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The Roman Baths at Bath is the best preserved Roman religious spa from the ancient world. The Roman Baths is below the modern street level and has four main features, the Sacred Spring, the Roman Temple, the Roman bath house and finds from Roman Bath.The Roman Baths…
Distance: 6 miles away

These are a subtle blend of both the remnants of the old manorial pleasure grounds and parkland landscape. Much dates from the 1820s containing period features such as the grotto, the balustrade and curtain walling as well as ornamental stone work. Attributed to George Vivian, son…
Distance: 7.6 miles away

The Bath Postal museum introduces you to the history of written communication from clay mail to e‐mail, and we have certain very special objects that will be of interest. Did you know the world's first postage stamp, The Penny Black, was sent from the building the museum…
Distance: 5.8 miles away

An award‐winning new national museum, the British Empire & Commonwealth Museum presents the dramatic 500‐year history of the rise and fall of Britain's overseas empire. Some ten years in the making, the British Empire & Commonwealth Museum represents the first serious attempt in the United kingdom to…
Distance: 6.5 miles away

Step back in time when you board Brunels ss Great Britain. Discover the true stories behind the ship that changed the world. Experience the sights, sounds and smells of life on board for Victorian passengers and crew. Descend under water below the glass sea to touch the worlds…
Distance: 7.5 miles away

At‐Bristol is a unique destination bringing science, nature and art to life A place of discovery and surprise, home to three magical attractions; Explore At‐Bristol, Wildwalk At‐Bristol and IMAX Theatre At‐Bristol. Explore‐At‐Bristol is the first of it's kind ‐ A true 21st century science centre combining the…
Distance: 7.2 miles away

Bristol's major museum and art gallery houses an outstanding and diverse range of objects, from sea dinosaurs to magnificent art. A visit to the region's largest museum and art gallery is guaranteed to inspire youThe City Museum & Art Gallery is situated in an Edwardian Baroque building…
Distance: 7.4 miles away

The Transport gallery displays most forms of land transport with a particular Bristol twist almost all were built here, in a city fascinated by anything that moves. Favourites include the world's first holiday caravan and a 1950s equivalent, the Grenville steam carriage and a working Gauge 1…
Distance: 7.1 miles away

A Not to be Missed Attraction in the World Heritage City of Bath. The exhibition tells the commercial story of the city of Bath since Roman times. A full size model of a stone mine, with original equipment, is complemented by the 160 million year geological…
Distance: 5.6 miles away

One of the world's finest collections of fashionable dress and accessories. Explore our extensive collections of fashionable dress and accessories. The Museum of Costume organises a special exhibition each year. The annual exhibition highlights a particular aspect of fashion. Special exhibitions normally open in…
Distance: 5.7 miles away

The Building of Bath Museum is a 'must see'. If you love Bath and its architecture then this museum explains how and why this magnificent city was built, decorated and lived in. In a period of 70 years Bath developed from a small provincial spa to…
Distance: 5.7 miles away

Blaise Castle House Museum, Henbury Road, Henbury holds a wonderful collection of exhibits from social history. The House was built in 1796‐98 for a very wealthy merchant and banker, John Harford. The Blaise Castle House, with its magnificent carriage driveway, is set in the Blaise Estate…
Distance: 9.3 miles away

The exhibition at the Jane Austen Centre in Bath has been created with the guidance of local members of the Jane Austen Society and authorities on Jane Austen. It aims to be not only informative but exciting and illuminating. With knowledgeable staff, a lovely period atmosphere, exclusive film,…
Distance: 5.7 miles away

The museum has an unrivalled collection of Bristol industrial and maritime objects, a total of over 3000 objects and over 100,000 photographs and drawings. Most of these are housed at the Industrial Museum in the City Docks, fittingly a former transit shed See the Industrial Museum pages…
Distance: 7.5 miles away

This jewel in Bath's crown was once the Georgian Sydney Hotel, whose glittering society Jane Austen watched from her house opposite. It displays the treasures collected by Sir William Holburne: superb English and continental silver, porcelain, maiolica, glass and Renaissance bronzes. The Picture Gallery contains works by Turner,…
Distance: 6 miles away

Run by a team of dedicated volunteers who have searched history books, archives and memories of local people, the Museum has been described as the jewel in the West Country's crown.Radstock Museum celebrates the lifestyle of the typical Somerset coalminer. The Museum illustrates not only the home life…
Distance: 11.2 miles away

Described as 'delicious' by The Daily Telegraph and as 'the perfect restorative' in The Sunday Times; the oldest house in Bath c.1482 is also an award‐winning air‐conditioned eatery right in the centre of the oldest part of central Bath. This place is the home of the world‐famous Sally…
Distance: 6.1 miles away

Welcome to Thermae Bath Spa where past, present and future join for a special spa experience. Now in the World Heritage city of Bath you can enjoy Britain's only natural thermal waters as the Celts and Romans did over 2000 years ago.Thermae Bath Spa is a day spa…
Distance: 6 miles away