Archaeologists will begin a dig in a Cheltenham wildlife garden next week.

The investigations will take place at Dunalley Wildlife Garden on Wednesday and Thursday.

The land, next to Dunalley School, used to be allotments and is the subject of a planning application by St Vincent’s Centre, which wants to build a new care centre.

As part of the planning process, the owners of the site, Gloucestershire County Council have authorised the dig to check for Roman remains.