Are there any active sites in London at the moment? Kate (8)

Hi Kate

Thanks for your question. As I live in York I’m not too sure about what’s happening in London now, but I certainly know some people that will!

The best way to find out about archaeology in London is to join your local YAC branch if you haven’t already. There are currently four in London: Fulham Palace, Camden, Central London and Bexley. You can find details of how to get in touch with your closest branch and of all the other YAC branches around the country on our YAC map.

You might also like to find out more about the Thames Discovery Project’s TaDPoles foreshore archaeology group. Like YAC they offer lots of activities and opportunities to learn about and discover archaeology.   

Answered by:

Dr Claire Corkill

Claire is the Development Manager at the Council for British Archaeology. She grew up on the Isle of Man surrounded by loads of exciting archaeology and studied archaeology at the University of York where she did her PhD in First World War archaeology. Claire has excavated on lots of different sites around the British Isles and was once lucky enough to excavate the site of a coin hoard which led to the discovery of a medieval chapel. When she’s not working Claire loves to explore archaeological sites around Scotland where she now lives. 

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