The future of the flood gates at Twerton and Pulteney Bridge could be a short one as a newly funded £50,000 B&NES flood management project with the Environment Agency will be looking at all the […]
Month: September 2016
Putting the Mill on stream.
Bath & North East Somerset Council is investing in a new hydro-electric community-owned energy project on the River Avon. The Council is making a loan to the Old Mill Community Hydro project located at the […]
No 4
Bath has hidden historic gems – as well as its big architectural set pieces. One of them is the restored Georgian Garden behind number 4, the Circus. Between 1985 and 1988 the overgrown and inaccessible […]
A ring to mourn a canal builder
John Rennie was a Scottish civil engineer – a young East Lothian farmer’s son – and born in 1761. He made his name designing many bridges, canals and docks. South of the border he will always […]
Riverside crane is a painting marathon.
The volunteers busy painting a crane at Bath Riverside are making good progress on what has now been described as a ‘painting marathon.’ They are helping to brighten up a ‘city treasure’ under the direction of Bryan […]
Riverbank gives up more secrets
Bath Newseum has made its final trip to the rescue archaeology underway beside the River Avon at Broad Quay in Bath – an area due to be reshaped as part of a flood alleviation programme […]
Autumn turn off.
When do you know that summer is officially over. Forget the Autumn Equinox and just look out for those very polite workmen from Zeta Services who are employed by B&NES to clean out the fountain […]
A penny for your thoughts?
B&NES has big plans for making historic Sydney Gardens more ’21st century’ friendly. That’s if the council is successful in attracting Heritage Lottery funding to pay for a sensitive make-over that acknowledges the past as […]
Brush up on industry
Yesterday – Saturday, September 24th – l popped along to the seventh Industrial Heritage Exhibition – held at Bath City Football Club in Twerton – and designed to make people aware that this was very […]
Empire building
Bath’s continued faith in its tourist industry is born out by plenty of evidence of new hotel building in the city. Elsewhere, established businesses are being given make-overs to increase both capacity and appeal. But […]
