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All change at Bath Abbey.

  It wasn’t only Pentecost being celebrated by the congregation at Bath Abbey at the weekend but the fact that … More

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Bath Abbey – messages from the past.

Tower tours at Bath Abbey have always been very popular with the general public but research work that has just … More

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Christmas at Bath Abbey.

The BBC will be broadcasting a live Christmas Day Eucharist from Bath Abbey as part of the seasonal celebrations which includes … More

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Bath remembers…….

The Mayor of Bath’s Office has issued details for the City of Bath Remembrance Sunday Parade and Service on 8 … More

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Go dippy for Diptychs at Bath Abbey!

In the first event of its kind, Bath Abbey is opening up its Diptych collection and inviting children to try … More

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Bath Abbey Bake attracts record crowd.

Bath Abbey held another Great Bath Bake Sale on Saturday to raise over £2,000  for the church and other charities … More

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Music, Song and Dance – Come to the cabaret!

Calling all budding writers! Bath & North East Somerset Council’s Library Service wants to hear your short stories! Following a … More

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Let your new lights shine.

Bath Abbey’s nickname of being ‘The Lantern of the West’ refers to its many giant windows and the light shining … More

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Tower team climb new heights!

Bath Abbey’s Tower Tour team this week (August 12th) completed the equivalent of scaling Mont Blanc by climbing up and … More

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Council likely to ‘busk’ it and see.

Looks like the threat of legal action against noisy busking – using amplified music – around Bath Abbey has been … More

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Put on your walking boots for the Abbey’s Footprint Project.

Bath Abbey is issuing a call for people to put their best feet forward to raise funds for the Footprint … More

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Bath history sing song

A children’s choir of 350 primary school pupils from all across the city will be coming together for a one-off … More

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Victory bells at Bath Abbey

Bath Abbey’s ten bells rang out recently to mark the 70th Anniversary of the end of the Second World War in … More

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It’s got to go!

As usual the Council’s Parks Department has been putting in intense effort to make Bath’s Parade Gardens a bower of … More

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Bath Abbey’s summer music school!

Local children will have the opportunity to sing, dance, play the drums and perform in a concert at Bath Abbey … More

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Bike stands and benches.

Bath seems to be developing a major outbreak of bike-stand-and-bench-itis. It IS good to see even more parking facilities for … More

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Let’s be seated!

Bath Abbey enters a new year with the ‘trial’ excavation of the north aisle completed and the new underfloor heating … More

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Great marketing!

Bath’s annual Christmas Market is about to come to a successful end. Today – Sunday, December 15th- is the last … More

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On the level

Popped into Bath Abbey to see how things are getting on with re-laying the ledger stones on the north side … More

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Warming up at Bath Abbey.

Looks like that trial patch of under-floor heating is now being laid on the north side of the nave within … More

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Letters from the past

Back in July work began on Bath Abbey‘s North aisle floor trial.  This work is necessary to stabilize the subsiding floor, … More

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Remember when

Those who helped build the main body of the Abbey Church in Bath – constructed around the start of the … More

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New – but temporary – Bath Abbey screen

Work on lifting a section of the floor within Bath Abbey has moved on a pace. A proper wooden screen … More

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New Chairman for Friends of Bath Abbey

Retired engineer Professor Jeffrey Jupp has been appointed as chairman of The Friends of Bath Abbey. Professor Jupp recently took … More

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Abbey floor uncovered

A small section of Bath Abbey’s floor will be lifted and repaired for the first time in over 100 years … More

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