Bath & North East Somerset Council’s Libraries are organising free events across the area to celebrate National Bookstart Week, June 8 – 14. This year’s theme, Jungle Adventures, is based around Giles Andreae’s beloved picture […]
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Month: May 2015
Taking a store guided tour!
Open Day and Guided Tours at St John’s Local History Store as part of the Festival of Learning 2015 On Saturday 13 June, Bath & North East Somerset Council is opening the doors to St. […]
Improvement work to Seven Dials reaches final stages?
Work to improve the Seven Dials area of Bath for cyclists and pedestrians is reaching its final stages. Though you could have fooled me when l went to look at the construction mess that adds […]
Searching for 1914-1918 films of Bath and North East Somerset
The Arts Development team at Bath & North East Somerset Council is keen to hear from anyone who holds any film footage relating to the district dating from the First World War. So far, 16 […]
Roman Baths Learning Centre plans for former city laundry
Bath & North East Somerset Council has appointed local architects Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios (FCBS) as lead designers for the planned ‘Archway Centre’ project in Bath. The project will create a state-of-the-art Roman Baths Learning […]
Rabbit exclusion zone
Bath has to get used to seeing its once green-covered railway embankments stripped of vegetation. It’s part of the price that has to be paid for electrification of the Great Western line between London and […]
Reform, economies and putting residents first
The new Conservative leadership of Bath & North East Somerset Council has set out its priorities for the next four years, with a promise to reform the way the local authority works and build a […]
Trustees wanted for new Roman Baths Foundation
Big changes are afoot at the city’s Roman Baths in an effort to attract more funding for conservation and education work. They are being set up as a Foundation – a charitable company – which […]
Meeting Mr Bennet.
For three years now l have been a member of the Mayor of Bath’s Honorary Corps of Guides – an organisation that has been active for the last 81 years in showing visitors to Bath […]
Getting the balance right at Smallcombe
As part of Smallcombe Garden Cemetery Conservation and Heritage Project, tree maintenance works will take place from May 26th for around five days. Bath & North East Somerset Council will be cutting down to ground level […]
