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The Abbey hopes a vivid stained glass tribute to Bath-born Saint Alphege will inspire generations—if the community helps fund ...
Bath’s historical highlights are well known, but dig a little deeper in the Somerset city and discover a string of lesser-known museums, hidden drinking dens and activities on the water.
A series of audio guides to Bath Abbey, featuring the voices of people who have worked on its restoration since 1942, are to be made available.
A guide to Regency Bath on the anniversary of Jane Austen's birth Thermal baths and Regency heritage have put this Somerset city firmly on the travel map — and this year the spotlight will be on ...
Bath Abbey next to the Roman Baths is a good landmark if you get lost and it's worth looking inside too. It's the site of the coronation of one of the Kings of England, Edgar, in AD 973.
As a spiritual hotspot since before the Romans, Bath, England, can once again serve up a near-religious experience, thanks to its new spa. The Thermae Bath Spa opened last summer and has proved to ...
Climbing the 212 steps of Bath Abbey grants views of the city and the roman baths below. (Simon Greenwood) An elevated guide to Britain’s most beautiful city.
The abbey put together an exhibition exploring the history of the people behind/beneath the memorials, which became a centrepiece of the city’s response to the movement. “BLM helped to focus Bath’s ...
Wera Hobhouse, MP for Bath, said the abbey heating project would be widely welcomed by the city’s inhabitants as an innovative new use of the ancient waters for which it became famous.
Bath's world famous hot spring waters are being used to heat the city's historic Abbey using revolutionary new technology. The new under floor heating system is being switched on this week, and ...
Bath Abbey could be heated using the city's hot spring water under plans to connect the building to underground Roman drains.
Jacob Kastrenakes is The Verge’s executive editor. He has covered tech, policy, and online creators for over a decade. Beneath the stone floors of the over 500-year-old Bath Abbey church in ...