It wasn’t only Pentecost being celebrated by the congregation at Bath Abbey at the weekend but the fact that they were back in the east end of the church for the first time since […]
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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 started within the structure – with its two spiral staircases and 212 steps – is designed […]
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 everything from carol-singing to spectacular choral concerts. Shoppers visiting the Christmas market can enjoy 20-minute […]
Bath remembers…….
The Mayor of Bath’s Office has issued details for the City of Bath Remembrance Sunday Parade and Service on 8 November starting with a wreath laying ceremony and parade inspection at the War Memorial in […]
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 their hand at making their own. The Abbey has a superb collection of Diptychs (works […]
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 – and to honour the Great Bath Feast Festival. The Abbey was swamped with food […]
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 successful short story competition last year, the Council’s Library Service is once again partnering up […]
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 through them. There are 52 altogether and they occupy around eighty percent of the wall […]
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 down the Abbey’s 212 steep steps, ninety-eight times in four hours. The endurance challenge raised […]
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 enough to quieten things down. So much so that it’s thought B&NES won’t now be […]
