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

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

The Pump Room was the pulsing centre of the spa in its Georgian heyday. The glittering social life of the country’s premier resort revolved around...

This is the heart of Bath. The hot springs gave Bath its name and its purpose. Baths were essential to the Roman way of life....

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...

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...

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...

When Bath Archaeological Trust had offices in a house at the Circus, the archaeologists investigated its garden. By an extraordinary chance the Georgian garden plan...