Devil's Highway (Roman Britain) From Calleva, this road divided into routes to various other points west, including the road to Aquae Sulis (Bath); Ermin Way to Glevum (Gloucester); and the Port Way to Sorviodunum (Old Sarum near modern Salisbury). After the Roman conquest of Britain in 43 AD an earlier Iron Age settlement developed into the Roman town of Calleva Atrebatum. It was slightly larger, about , and was laid out along a distinctive street grid pattern. The town contained a number of public buildings and flourished until the early Anglo-Saxon period. A large mansio was situated near the South Gate, consisting of three
Cheltenham Spa railway station Cheltenham Spa railway station Cheltenham Spa railway station is a railway station serving Cheltenham in Gloucestershire, England. Situated on the Bristol-Birmingham main line, it is managed by Great Western Railway (despite most services being operated by CrossCountry, which does not manage any stations) and is about one mile from the town centre. The official name of the town is simply "Cheltenham", but, when the station was renamed in 1925, the London, Midland and Scottish Railway chose to add "Spa" to the station name. The first railway to Cheltenham was the broad-gauge Cheltenham and Great Western Union Railway (C&GWUR), authorised by