Tag: Sydney Gardens

Farewell to the tennis court trees

There’s a lot to be said about the ‘shock of the new’ and l suppose – as an old codger … More

Come help create the Sydney Garden’s Spring.

Volunteers are being invited to help plant 14,000 spring-flowering bulbs in Sydney Gardens in Bath on Sunday, November 22. Bath … More

Stephen Pickles. Where are you?

I carried the story below three years ago and have had a reply from a lady called AlisonMildon who has … More

Bad news from the tree ‘doctors’

Just in case – like me – you wondered what had happened to this tree just inside the Sydney Road … More

Letting in the light.

Two Bath public spaces appeal to me so much on a morning when the sky is almost cobalt blue and … More

First look at rail bridge re-design for Sydney Gardens.

Rail passengers will now be well aware that ‘normal’ services have been resumed on the line to London – following … More

Spray, splodge and dodge.

Followers of the Virtual Museum will know l hate so-called pavement stencils. Messy graffiti that disfigures our historic city. It just looks … More

Box, Bath and Brunel.

At 5.41 am on Tuesday, September the First – a train left Bath Spa for Chippenham. Not only was it … More

Trains back for September 1st.

You’ll get your railway back on September 1st – that’s still the promise from Network Rail while contractors are hard … More

Bath’s vanishing railway?

Got to be the most unusual sight l have seen in a while. A section of the main line which passes through … More

Letting light into Sydney Gardens

Plenty of evidence in Bath’s historic Sydney Gardens of a new policy to open up areas of the parkland and … More

Bath track lowering enters final week.

Network Rail gave themselves around six weeks to lower the rail track around Bath – ready for the electrification programme … More

Towpath and trees.

Out in Bath this Wednesday (August 12th) and found a B&NES sponsored survey starting on the path up to the … More

Have your say on towpath.

Bath & North East Somerset Council is running a public consultation as to how best to improve a significant portion … More

Sydney Gardens – It’s electrifying!

A first image of how the railway line through Bath’s historic Sydney Gardens might look in the future as Network … More

Rail works pick up speed.

While Network Rail’s track lowering operation in Box Tunnel gathers momentum, there’s evidence elsewhere – and nearer to home – … More

Improvement work to Sydney Gardens underway

Work has now started on a six-month programme of shrub pruning and landscape improvements in Bath’s historic Sydney Gardens.. Bath … More

More platform space at Bath Spa Station.

It’s fair to say Bath’s two rather narrow railway station platforms – serving trains to and from the capital –  can … More