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BATH - "STAY FOR LESS £££"

BATH was first settled by the Romans in 65 AD where they discovered the 116% Hot Therapeutic Waters & constructed “Baths” & a Temple at Aquae Sulis. Later on in the 10 th C. the Saxon King Offa founded the Abbey here & by the 16 th C the “Healing Waters” came back into use. But it took another 200 years “till a gentler age” when Richard (Beau) Nash came to regulate the bathing, erect Theatres/ Assembly Rooms & build fine Georgian Houses from the local creamy warm- tone limestone. It then became the 18 th C “ Aristocratic Place to be Seen” its appeal lasting to this day to win the status of World Heritage City .

ACCOMMODATION

NO1 – BATH BACKPACKERS HOSTEL at 13 Pierrepoint Street (is just around the corner from Bath Abbey) tele 01225 446 787 – www.hostels.co.uk - £12 pn in 12 x dorm beds with sheets. With new 2001 self-catering kitchen/ showers & lounge TV room on 1 st floor, laundry in basement. This is small friendly Hostel, well located in the Historic Centre of this elegant City

Reserve – YHA Bath, on Barthwick Hill (about ¾ mile East from centre towards the University) tele 0870 770 5688 – Email: bath@yha.org.uk - £15 pn in 10 x dorm rooms. Self – catering kitchen, lounge with TV, Internet & laundry facilities. A beautiful Italianate Mansion in its own gardens.

FOOD is available from convenient Supermarkets in the City shopping centres

TRAVELLING AROUND is essentially on foot to appreciate the fine Street Architecture & quaint Off-Street Passages & Gardens. The customary “Bath Bus Tour” is also available as a quick introduction to the City. Further afield you can arrange a day trip to Stonehenge from No 1 Hostel..

FREE SIGHTS TO SEE

1. Royal Crescent – Baths icon 18 th C Georgian Residential Masterpiece by Woods the Younger
2. The Circus – a magnificent circular formation of fine buildings & central Tree by Woods Architects
3. Bath Abbey – King Offa's son, Edgar, “Crowned” King of all England here 973, later rebuilt 1500
4. Postal Museum – Worlds first postage stamp on a letter sent from 8 Broad Street, Bath in 1840
5. Beckford Tower – 1827 Neo-classical structure 130ft high offering excellent panoramic views.
6. Royal Victoria Park – spacious parkland gardens below Royal Crescent, ideal for summer picnics
7. Sally Lunn's House – built around 1500 it's Baths oldest building with restored Georgian kitchen
8. River Avon – path side walks through Bath are a treat plus the Canal Boats on the Kennet & Avon
9. Parade Gardens – delightful Ornamental Garden, beside the River Avon tended by the Parks Dept.
10. City Library & Shopping Complex – on High Street, modern Shops with Internet Library above

CHARGE SIGHTS NOT TO MISS

1. Roman Baths – in Abbey Churchyard, with Statues also in Bath Street are 2 originals, Cross & Hot
2. No1 Royal Crescent – restored 18 th C Town House by the Preservation Trust, furniture & fittings
3. Royal Photographic Society – 3 Exhibition Galleries plus fascinating interactive Museum.
4. Herschel Museum – William, an Organist, made a telescope & discovered Uranus here in 1781
5. STONEHENGE – When/Why was this Prehistoric/ World Heritage Site built? - take a day trip

* Minerva, Edgar, Beau, John/ John.