Royal Holloway, University of London

[matteus the inbred]

I went to Royal Holloway, (and my degrees are therefore 'University of London').

It's not actually in London, it's some 30 mins by train to the west, near Egham, Windsor and Staines. Nice area, but quite posh. I guess that doesn't matter if you're doing it by distance education.
Royal Holloway itself is very well-regarded in some areas, certainly its classical and history departments usually score 4-5 stars out of 5 in various respected ratings like the Times Higher. I studied history, ancient and medieval, and also some classics, and can recommend the current history/classics department very highly.

Anyway, I was very pleased with my time there and came out with a good degree and a masters. I can't fault their actual teaching and resources (and the resources of Senate House and various other libraries in London are easily available too), but that does seem a hell of a lot to pay for the course!
Therefore I guess if you have the money it will be worth doing the course.

A good friend of mine is currently completing her PhD at Bristol, this is also a very good 'classics' university.