The Castle Combe Museum is made up of many interesting pieces that have been collected from the local region, and put together in order to...

The National Trust acquired this ruined abbey in 1949. It is thought that the earliest part of the abbey was constructed in the 12th...

Jack Russell is probably first and foremost known as a famous England cricket player who kept wicket with style for his nation for a great...

An outstanding example of a late 17th Century mansion house, Dryham stands amidst a lush deer park and gardens close to Bath. Internally, the...

Westonbirt is a wonderful world of trees and is beautiful at any time of the year. Set in 600 acres of glorious Cotswold countryside, it...

This house was built for the pleasure of Henry VIII when he visited this area of the world. Designed by Nicholas Poyntz, one of...

Owlpen has long been recognised as one of the most romantic manor houses in the West of England. The Tudor manor – with its...

The American Museum in Britain shows, largely in a series of Period Rooms, the development of American Decorative arts from its European roots to purely...

This museum was founded in 1965 in memory of John Judkyn, a prominent figure in work to bring closer together the people of Britain and...

Yelde Hall is an old form of Guildhall. Although it is believed that there has been a place of administration at the heart of...

Chippenham Museum is situated in the centre of the town in Wiltshire and is a fascinating place to learn more about the towns history and...

Located within the former magistrates court and police station in the heart of the town, this museum offers visitors an interesting insight into the history...

Without a doubt one of the most beautiful and secluded valleys in the Cotswolds, this area of outstanding natural beauty has been protected and managed...

The Rolls-Royce Heritage Trust was established by a small group of workers and enthusiasts in 1981, and on a small patch at the Bristol factory,...

One of the best loved monuments and museums in Bath and the surrounding areas, this interesting old piece of architecture is another reminder of the...

This building makes its presence felt. A vista down the dramatic length of Great Pulteney Street ends in its imposing façade. It was built in...

Frenchay Museum is a small but fascinating place of history to visit, charting the growth and development of this suburb of Bristol. Although once...

Georgian Bath grew at a phenomenal rate. The fashionable spa needed elegant housing for visitors and residents. The Building of Bath Museum explains its development...

Bath has long had an image as a city of leisure. So this museum may come as a surprise. Victorian Bath was a hive of...

The Fashion Museum is one of the finest museums in bath and offers visitors the chance to study and observe the way that fashions have...

In Jane Austen’s time these were known as the Upper Rooms, since there were other assembly rooms in the city centre. The wide-eyed heroine of...

A unique museum housing a fine collection of objects from all over East Asia, ranging in date from around 5000BC to the present day. The...

Georgian Bath was the fountainhead of postal innovation. Ralph Allen came from a humble Cornish home to become Bath’s postmaster at only 19. He reformed...

The Church of St. Michael is unique. The site has been a challenge to generations of architects. It is crammed between two streets. There is...

The Royal Photographic Society was founded in 1853 with the intention of promoting the art and science of photography. This mandate is one that...

The Record Office is an institution in the city and provides a massive collection of historical records that relate to the history and the development...

This pub is housed in a former Georgian coaching inn, York House, later the Royal York Hotel. Victoria stayed there as a princess. The notice...

Beckford’s Tower is a 120ft. neo-classical Italianate tower built in 1827 for William Beckford as a retreat which housed part of his art collection....

No. 1 Royal Crescent is a grand townhouse of the late 18th Century with authentic furniture, paintings and carpets. On the ground floor are...

The grandest of Bath’s many Georgian crescents; the Royal Crescent was built by John Wood the Younger between 1767 and 1774. It consists of thirty...

At last, there is somewhere in Bath for all Jane Austen fans. The Jane Austen Centre is a permanent exhibition with knowledgeable guides featuring displays...

Behold how it is good and pleasing. This is the exhortation in Latin across the doors of Bath Abbey. Millions come to do just that....

Hidden away beneath the abbey, these vaults make up one of the most interesting collections in the city. There are great deals of artefacts...

Here bubbles up one of Bath’s smaller hot springs. By about 1700 the Cross Bath was ’the bathing place of pleasure’. More private than the...

Like the nearby Cross Bath, this is an elegant Georgian miniature. John Wood the younger, architect of the grand Royal Crescent, focused here on a...

Even quite late in the 18th century, Stall Street was still crammed with shops and lodging houses which hid the spa buildings from passers-by. Sedan...

This gabled front conjures up something of pre-Georgian Bath. According to the credible date carved on it, The Saracen’s Head was built in 1713 -...

Heavy goods travelled by carrier in the 18th century. Carriers John and Walter Wiltshire had a wagon-yard here, now converted into a charming collection of...

Bath’s one remaining city gate is not easy to spot, unless you know exactly where to look. Go down Boat Stall Lane from Grand Parade...

Bath in summer is a city of flowers. Time and again it has won the coveted Britain in Bloom trophy. Here the Parks Department shows...