Roman Amphitheatre

The Roman amphitheatre at Chester was the largest in Britain and dates from the 1st century when the Roman fort of Deva Victrix was founded.

The amphitheatre was used for entertainment and military training.

It is believed there have been two stone-built amphitheatres on the site. The first was a simple structure whilst the second later one consisted of a 40 feet (12 m) high stone ellipse, 320 feet (98 m) along the major axis by 286 feet (87 m) along the minor and could easily seat 8,000 people.

7 Day Weather Forecast

Today

10.1℃–11.1℃

3.2 m/s (SSE)

Fri, Nov 07

10.1℃–10.7℃

3.4 m/s (SSE)

Sat, Nov 08

9.9℃–11.2℃

4.1 m/s (S)

Sun, Nov 09

7.2℃–8.4℃

3.2 m/s (S)

Mon, Nov 10

8.2℃–9.3℃

1.6 m/s (SSE)

Tue, Nov 11

4.1℃–5.6℃

0.8 m/s (S)

Wed, Nov 12

8.8℃–9.3℃

4.9 m/s (SE)

Thu, Nov 13

10.1℃–12℃

5.1 m/s (SSE)

Our Chester weather forecast is from Yr, delivered by the Norwegian Meteorological Institute and NRK

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