The American Museum in Britain shows, largely in a series of Period Rooms, the development of American Decorative arts from its European roots to purely...

This museum was founded in 1965 in memory of John Judkyn, a prominent figure in work to bring closer together the people of Britain and...

One of the best loved monuments and museums in Bath and the surrounding areas, this interesting old piece of architecture is another reminder of the...

You might say this is a church built on cloth. The present church was begun in the Norman period. But it was almost completely remodelled...

The only timber-framed houses in this stone-built town are in the Shambles. They date from Tudor times. The Shambles was once a market place...

Tucked away from the busy street is this café housed in a converted 17th-century weaver’s cottage. It specialises in fairtrade fare. Tables are squeezed...

This building makes its presence felt. A vista down the dramatic length of Great Pulteney Street ends in its imposing façade. It was built in...

Mr Salvat has recreated the atmosphere of early coffee-houses. A waiter in knee-breeches jots down your order with a quill pen as you sit in...

A few steps away from the town bridge is the library and museum. The pride of the museum is a faithful reconstruction of the Christopher...

This house proudly proclaims its age. On one of the gables is the date 1675. It still has its original stone-mullioned windows. It is remarkable...

The Granary was originally part of Shaftesbury Abbey’s grange at Barton Farm. The medieval building has a fine open timber roof. Nearby are former cow...

Here’s a pleasant spot to watch the river flow by. You would scarcely credit that the horror of bull baiting once took place in this...

Georgian Bath grew at a phenomenal rate. The fashionable spa needed elegant housing for visitors and residents. The Building of Bath Museum explains its development...

Bath has long had an image as a city of leisure. So this museum may come as a surprise. Victorian Bath was a hive of...

One and 1 ½ hour boat trips along the Kennet & Avon Canal from March to October, Wednesday’s, Saturday’s and Sunday’s. Cream tea trips, longer...

The Fashion Museum is one of the finest museums in bath and offers visitors the chance to study and observe the way that fashions have...

In Jane Austen’s time these were known as the Upper Rooms, since there were other assembly rooms in the city centre. The wide-eyed heroine of...

A unique museum housing a fine collection of objects from all over East Asia, ranging in date from around 5000BC to the present day. The...

Georgian Bath was the fountainhead of postal innovation. Ralph Allen came from a humble Cornish home to become Bath’s postmaster at only 19. He reformed...

The Church of St. Michael is unique. The site has been a challenge to generations of architects. It is crammed between two streets. There is...