The BMEC visit to Bath includes a guided tour of the city from 1000-1115 and a bus back to Shrivenham departing at 1500. Bath is known for its Roman baths and Georgian architecture, and was designated a World Heritage Site in 1987. It became a popular spa town in the 18th century and still attracts over one million visitors each year to sites like the Roman Baths, Bath Abbey, and museums.

1. BMEC Visit to Bath
Timings: Car Park C 0830
Arrive in Bath approximately 0945 Guided Tour of the City 1000 – 1115 (approximately
Free Time - Bus back to Shrivenham 1500
Bath known for its Roman-built baths and has been a World Heritage Site since 1987. Bath Abbey was founded in
the 7th century and became a religious centre; the building was rebuilt in the 12th and 16th centuries. In the
17th century, claims were made for the curative properties of water from the springs, and Bath became popular
as a spa town in the Georgian era. Georgian architecture, crafted from Bath stone, includes the Royal Crescent,
Circus, Pump Room and Assembly Rooms where Beau Nash presided over the city's social life from 1705 until his
death in 1761. Many of the streets and squares were laid out by John Wood, the Elder, and in the 18th century
the city became fashionable and the population grew. Jane Austen lived in Bath in the early 19th century. Further
building was undertaken in the 19th century and following the Bath Blitz in World War II.
Theatres, museums, and other cultural and sporting venues have helped to make it a major centre for tourism
with more than one million staying visitors and 3.8 million day visitors to the city each year.
The Jane Austen
Centre, located at 40
Gay Street in Bath, is a
permanent exhibition.
Situated in an original
Georgian townhouse,
it tells the story of
Jane’s time in Bath,
including the effect
that living here had on
her and her writing.
Jane paid two long
visits to Bath towards
the end of the
eighteenth century,
and from 1801 to
1806 Bath was her
home.
The Roman Baths complex is
a site of historical interest in
the English city of Bath. The
house is a well-preserved
Roman site for public
bathing.
The Roman Baths themselves
are below the modern street
level. There are four main
features: the Sacred Spring,
the Roman Temple, the
Roman Bath House and the
Museum holding finds from
Roman Bath. The buildings
above street level date from
the 19th century.
The Baths are a major tourist
attraction and, together with
the Grand Pump Room,
receive more than one
million visitors a year.
Postal Museum "Bath has
played a vital role in the
development of
communications, and
improving the British postal
service. It can thus boast
many "firsts" as you will
discover when you visit this
fascinating museum. If you
cant get to Bath, a
comprehensive browsing of
this website will illustrate how
the postal service played a
major part in linking areas of
the world". Audrey Swindells -
founder and secretary Bath
postal museum.
The Fashion Museum
is housed in the
Assembly Rooms. It
focuses on fashionable
dress for men, women
and children from the
late 16th century to
the present day and
has more than 30,000
objects. The earliest
pieces are
embroidered shirts
and gloves from about
1600.
Bath Abbey - Pilgrims and visitors have been made
welcome at Bath Abbey for hundreds of years. As one of the
most visited places in the South West, we welcome over
420,000 people through our doors each year, but are fully
aware that every visitor comes with their own expectations,
beliefs and purpose.
Holburne Museum - The city's first public art gallery, the
Grade I listed building, is home to fine and decorative arts
built around the collection of Sir William Holburne. Artists in
the collection include Gainsborough, Guardi, Stubbs, Ramsay
and Zoffany.