A £75,000 regeneration project gave a facelift to areas around the main ‘gateway’ into Chesterton. Pupils from five local schools dressed up in Roman costumes to celebrate completion of the work. Around 20 pupils from local schools dressed in Roman costume and were joined by a representative from Apedale Heritage Park dressed as a Roman centurion. Roman-inspired pieces of environmental art feature in improvements at Wetherby Close and the London Road roundabout, near Chesterton High School, in homage to the area's rich Roman history. The Chesterton area was excavated between 1969 and 1971, and archaeologists found remains of a Roman fort, which may have been occupied during the Flavian period - late 1st to early 2nd century AD.