Bristol Airport 47 min
Royal Victoria Park (17 min) Sprawling Victorian parklands with lawns, skate park, playgrounds, boating and tennis. The Jane Austen Centre (17 min) Small museum chronicling the life and times of the famous writer, Jane Austen, plus Regency tearoom. Bath Abbey (19 min) Late Medieval church with a Victorian Gothic interior by Sir George Gilbert Scott and tower tours. National Trust - Dyrham Park (9 min) Sprawling, richly-furnished country mansion in vast estate with formal gardens and deer park. Pulteney Bridge (20 min) Historic bridge built in 1774 with notable architecture & rows of stores lining each side. Victoria Art Gallery (20 min) Historical and contemporary European and British artworks including Bath artists and Gainsborough. The Roman Baths (23 min) Roman bathhouse and temple, with spring water, Pump Room restaurant, museum and audio tour for kids. Royal Crescent (18 min) Massive green grassy lawns next to the Royal Crescent with serene views of historic architecture. The Pump Room Restaurant (19 min) Classical music accompaniment to coffee, lunch and afternoon tea overlooking Roman Baths hot spring. Lacock Abbey (19 min) William Henry Fox Talbot's country house with museum, historic village streets and garden. The Holburne Museum (16 min) Victorian collection of ornate silver and Old Masters in a Georgian building with modern extension. Westonbirt, The National Arboretum (26 min) Trail covered Victorian landscape with an internationally significant tree and shrub collection. Fashion Museum Bath (16 min) Fashionable dress from 1600 to now plus Victorian clothing and old sports costumes to try on. Thermae Bath Spa (22 min) Modern glass and stone spa with thermal waters, Roman origins and an open rooftop swimming pool. Prior Park Landscape Garden (20 min) National Trust gardens overlooking Bath with follies, Palladian bridges, lakes and woodland. |