A funding award of £1.5million has been finalised to support the project to transform Bath Sports and Leisure Centre into a modern and dynamic centre, for which work is due to start this week. Bath […]
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Month: July 2016
‘Regency Detective’ event at Waterstones, Bath.
The authors of the acclaimed Regency Detective series of novels will be at Waterstones, in Bath, THIS THURSDAY (14th) . David Lassman and Terence James will be talking about the latest novel in the series, The […]
Larkhall facing road closure
It’s good news and bad for residents in Bath’s Larkhall district. The good news is that St Saviour’s Road – the main arterial route through this district – is going to be resurfaced. That’s from […]
Watery welcome back!
Good to see the Laura Place fountain finally filled with running water again. It’s a wonderful sight to greet the tourists crossing Pulteney Bridge on their way into Great Pulteney Street – and maybe the […]
Keynsham Photographic Society exhibition opens in Bath
An exhibition of work by the Keynsham Photographic Society opened last week in a launch event hosted by the Chairman of Bath & North East Somerset Council, Councillor Alan Hale. Councillor Alan Hale hosted the […]
No lantern procession this year.
Forgive me looking ahead to winter – while we’re still hoping for summer to arrive – but Bath’s late autumn gloom is going to seem just a little darker this year. The Holburne Museum has […]
On hold…..
Won’t be able to add anything new on the site from this coming Wednesday – July 13th – for a week. Please bear with me. Look out – Internet-wise – on Wednesday for a B&NES […]
Canal grit and courtesy
Contractors have made a great job of resurfacing the towpath – between the George Inn at Bathampton and the first tunnel into Sydney Gardens – on the Kennet and Avon Canal. As a bike user, […]
In the swim at Cleveland Pools
If you remember swimming in Bath’s open air lido alongside the River Avon then here’s a special date for your diary. The Cleveland Pools Trust – that band of dedicated people focused on re-opening […]
A view from the Box Tunnel bridge
Chippenham resident, Dr Brian Mathew is currently running an online petition in an effort – he says – to protect the view people currently have of the mouth of Brunel’s iconic Box Tunnel. Dr Mathew […]
