Before I started work on this website, I was of the belief that Worcester was no older than the Roman settlements which now lay beneath much of the city. However, upon researching it didn't take long to realise that Worcester as a settlement, stretches back many years before the Romans even set a foot on ancient Briton's shores, in fact evidence seems to suggest that there has been a regular settlement on this site since the Mesolithic, Neolithic and Bronze ages. (This would therefore mean that a settlement has been on the site where Worcester now stands for 8-9000 years (around 6-7000B.C), this also means that there have been people here in Worcester pretty much since the British Isles were first inhabited! I think that's pretty impressive. Some might even argue that some of these original inhabitants are still here in the city...