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Calleva Atrebatum
British iron age settlement

Calleva Atrebatum

Calleva Atrebatum was an Iron Age oppidum, the capital of the Atrebates tribe.

It then became a walled town in the Roman province of Britannia, at a major crossroads of the roads of southern Britain.

How locals move

Getting around Calleva Atrebatum the local way

  • Get aroundThe local authority has published a cycle map, which shows off-road and low-traffic routes around the town.

From Wikivoyage: Reading (England), CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us. Last edited 2026-09.

Text adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Photograph: Lewis Hulbert (see Commons), Wikimedia Commons.