Bristol

Bristol Zoo
Bristol Zoo Gardens is a 12 acre site in Clifton that is run by the The Bristol, Clifton and West of England Zoological Society Ltd, Bristol Zoo Gardens, Clifton, Bristol BS8 3HA

Awarded Zoo of the Year 2004' by the Good Britain Guide, Bristol Zoo Gardens has a continuous reputation for excellence, innovation, and dedication to conservation. It's the fifth oldest zoo in the world and the oldest outside of a capital city, and a long established major tourist attraction in Bristol. Moor in Bristol's floating harbour

SS Great Britain
The Visitor Experience

The Brunel's SS Great Britain Visitor Experience.

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Experience the sights, sounds and smells of life on board!

Find out what life was like for Victorian passengers and crew, with a choice of free audio companions, from the glamour of First Class to the cramped steerage, and the heat and smell of the fully operational Engine Room.

Step back in time when you board Brunel's ss Great Britain. Discover the true stories behind the world's first great ocean liner. Once abandoned, now she has returned.

Brunel's ss Great Britain is the winner of 14 major awards including Enjoy England 'Large Visitor Attraction of the Year 2007', European Museum of the Year's 2007 ‘Micheletti Award', and the Gulbenkian Prize for ‘UK Museum of the Year 2006'.

Bath

Bath Roma Spa
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.

Thermae Bath Spa is a day spa where you can bathe in the warm, natural mineral-rich waters and choose from a range of spa treatments designed to ease the body and soothe the mind. Moor around locks 13 to 7

Bath Sightseeing Bus
Welcome to the Bath Bus Company. We operate the highly popular open-top bus tour of central Bath and the surrounding area.

Equipped with disabled access and the latest technology, our buses provide an efficient and informative way to explore the city.

In addition to the open top buses , Bath Bus Company has a beautifully restored fleet of London Routemaster buses, which are available to hire. Moor around locks 13 to 7

Jane Austen Centre
Welcome to the Jane Austen Centre in Bath, England.

Much more than information about the Jane Austen Centre, this website features an online Jane Austen magazine with over 500 articles, a giftshop, information about the Jane Austen Festival, Regency tea rooms, walking tours, Jane Austen's Regency World magazine, an online quiz plus a comprehensive list of research relevant Jane Austen related links-we even have a monthly E-newsletter which will keep you up to date with the world of Jane Austen.

The Jane Austen Centre at 40 Gay Street in Bath is a permanent exhibition which tells the story of Jane's Bath experience - the effect that living here had on her and her writing.
The exhibition is enhanced during 2008 with 'Costumes from BBC's Miss Austen Regrets featuring the dresses worn by Olivia Williams as Jane Austen. The stunning costumes are the work of BAFTA and EMMY award winning designer Andrea Galer .

Jane Austen is perhaps the best known and best loved of Bath's many famous residents and visitors. She paid two long visits here towards the end of the eighteenth century, and from 1801 to 1806 Bath was her home.

Her intimate knowledge of the city is reflected in two of her novels, Northanger Abbey and Persuasion , which are largely set in Bath.

The city is still very much as Jane Austen knew it, preserving in its streets, public buildings and townscapes the elegant well-ordered world that she portrays so brilliantly in her novels. Now the pleasure of exploring Jane Austen's Bath can be enhanced by visiting the Jane Austen Centre in Gay Street. Here, in a Georgian town house in the heart of the city, the visitor can find out more about Bath in Jane Austen's time and the importance of Bath in her life and work. Moor around locks 13 to 9

Victoria Art Gallery How to find us: The Victoria Art Gallery is in the centre of Bath, next to the famous Pulteney Bridge and its moorings on the River Avon. The entrance is opposite the bridge. The Victoria Art Gallery Bath is an excellent city to explore on foot and has good coach and rail connections to London and most other major cities in the UK. If you are coming by car, consider the Park and Ride facilities. Alternatively, there are several car parks within walking distance. The largestn is in Charlotte Street, which is clearly marked on all main access roads. You will find more details on the right of this page.

Bath Abbey
Bath Abbey stands at the heart of the city of Bath; during the past twelve and a half centuries, three different churches have occupied this site:

An Anglo-Saxon Abbey Church dating from 757, pulled down by the Norman conquerors of England soon after 1066;

A massive Norman cathedral begun about 1090. It was larger than the monastery could afford to maintain and by the end of the 15th century was in ruins;

The present Abbey church founded in 1499, ruined after the dissolution of the monasteries in 1539 by order of Henry VIII, was completed in 1611.

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The American Museum
What is there to see?

In the main house on the ground and first floors there are a spectacular series of diverse and authentically furnished rooms, trace the American way of life from colonial times to the mid 19 th century. The Textile Room displaying American quilts and other textiles is located on the first floor. Lock 13 then bus ride


Kennet & Avon Canal Museum, Devizes
THE KENNET AND AVON CANAL MUSEUM Lock 50

Based in Devizes, at the Trust's headquarters, the Museum has much to say about the conception, design, useage and eventual commercial decline of the Kennet and Avon, as well as its subsequent restoration.

The Museum is open whenever the shop is open, usually 10:00 am to 4:00 pm between 1st March and Christmas. The museum is open outside these hours for groups by prior arrangement.

Entrance (2009): Adults £2.00. Senior Citizens £1.50. Children 75p. School Groups (each) 75p. More information: +44 (0)1380 729489.