UPDATED ON TUESDAY, 28th JULY 2026
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In advance of Sizewell C’s construction, Oxford Cotswold Archaeology has been working on one of the largest archaeological projects ever undertaken in the east of England, to uncover the millennia long history of human occupation in the area.
They are holding an Open Day on Thursday 6th, Friday 7th and Saturday 8th August, from 10:00am to 4:00pm daily, at the Sizewell B Power Station Visitors' Centre, IP16 4UR.
Artefacts will be on display, you can talk to the archaeologists, and there will be three informative talks each day, as well as family activities and a kids' discovery trail.
For more details about the event,
visit https://oxfordcotswoldarchaeology.org.uk/event/sizewell-big-archaeology-showcase/
Admission is free (with timed-entry tickets), but you first need to
book at tinyurl.com/SizewellArchaeology
In the meantime, you can read more about this ongoing project at
https://oxfordcotswoldarchaeology.org.uk/project/sizewell/
UPDATED ON FRIDAY, 20th FEBRUARY at 19:00 re WEEKEND ROAD CLOSURES
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per www.szcworkstracker.co.uk/sizewell-c-related-traffic-management-road-closures-16/
The B1122 at Yoxford [the road from Leiston] will be closed for full weekends from 7:00pm Friday 20th to 5:00am Monday 23rd February (and from 7:00pm Friday 27th February to 5:00 am Monday 2nd March).
with thanks to Stop Sizewell C's email at 17:30 today:
Also the Old High Road that leads from the A12 to the Village Hall [at Yoxford] is closed until-mid March, so you need to take the A1120 [Yoxford High Street] and turn left at the church to get to the Village Hall and car park.
POSTED ON THURSDAY, 19th FEBRUARY
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Spotted the archaeology at Sizewell C on the latest series of "Digging for Britain" and want to take a closer look? Oxford Cotswold Archaeology will be hosting an Open Day in the Yoxford Village Hall to showcase the finds and initial information already gleaned during our excavations as part of the Sizewell C development site.
This event will showcase a selection of the finds and explore the stories behind the sites featured on the programme. Discover more about the excavations along the Sizewell Link Road, including the early medieval barrow cemetery, and hear directly from the archaeologists involved.
o Finds from our excavations as part of the Sizewell C development site.
o Insights into the archaeology already uncovered through this work
o A chance to meet the archaeologists working on the site
o Family activities
Location: Yoxford Village Hall, Old High Road, Yoxford, IP17 3HN
Date/time: Saturday 21st and Sunday 22nd February, 10:00am to 4:00pm
Tickets: No need to book, free to attend
https://cotswoldarchaeology.co.uk/event/sizewell-c-archaeology-open-day-yoxford-village-hall/
You can watch the recent Sizewell update by "Digging for Britain" (series 13 episode 2) at
https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m002pl59/digging-for-britain-series-13-2-our-rarest-find-and-biggest-dig
starting at 19 minutes in. ©BBC iPlayer
