grove

Description

The banks and ditches of a series of late Iron Age defences protecting the western side of Camulodunum - pre-Roman Colchester. There are also many pre-Roman graves hereabouts, including Lexden Tumulus, allegedly the burial place of the British chieftain Cunobelinus.

How to get here

By Road: 2 miles West of Colchester off the A604. Lexden Earthworks are on Lexden Straight Road. To visit Bluebottle Grove from Lexden, turn left into Heath Road, left into Church Lane, right into Beech Hill and follow the brown and white tourist signs to the site
By Bus: Network Colchester 5 from Colchester railway station
By Train: Colchester or Colchester Town, both 2 1⁄2 miles

Admission

Adult.............................................Free
Children.......................................Free
Concession................................Free
English Heritage Members.....Free - Join English Heritage

Opening times

Please visit our website for our current opening times.

Further information

Managed By: Colchester Borough Council www.colchestermuseums.org.uk