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12.9milesHomewood Park
Abbey Lane, Hinton Charterhouse, Bath, Avon, BA27TB
Set in 10 acres of mature parklands and award-winning gardens with gorgeous views over of the beautiful Limpley Stoke valley, Homewood Park is delightfully rural and peaceful. Step inside and you'll find the house still retains many of its original features, including exposed wooden floors, antique paintings and roaring log fires, all artfully combined with stylish modern furnishings, fabrics and finishes.
11.2milesAmerican Museum
Claverton Manor, Bath, BA27BD
These are a subtle blend of both the remnants of the old manorial pleasure grounds and parkland landscape. Much dates from the 1820s containing period features such as the grotto, the balustrade and curtain walling as well as ornamental stone work.
4.4milesGeorgian House
7 Great George Street, Off Park St, Bristol, BS15RR
This historic Georgian townhouse can be found just off bustling Park Street, near the Cabot Tower, and provides a fascinating insight into the day to day existence of master and servant!The Georgian House is an exquisite example of Bristol's 18th century heritage, illustrating how the city profited from being one of England's premier trading ports. It featured in the BBC TV production of A Respectable Trade, Philippa Gregory's novel about slavery in the 1790s.
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3.7milesAvon Valley Railway
Bitton Station, Bath Road, Bitton, Bristol, Avon, BS306HD
The Avon Valley Railway is more than just a train ride, offering a whole new experience for some or a nostalgic memory for others. It's a real treat for the whole family! Steam trains are running each Sunday in October, with a diesel service on Saturday 17th October.
3.8milesJohn Wesleys Chapel
36 The Horsefair, Broadmead, Bristol, BS13JE
John Wesley built the chapel when he started preaching outdoors to the poor of Bristol. It can be seen today just as it was in the 18th Century.
3.8milesBritish Empire and Commonwealth Museum
Station Approach, Temple Meads, Bristol, BS16QH
An award-winning new national museum, the British Empire & Commonwealth Museum presents the dramatic 500-year history of the rise and fall of Britain's overseas empire. Some ten years in the making, the British Empire & Commonwealth Museum represents the first serious attempt in the United kingdom to present a publicly accessible history of the British empire and to examine its continuing impact on Britain and the rest of the world.
4.3milesRed Lodge
Park Row, Bristol, BS15LJ
This historic Elizabethan house has been 'modernised' and restored several times thoughout its 400 year history. It began life as a Tudor lodge and was subsequently added to in Georgian times.
4.3milesAt-Bristol
Anchor Road, Harbourside, Bristol, BS15DB
At-Bristol is a unique destination bringing science, nature and art to life A place of discovery and surprise, home to three magical attractions; Explore At-Bristol, Wildwalk At-Bristol and IMAX Theatre At-Bristol. Explore-At-Bristol is the first of it's kind - A true 21st century science centre combining the best of hands-on activities with the very latest multi-media techniques.
4.4milesBristol City Museum and Art Gallery
Queens Road, Clifton, Bristol, BS81RL
Bristol's major museum and art gallery houses an outstanding and diverse range of objects, from sea dinosaurs to magnificent art. A visit to the region's largest museum and art gallery is guaranteed to inspire you!The City Museum & Art Gallery is situated in an Edwardian Baroque building in Queen's Road, next to the Wills University building.
4.4milesBristol Industrial Museum
Princes Wharf, Prince Street, City Docks, Bristol, BS14RN
The Transport gallery displays most forms of land transport with a particular Bristol twist almost all were built here, in a city fascinated by anything that moves. Favourites include the world's first holiday caravan and a 1950s equivalent, the Grenville steam carriage and a working Gauge 1 model railway.
4.7milesSS Great Britain
Great Western Dock, Gas Ferry Road, Bristol, BS16TY
Step back in time when you board Brunels ss Great Britain. Discover the true stories behind the ship that changed the world.
4.8milesMaritime Heritage Centre
Gas Ferry Road, Bristol, BS16UN
The museum has an unrivalled collection of Bristol industrial and maritime objects, a total of over 3000 objects and over 100,000 photographs and drawings. Most of these are housed at the Industrial Museum in the City Docks, fittingly a former transit shed! See the Industrial Museum pages for information about the displays and working exhibits.
4.9milesAvon Valley Adventure And Wildlife Park
Pixash Lane, Bath Road, Keynsham, Bristol, Avon, BS311TP
Welcome to Avon Valley Adventure & Wildlife Park, where the combination of nature, attractions and stunning scenery ensures that the hours of fun are endless at one of the West's most popular family destinations.The park fuses fun and education to provide an appreciation of the natural world.
5milesBristol Zoo Gardens
Clifton, Bristol, BS83HA
Awarded 'Zoo of the Year 2004' by the Good Britain Guide, Bristol Zoo Gardens is the fifth oldest zoo in the world and the oldest outside of a capital city, and a long established major tourist attraction in Bristol. Bristol Zoo Gardens is more than a fun-filled and stimulating day out for all the family.
5.6milesBlaise Castle House Museum
Henbury Road, Henbury, Bristol, BS107QS
Blaise Castle House Museum, Henbury Road, Henbury holds a wonderful collection of exhibits from social history. The House was built in 1796-98 for a very wealthy merchant and banker, John Harford.
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5.9milesDyrham Park
Dyrham, SN148ER
Spectacular late 17th-century mansion, garden and deer park.Dyrham Park is a beautiful baroque country house set in 110 hectares (274 acres) of garden and parkland, designed by Talman for William Blathwayt, Secretary at War during the reign of William III.
8.9milesNo 1 Royal Crescent
1 Royal Crescent, Bath, BA12LR
The Royal Crescent was built to the designs of John Wood the Younger between 1767 and 1774. It is justly considered one of the finest achievements of urban 18th century architecture and represents the highest point of palladian architecture in Bath.
9milesMuseum of Bath at Work
Julian Road, Bath, BA12RH
'A Not to be Missed Attraction in the World Heritage City of Bath'. The exhibition tells the commercial story of the city of Bath since Roman times.
9.1milesMuseum of Costume
Bennett Street, Bath, BA12QH
One of the world's finest collections of fashionable dress and accessories. Explore our extensive collections of fashionable dress and accessories.
9.1milesThe Building of Bath Museum
Countess of Huntingdons Chapel, Vineyards, The Paragon, Bath, BA15NA
The Building of Bath Museum is a 'must see'. If you love Bath and its architecture then this museum explains how and why this magnificent city was built, decorated and lived in.
9.1milesBeckfords Tower
Lansdown Road, Bath, BA12EE
Beckford's Tower, originally known as Lansdown Tower, is an architectural folly built in neo-classical style on Lansdown Hill, just outside Bath, Somerset, England.Standing 120 feet (37 m) high, the tower was completed in 1827 for local resident William Beckford to a design by Henry Goodridge.
9.1milesJane Austen Centre
40 Gay Street, Queen Square, Bath, Avon, BA12NT
The exhibition at the Jane Austen Centre in Bath has been created with the guidance of local members of the Jane Austen Society and authorities on Jane Austen. It aims to be not only informative but exciting and illuminating.
9.2milesBath Postal Museum
8 Broad Street, Bath, BA15LJ
The Bath Postal museum introduces you to the history of written communication from clay mail to e-mail, and we have certain very special objects that will be of interest. Did you know the world's first postage stamp, The Penny Black, was sent from the building the museum now occupies!The museum holds many rare and important artefacts.
9.4milesThermae Bath Spa
The Hetling Pump Room, Hot Bath Street, Bath, BA11SJ
Welcome to Thermae Bath Spa where past, present and future join for a special spa experience. Now in the World Heritage city of Bath you can enjoy Britain's only natural thermal waters as the Celts and Romans did over 2000 years ago.
9.5milesBath Abbey
Bath Town Centre, BA11LT
Bath Abbey is a parish church which was once the great church of a monastery. A cathedral is the principal church of a diocese, the area of a bishop's authority.
9.5milesHolburne Museum of Art
Greate Pulteney Street, Bath, BA24DB
This jewel in Bath's crown was once the Georgian Sydney Hotel, whose glittering society Jane Austen watched from her house opposite. It displays the treasures collected by Sir William Holburne: superb English and continental silver, porcelain, maiolica, glass and Renaissance bronzes.
9.5milesExplore the oldest house in Bath
4 North Parade Passage, BA11NX
Described as 'delicious' by The Daily Telegraph and as 'the perfect restorative' in The Sunday Times; the oldest house in Bath (c.1482) is also an award-winning air-conditioned eatery right in the centre of the oldest part of central Bath.
10.7milesPrior Park Landscape Garden
Ralph Allen Drive, Bath, BA25AH
Created in the 18th century by local entrepreneur Ralph Allen, with advice from 'Capability' Brown and the poet Alexander Pope, the garden is set in a sweeping valley with magnificent views of the city of Bath. There are many interesting features, including the majestic Palladian bridge, one of only four in the world.
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