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opening days/times, entrance fees, etc. listed on yellow pages
City sightseeing with TM.
There are restrictions on coach access to certain parts of the city. Private Hire coaches are not allowed to use Pulteney Bridge. Coming from London follow the Pulteney Road (A36) South and use North Parade to get into the city centre. Discuss with your driver the route you’d like to take. Do your panoramic of the city first, if time allows, doing your best to cover as many of the sites below, traffic and restrictions allowing:
- Pulteney Bridge
- The Abbey
- The Assembly Rooms
- The Circus
- View of Royal Crescent (from Royal Avenue across Victoria Park)
- Queen Square
NB
- Entrances are paid by voucher
- Confirm visits in advance & ask about special events, closed areas of sites etc.
• The central Bath Coach drop off has been up for debate in recent years. The spot used most recently is Terrace Walk, but it might be Abbey Parade. Coach is drop off and pick up.
From here, it is a short walk to the Abbey and the Roman Baths. (The original parking spot is now for taxis only).
- No chewing gum allowed in Roman Baths museum
- Each individual will receive an electronic walking guide which has to be returned.
Roman Baths Museum (Admission by voucher)
Drop group in lay by on either Abbey Parade or Terrace Walk. This will be your meeting point. Impress on group that they must be on time as coaches are not able to wait. Walk them past Abbey to the museum. Group waits outside briefly while you alert museum staff and pay the entrance by voucher. Teachers will be given a hi-vis jacket to show that they are responsible for an educational group. Individual tickets then handed out, group receive brief welcome chat from staff and barcode on ticket is scanned before collecting audio guides. The museum is self-guiding .
Facilities in the Museum Buildings
Audio handsets distributed by staff – these are interesting, easy to use, not essential, but worth using.
The Pump Rooms – taste the spa water, small charge and sample the delicious cakes (esp. the famous Bath Bun) and tea in this elegant café. There is more often than not a chamber ensemble playing.
Toilets – gents to the left of main entrance and down stairs and ladies to the right. Inform steward on your way in. The next toilets are a while away.
Shop and Toilets are at the conclusion of the visit.
Ensure group is aware that once they have left the museum, they are unable to re-enter. The exit from the Baths is on Stall Street. They then have free time in the city for lunch/shopping
Facilities/places of interest in city
Abbey – worth looking inside, small fee, fab vaulted ceiling.
Sally Lunn’s – One of Bath’s oldest buildings, home to the Sally Lunn Bun.
Assembly Rooms/Museum of Costume – museum not great shakes, but the architecture is superb and atmospheric.
The Royal Crescent & the Circus – for a closer look at the architecture.
Shopping – good mix of high street, gift and souvenir stores.
