I wonder if you knew that Sydney Gardens – created as a Georgian pleasure park – also has an earlier history as a Roman burial ground. A free event called The Deathly Secrets of […]
Tag: roman bath
What a hoot!
Get ready Bath – for a bit of a hoot. One hundred individually-decorated, large and smaller Owl sculptures are going to be ‘perched’ in and around the streets of the city this summer for a […]
Uncovering more of Roman Bath
The Bath and Camerton Archaeological Society have been busy under York Street – helping prepare a part of the Roman Baths complex – normally unseen by the public – for upcoming excavations. However, during February, there will […]
A statue that looks good enough to eat?
Bath is not exactly running a surplus on public sculpture. Apart from Queen Victoria – sitting half way up an art gallery wall – and poor Rebecca getting no more than a dribble from her […]
Palace Theatre gives up some secrets!
One of Bath’s old theatres has been giving up some of its secrets as work gets underway on regenerating part of the city’s historic Saw Close site with the construction of a new casino, hotel and […]
Square deal
After more than a year of discussion and planning by the Lambridge Independent Councillors Dave Laming and Bryan Chalker work at last gets underway on providing a new toilet and shop in Larkhall Square. Dave Laming […]
Spa towns of Europe visit Bath’s Georgian lido.
Bath’s derelict Cleveland Pools – Britain’s last remaining open-air, cold water Georgian lido – had some very special international visitors today. They are representatives of many European spa towns who – along with Bath Spa […]
Changing fashions
Visitors to Bath & North East Somerset Council’s Fashion Museum can glimpse a dramatic transformation taking place later this month. As the Museum’s highly popular “Fifty Fabulous Frocks” exhibition has finally closed, preparations will get […]
Hot date at Roman Baths
On New Year’s Day visitors to the Bath & North East Somerset Council-run Roman Baths will receive complimentary hot dates as they step out beside the Great Bath. Hot, stuffed and peppered dates were a […]
‘Rogues gallery’ goes on-line.
Embezzlement, theft, burglary, pickpocketing and begging: all these crimes and more are to be found in the records of Bath prisoners whose portraits have just been put online by Bath & North East Somerset Council’s […]
