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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.
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.
Tourist Information Centre: UK callers - Tel: 0906 711 2000.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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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