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Roman Baths Bath
113 Reviews Don't be mislead when here, NOT ALL THE POOL'S HAVE HOT WATER! The circular pool in my photo, is a 1.6 metre deep COLD plunge pool! A cold plunge bath was a feature of many Roman bath houses, but...
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Bath Abbey Bath
71 Reviews Visiting the Abbey was the highlight of my trip! It's a perfect place to appreciate the architectural beauty and contemplate in peace in a beautiful setting! The Abbey including the valuted fan...
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Pulteney Bridge Bath
37 Reviews Pulteney Bridge was built in 1773 by Robert Adam and was named after Frances Pulteney, an heiress in the 18th Century of the Bathwick estate. The listed bridge was built with a new town vision in mind...
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Royal Crescent Bath
33 Reviews 30 Georgian style houses lay out The Royal Crescent. Designed by the John Wood the Younger, an architect, and built between 1767 and 1774. The listed exterior hardly has changed as it was when it was...
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River Avon Bath
17 Reviews We came down the steps from Pulteney Bridge and had a nice walk along the river to North Parade Bridge. You can get some great views of Bath and local wildlife. During the summer you can take boat...
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Circus Bath
28 Reviews John Wood, the Elder, designed The Circus (originally called King's Circus) in 1754 and was completed in 1768. The listed Palladian architecture is divided into three parts consisting of townhouses...
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Jane Austen Museum Bath
11 Reviews The Jane Austin museum is not the author’s real home. It is a replica of where Jane used to live. It is a nice to visit for Jane Austin fans like my sister. You are treated to a story of her life and...
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Sally Lunn's House Bath
7 Reviews Built in 1482, Sally Lunns is the oldest house in Bath. It's a great little place to visit, downstairs there's a museum showing Sally Lunn in her kitchen cooking her famous buns and another exhibition...
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Architecture Bath
15 Reviews The Gothic Church of St. Michael with St. Paul was built in 1837 (construction began in 1835) by C.P. Manners. This the 4th church to occupy this site, which goes back to the times of the Romans....
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Street Scenes Bath
13 Reviews During much of the 17th through 19th centuries a tax was levied on homes with more than a certain number of windows, six windows for time and later eight. To avoid paying the tax some homeowners...
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Costume Museum Bath
2 Reviews Formerly known as the Museum of Costume, the re-branded Fashion Museum continues to feature fashions from the 17th century to the modern day. Here you will find outer and under garments, shoes,...
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Queens Square Bath
4 Reviews Designed by John Wood, the Elder, during the Georgian times in the 18th Century. Wood lived in one of the square's houses with its Palladian architecture. The square's obelisk was erected by Beau Nash...
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Nestled in the valley of the River Avon and surrounded by seven wooded hills, Bath is largely built from the golden, locally quarried limestone. The town is a unique city; its hot springs, Roman Baths, splendid Abbey and Georgian stone crescents have attracted visitors for centuries. Set in rolling Somerset countryside, just over 100 miles west of London, it is a beautiful and unforgettable place to visit.February 2010
Clovelly is a small coastal village on the North Devon Coast which I visited from my Exmoor base (See travelogue) It is unique in that it is a privately owned village and little has changed in 150 years except the introduction of water & electricity supplies. There is plenty to see here, places to stop for a meal and a drink, boat trips from the small harbour and some spectacular views.There is no traffic allowed in the village and donkeys and sleds are used for the movement of goods. Several cottages are open to the public, Including the Charles Kingsley Museum.I would recommend it as a very good day out.
Bath is a town about 20 km from Bristol. As the name suggests it's known for its baths. Already the Romans built the baths and you can visit these Roman Baths where people bathed nearly 2000 years ago. You can't bath there today, but there's a Thermae Bath Spa not far away.We unfortunately only spent one night in Bath (in a great B&B called Athole Guest House!), and the Roman Baths already were closed when we arrived. But we enjoyed a nice stroll through the town, passing the Pulteneye bridge that reminded me a bit at Ponte Vecchio in Florence as it also has shops on the bridge. We then walked along the river Avon which was nice, too. Bath definitly is a place where you can spend a couple of days and I'm sure I'll come back!
Dunster is a town at the eastern edge of the Exmoor National Park. It's a town with small streets and several shops, restaurants and cafés. Above the village you'll find Dunster Castle. There had been a castle since the Norman times, and the castle was home of the Luttrell family for more than 600 years. Today it belongs to the National Trust.Another sight in Dunster is the Old Yarn Market from 1609 that cannot be missed as it's directly at the main street. This is a small covered place, used as a market for the sale of local broadcloth and homespuns.There also is an Exmoor Visitor Centre in Dunster where you can get helpful information on the region. There's a car park near that Visitor Centre at the entrance of the village and one near the castle, however for some reason we missed them and instead parked on a small car park (1 hour £0,80, 2 hours £1,20, 4 hours £2,10, all day £3,20) at...
Minehead is a town at the border of the Exmoor National Parks in the west of Somerset. Also it's where the South West Coast Path starts. From Minehead a street goes up to the North Hills and Bossington Hills, with several view points from where you have great view on the Bristol Channel and the hills inland. And I loved the combination of these yellow flowers and the violet heather, although it's probably even more impressive if you come earlier the year if everythings is in blossom!We had asked in the Exmoor Vistior Centre in Dunster about this place and got a free map of Minehead and a good explanation so that we could find it although it's signposted pretty late in Minehead. We stopped at several places, and also saw some wild horses. About 6 km from Minehead the street ends and you reach the Bossington Hills car park. The view from there on Porlock Bay is fantastic! There are several...
The Cheddar Gorge is a nice gorge with limestone cliffs. It's found near the village Cheddar (famous for its cheese) in the Mendip Hills. It's the largest gorge in the UK, being almost 5 km long and over 100m deep in places.The street B3135 goes through the gorge (with no foot walk) and we drove this winding street down to Cheddar. There are many car parks along the street, all pay & display (free Nov-Dec), that must be very busy in summer! When we were there, there only was an attendant at the lowest car park, however no matter if there's one or not you have to pay, either to an attendant or at the cashier. There are several caves and a museum that you can visit, there's a lookout tower and clifftop gorge walks and more - a pretty touristic place! As the weather was so nice that day we skipped a visit to the caves, and instead spent some more time walking in the Exmoor National Park...
Nunney Castle is a large tower house and was built in the 14th century. The castle was modernised in the late 16th century, but was besieged in the Civil War and ruined by order of the Parliament. Today it's a ruined, sourrounded by water which makes it a picturesque place. The outer walls walls are still there and you can get inside but not climb up any floors as there's not enough left.The castle is located in the village of Nunney. It's not signposted but the village is so small that it's easy to find! It can be visited for free.
Once again, thanks to tips from various VT-members, I had heard about Cheddar Gorge before coming to England on this trip. It had both good and bad reviews and I was almost put off visiting it by a tourist pamphlet we picked up at our hotel in Bradford-on-Avon. It outlined various tourist attractions, caves, souvenir shops, etc. at the western end of the Gorge and reminded me of a few tacky tourist traps I have visited in my time. But, what the heck I thought, it was directly in our path so we may as well give the Gorge the benefit of the doubt!As it turns out, Cheddar Gorge, the largest in the United Kingdom, was quite impressive to our eyes, and a lot of others too - having been voted in a 2005 poll as the second greatest natural wonder in Britain. This gorge in the Mendip Hills (see my 'General' tip for its location) is unusual in that it was not formed by a permanent river. At the...
We visited this National Trust stately home because the weather was a little iffy and just as we came out it started to rain so we did not visit the gardens. But there is plenty to see inside the house itself ,which was the setting for the movie " Sense and Sensibility" .and in fact Jane Austen lived in a house very near to the site itself.The house is very grand with many rooms and a huge collection of portraits, including wonderful portraits of Henry VIII and Elizabeth I.
Cheddar is the largest gorge in the UK>The Cheddar Gorge and Caves are very beautiful and the tour is very well presented.You can also do climbing and extreme sports there if that is your thing.You can also tour in an open top bus. Just check on the website below.You can see the Cheddar Man the oldest complete skeleton in Britain.There is plenty more to do in the area .
Apsley House Hotel Bath
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Best Western Swan Hotel Wells
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