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Little Chester, Derby — Area Guide & Where to Stay
Little Chester is an area of Derby whose ground carries the Littlechester Roman site and the Little Chester Heritage Centre.
About Little Chester
Where to stay in Little Chester
Each area has its own feel; here's who each one suits.
The Roman site has no hotel beside it. Little Chester is housing and heritage rather than hotels, so most visitors take a room in Derby proper and come out to the Littlechester Roman site, the Little Chester Heritage Centre and the Museum of Making. Friar Gate holds older addresses.
If you are here for the Roman ground rather than for Derby Museum and Art Gallery or Pickford's House, the Little Chester Heritage Centre is the place to start, and a central Derby room still works.
About Little Chester
What are the main landmarks in Little Chester?
Four Roman entries anchor the list. The Littlechester Roman site, the Roman bath house at Parker's Piece, Strutt's Park Roman fort and the Derby Racecourse Roman settlement all sit on the record for this corner of Derby, and the Little Chester Heritage Centre is the place that gathers them for visitors. Churches follow.
St Mary's Church, St Werburgh's Church, the Church of St Anne, the Church of St John the Evangelist and the Church of St Paul carry the later record, with Derby Augustinian Priory, Church House and Derby City Church beside them.
What is the history of Little Chester?
Roman work came first. A fort is recorded at Strutt's Park, a settlement on the Derby Racecourse ground, and a bath house at Parker's Piece, three entries for one small stretch of Derby. Churches and a priory followed.
Derby Augustinian Priory, St Werburgh's Church and St Mary's Church stand for the town that grew afterwards, while Derby Old Gaol records how that town was policed, and the Engine House and the Museum of Making record the industry that came last.
Where is Little Chester?
Little Chester takes up a corner of Derby ringed by Roman ground, from Strutt's Park Roman fort to the Derby Racecourse Roman settlement.
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Updated September 2026