Visitor attractions and information - Bath
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 Bath
Abbey Heritage Vaults, Bath Abbey, Kingston Parade, Bath. BA1
1LT. Tel: 01225 422462. We are fortunate to worship in such a
very beautiful building, and the community here continues a tradition
of Christian prayer and worship on this site going back hundreds
of years. www.bathabbey.org. Location: In the centre of Bath. |
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Roman Baths, Abbey Church Yard, BATH BA1 1LZ.
Tel: 01225 477785. Around Britain's only hot spring, the Romans
built a magnificent temple and bathing complex that still flows
with natural hot water. Many objects were thrown into the Sacred
Spring as offerings to the goddess, including more than 12,000
Roman coins. Great Bath is the magnificent centrepiece of the
Roman baths is a pool, lined with 45 sheets of lead, and filled
with hot spa water. Location: In the centre of Bath. |
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Tourist
Information Centre: UK callers - Tel: 0906 711 2000 |
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1 Royal Crescent, BATH BA1 2LR Tel: 01225 428126.
Number 1 was designed by John Wood the Younger, and was the first
house to be built in the Royal Crescent, now designated a World
Heritage Building. Location:
In the centre of Bath. |
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Museum
of Costume, Assembly Rooms, Bennett Street, BATH BA1 2QH. Tel:
01225 477173 The story of fashion over the last 400 years is
told at the Museum of Costume, the finest museum of fashionable
garments in the world. www.museumofcostume.co.uk.
Location: In the centre
of Bath. |
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Holburne Museum of Art, Great Poulteney St,
Bath, BA2 4DB. Tel: 01225 466669. Includes landscapes by Guardi,
portraits by Stubbs, Ramsay, Raeburn, Zoffany and Bath's own
artists Thomas Gainsborough, William Hoare and the Barkers of
Bath. www.romanbaths.co.uk. Location:
In the centre of Bath. |
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Castle
Combe Circuit, Castle Combe, Chippenham, Wiltshire, SN14 7EY.
Tel: 01249 782417. Circuit activities here at Castle Combe Circuit
include Race Car Meetings, Motorcycle Race Meetings, both Motorbike
and Car Track Days, and Driving Experiences, where you can feel
the thrill of driving our race cars around a race circuit. www.castlecombecircuit.co.uk. About 9 miles north east of Bath. |
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Lacock Abbey, Fox Talbot Museum & Village,
Lacock, nr Chippenham, Wiltshire SN15 2LG. Tel: 01249 730459.
Medieval cloistered abbey converted into a fine country house.
Newly-restored botanic gardens. Location for films, 'Harry Potter',
'Pride and Prejudice', 'Moll Flanders' and 'Emma'. National Trust.
Charges apply. About 11
miles east of Bath. |
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Dyrham
Park, Dyrham, nr Chippenham, Gloucestershire SN14 8ER. Tel: 0117
937 2501. 17th-century mansion, garden and deer park. Film location
for 'Remains of the Day' (1993). National Trust. Charges apply. About 7 miles
north of Bath. |
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Great Chalfield Manor, nr Melksham, Wiltshire
SN12 8NH. Tel: 01225 782239. 15th-century manor house and garden.
Moat, gatehouse and great hall. National Trust. Charges apply.
About 7 miles east of
Bath. |
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The
Kennet & Avon Canal Trust, Canal Centre, Couch Lane, Devizes,
Wiltshire, SN10 1EB. Tel: +44 (0)1380 721279. The Trust has been
in existence for over 40 years. It was formed to restore the,
then closed, Kennet & Avon Canal from Reading to Bristol
as a "through" navigation and as a public amenity. www.katrust.org. Bath
& Bristol Branch. |
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