HERITAGE 6-16 SEPTEMBER 2018 - Welcome to Heritage Open Days in Bath and North East Somerset www.bathnes.gov.uk/heritageevents - City of Bath ...
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HERITAGE 6-16 SEPTEMBER 2018 Welcome to Heritage Open Days in Bath and North East Somerset www.bathnes.gov.uk/heritageevents
Within Bath
1 No. 4 Circus 3 St John’s Foundation
Bath, BA1 2EW Chapel Court, Bath, BA1 1SQ
01225 477773 01225 486400
www.romanbaths.co.uk www.stjohnsbath.org.uk
TheRomanBaths StJohnsBath
@RomanBathsBath @StJohns1174
@theromanbaths @stjohnsfoundation1174
Friday 7 September from 10am to 12 noon Friday 14 September from 10am to 4pm
and from 1pm to 3pm Extraordinary Women – St John’s celebrates
See inside this beautiful house and restored the lives of extraordinary women linked to the
Georgian garden – the first of its kind in Foundation in a range of events – a talk,
Britain. Information leaflets about both the exhibition and short film. Refreshments
house and garden available. available.
Partial wheelchair access to house only Full wheelchair access; drop off close to site;
accessible toilets; Guide Dogs welcome
2 Bath Royal Literary and
Scientific Institution 4 Bath Record Office: Archives
16-18 Queen Square, Bath, BA1 2HN and Local Studies
01225 312084 Guildhall, High Street, Bath, BA1 5AW
www.brlsi.org 01225 477421
brlsi www.batharchives.co.uk
@BRLSI bathnesBRO
Saturday 8 September from 10am to 4pm @bathnesBRO
Explore this late Georgian building which Monday 10 September
houses a dinosaur cast, Casali ceiling from 9.30am to 4.30pm
paintings and Pacific: Ocean of Islands Drop-in Day – see what goes on behind the
exhibition. scenes in Archives and Local Studies and
Wheelchair access (please phone to arrange); discover family and local history.
parking area close to site; accessible toilets Some steps, uneven floors and low headroom
in places
5 Cleveland Pools 7 Nexus Methodist Church
Hampton Row, Bath BA2 6QS at Walcot
01225 428697 Nelson Place East, London Street, Bath,
info@clevelandpools.org.uk BA1 5DA
www.clevelandpools.org.uk 01225 461509
ClevelandPools www.nexusbath.org.uk
@clevelandpools nexusbath
Saturday 15 and Sunday 16 September @nexusbath
from 2pm to 5pm Saturday 15 September from 10am to 5pm
Visit this idyllic spot and find out more about Sunday 16 September from 11.30am to
approved plans for the restoration of this 5pm
Grade II* listed pool – the oldest open air pool
Visit Bath’s oldest Methodist church, opened
in the UK.
in 1816. The organ, built in 1771, was
Very steep path to access site; no car parking originally installed in Bath’s Assembly Rooms.
at site or nearby; dogs on leads; children must
Wheelchair access; parking close to site
be accompanied; uneven surfaces – wear
(1 hour limit on-street); accessible toilet
sensible footwear
8 Southcot Burial Ground
6 St Swithin’s Church
Bottom of Lyncombe Hill, Widcombe, Bath
Paragon, Bath, BA1 5LY
01225 333895
01225 789168
www.bath-preservation-trust.org.uk
www.stswithinswalcot.org.uk
bathprestrust
StSwithinsBath
@BathPresTrust
@StSwithinsBath
bptrust
@stswithinsbath
Sunday 16 September from 1pm to 4pm
Thursday 6 – Saturday 8 September from
11am to 3pm Southcot Burial Ground Open Day – Bath
Preservation Trust owns and manages this
Sunday 9 September from 2pm to 4pm
hidden oasis in the centre of Bath. There will
Thursday 13 – Friday 14 September be short talks about its history and wildlife
from 11am to 3pm during the afternoon.
Saturday 15 September Partial wheelchair access; drop off close to
from 12 noon to 3pm site; children must be accompanied
Sunday 16 September from 2pm to 4pm
Come and see the recently restored wall
9 The Magdalen Chapel
monuments in this 18th century parish church. Holloway, Bath, BA2 4PX
There is a café on site. 07834 269097
www.magdalenchapelbath.co.uk
Wheelchair access; accessible toilet
Saturday 15 September from 11am to 2pm
Sunday 16 September from 2pm to 5pm
Visitors can view the special exhibition The
History of Magdalen Chapel.
Drop off close to site
10 Eyre Chapel 13 Lansdown Local History Store
Perrymead Catholic Cemetery, Pope’s Walk, Lansdown Playing Fields North, Lansdown,
Bath, BA2 5AZ Bath, BA1 9BS
Sunday 16 September from 11am to 4pm 01225 477773
www.romanbaths.co.uk
View this 19th century Gothic Revival Grade
TheRomanBaths
II* listed chapel with elaborate stonework,
@RomanBathsBath
beautiful stained glass, Minton tiled floor, a
@theromanbaths
peaceful setting and lovely views.
Thursday 6 September bookable tours
Wheelchair access; drop off close to site –
at 11am and 2pm
cemetery is in a No Through Road
Explore the weird and wonderful Spa
11 Prior Park Landscape Garden collection. Join a treat of a tour at 11am or
Ralph Allen Drive, Bath, BA2 5AH 2pm. Book to secure your place on
01225 833977 01225 477773.
www.nationaltrust.org.uk/priorpark Wheelchair access; parking area
nationaltrustbath
@NTPriorPark
14 Fairfield House
@NTPriorPark 2 Kelston Road (via Partis Way), Bath, BA1
Saturday 8 September from 10am to 3QJ
4.30pm 01225 464165
www.fairfieldhousebath.org
Enjoy this beautiful and intimate 18th century
homeofHIMfairfieldhouse
landscape garden free of charge on this day.
@FairfieldHouse_
Free guided walks available.
Saturday 15 and Sunday 16 September
No car parking at site or nearby – mobility
from 11am to 4pm
parking can be booked in advance;
wheelchair access (top of garden only); See inside the home of Haile Selassie and his
accessible toilet family from 1936-41, and hear about the
Emperor’s stay in Bath. The Grade II listed
12 Bath Jewish Burial Ground Italianate villa has original features and an Arts
Greendown Place (off Bradford Road), and Crafts extension.
Combe Down, Bath, BA2 5DD Partial wheelchair access; parking area close
07761 586728 to site; accessible toilet
http://bathjewishburialground-org.webs.com/
bathjewishburialground
Sunday 9 September from 11am to 4pm
Visit this beautiful and tranquil burial ground,
the resting place of Bath’s Jewish community
during the 18th and 19th centuries.
No wheelchair access due to uneven ground;
drop off close to site; children must be
supervised
Outside Bath
15 Bath and North East Somerset 17 Saltford Heritage Centre
Recycling Depot St Mary’s Church Hall, Queen Square, High
Unit 4, Ashmead Road, Keynsham, BS31 1SX Street, Saltford, BS31 3EL
01225 394041 (Council Connect) www.saltfordenvironmentgroup.org.uk/history
councilconnect@bathnes.gov.uk SaltfordEnvironmentGroup
RecycleforBathnes Sunday 16 September
Saturday 15 September bookable tours from 2.30pm to 4.30pm
at 10am, 11am and 12 noon View information panels describing and
Explore behind the scenes in the Keynsham depicting Saltford’s fascinating past and see
recycling depot to see what happens before ancient artefacts from the local area on
your weekly recycling is sent off to be turned display.
into new products. Pre-booked tours on Parking area 200m from site at The Shallows;
01225 394041 (places limited). accessible toilet
Uneven surfaces; Sturdy footwear essential;
parking on site; under 16s must be
18 Somerset & Dorset Railway
accompanied; accessible toilet Museum at Midsomer Norton
Station
16 Saltford Brass Mill Midsomer Norton Railway Station, Silver
The Shallows, Saltford, BS31 3EY Street, Midsomer Norton, BA3 2EY
07823 321768 01761 411221
secretary@brassmill.com www.sdjr.co.uk
www.brassmill.com somersetanddorsetrailway
Saturdays and Sundays 8 – 9 and 15 – 16 Sunday 9, Saturday 15 and Sunday 16
September from 10am to 4pm September from 10am to 4pm
Visit this ancient brass mill set in a pleasant Visit the Railway Museum and World War II pill
garden with a working 18 foot water wheel, full box. (Trains running on 15 and 16 September
scale motorised replica hammer and many for which fares apply).
more exhibits.
Wheelchair access, parking area close to site,
Partial wheelchair access; parking area and accessible toilets
accessible toilets 100m from site
19 Pensford Heritage Walks
(self-guided)
www.publow-with-pensford-pc.gov.uk
(download walks)
Available at all times (self-guided)
Collect new walk booklet from local pubs,
coffee shop or Post Office and start walks in
centre of Pensford. The three heritage walks
are circular, ranging from 3-8km in length, and
were created by Pensford Local History Group.
Limited on-street parking in village
AT A GLANCE = closed/not running event = open (see listings for times)
Thursday 6 – Sunday 16 September 2018
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1 No. 4 Circus
2 Bath Royal Literary
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3 St John’s Foundation
4 Bath Record Office
5 Cleveland Pools
6 St Swithin’s Church
7 Nexus Methodist
Church at Walcot
8 Southcot
Burial Ground
9 The Magdalen
Chapel
10 Eyre Chapel
11 Prior Park
Landscape Garden
12 Jewish Burial Ground
13 Lansdown Local
History Store
14 Fairfield House
15 Ashmead Road
Recycling Depot
16 Saltford Brass Mill
17 Saltford Heritage
Centre
18 Midsomer Norton
Station
19 Pensford Heritage
Walks
This leaflet about Heritage Open Days 2018 can be
made available in a range of community languages, large
print, Braille, on disk, electronic and accessible formats.
Tel. 01225 477757
Prepared by Bath & North East Somerset Council
Heritage Services
Heritage Open Days 2018 Thursday 6 to Sunday 16 September 2018 1 No. 4 Circus 2 Bath Royal Literary and Scientific Institution 3 St John’s Foundation 4 Bath Record Office 5 Cleveland Pools 6 St Swithin’s Church 7 Nexus Methodist Church at Walcot 8 Southcot Burial Ground 9 The Magdalen Chapel 10 Eyre Chapel 11 Prior Park Landscape Garden 12 Jewish Burial Ground 13 Lansdown Local History Store 14 Fairfield House 15 Ashmead Road Recycling Depot 16 Saltford Brass Mill 17 Saltford Heritage Centre 18 Midsomer Norton Station 19 Pensford Heritage Walks
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