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Downside Abbey (Basilica of St. Gregory the Great)
Somerset
~4.86 miles from High Littleton city center
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The Basilica of St Gregory the Great at Downside, commonly known as Downside Abbey, is a Roman Catholic Benedictine monastery and the Senior House of the English Benedictine Congregation. One of its main apostolates is a school for children aged nine to eighteen. Its graduates are known as Old Gregorians.Both monastery and school are located at Stratton-on-the-Fosse, southwest of the English city of Bath.
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Royal Victoria Park
Somerset
~7.35 miles from High Littleton city center
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Royal Victoria Park is located in Bath, England. It was opened in 1830 by the 11 year old Princess Victoria, it was the first park to carry her name, and includes an obelisk dedicated to her. It was privately run as part of the Victorian public park movement until 1921 when it was taken over by the Bath Corporation.The park is overlooked by the Royal Crescent and consists of 57 acres (231,000 m²) with attractions that include a skateboard ramp, tennis, bowling a putting green and 12 and 18 hole golf course, a boating pond, open air concerts, a children's play area and a 9-acre (36,000 m²) botanical garden.It has received a "Green Flag award", the national standard for parks and green spaces in England and Wales and is registered by English Heritage on the Register of Parks and Gardens ...
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Herschel Museum of Astronomy
Somerset
~7.35 miles from High Littleton city center
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The Herschel Museum of Astronomy (also known as the William Herschel Museum) is a small independent museum dedicated to the life and works of the famous astronomer, William Herschel and his sister, Caroline Herschel. Both made significant contributions to the field of astronomy and both were talented musicians.The museum is situated in the Herschels' former home at 19 New King Street in Bath, England, which has been designated by English Heritage as a grade II* listed building.[1] It was here that William manufactured telescopes and made his most famous discovery, the planet Uranus in 1781, using a telescope of his own design. William's household included his sister Caroline, who assisted him with his observations and herself discovered a number of comets.“William Herschel was the fi...
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No. 1 Royal Crescent
Somerset
~7.49 miles from High Littleton city center
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The Royal Crescent is a residential road of 30 houses, laid out in a crescent, in the city of Bath, England. Designed by the architect John Wood the Younger and built between 1767 and 1774, it is among the greatest examples of Georgian architecture to be found in the United Kingdom and is a grade I listed building.The houses have been home to various notable people for over 200 years. Changes have been made to the interiors, however the facade remains much as it was when it was built.The Royal Crescent now include a hotel and museum with some of the houses being converted into flats and offices. The buildings have been used as a location for several films and television programmes.
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Royal Crescent
Somerset
~7.49 miles from High Littleton city center
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The Royal Crescent is a residential road of 30 houses, laid out in a crescent, in the city of Bath, England. Designed by the architect John Wood the Younger and built between 1767 and 1774, it is among the greatest examples of Georgian architecture to be found in the United Kingdom and is a grade I listed building.The houses have been home to various notable people for over 200 years. Changes have been made to the interiors, however the facade remains much as it was when it was built.The Royal Crescent now include a hotel and museum with some of the houses being converted into flats and offices. The buildings have been used as a location for several films and television programmes.
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Bath Theatre Royal
Somerset
~7.50 miles from High Littleton city center
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The Theatre Royal in Bath, England, is over 200 years old. It is one of the more important theatres in the United Kingdom outside London, with capacity for an audience of around 900.Alongside the weekly touring productions which make up the majority of the Theatre Royal's programme, the Theatre Royal is host to several festivals each year, including the Bath Shakespeare Festival, the Bath International Puppet Festival and the Peter Hall Company Season. Many plays start at the Theatre Royal before their official opening in London.The present main entrance to the Theatre Royal, in Sawclose, was built in 1720 by Thomas Greenway, and was Beau Nash's first house: Pevsner criticizes the mouldings of window-frames and of frieze and the volutes of the brackets of the door-hood as "characte...
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City Centre Bath
Bath
~7.50 miles from High Littleton city center
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Georgian Garden
Somerset
~7.52 miles from High Littleton city center
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Designed after extensive archaeological work by the Bath Archaeological Trust, this lovely garden is a re-creation of a Georgian town garden during the 1700's.
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Jane Austen Centre
Somerset
~7.54 miles from High Littleton city center
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Located in Gay Street where Jane Austen once lived, the permanent exhibition in this Georgian house offers a look at the life and times of Bath's most famous authoress. Staff give regular introductory talks, following which you may browse through the exhibition at your leisure. Settings and costumes illustrate Bath in Austen's time, while a video presentation gives glimpses of her daily life and how living in Bath influenced her novels. If you fancy dressing in period costume and posing for the camera, make an appointment for a sitting with the professional photographer. The gift shop offers various Jane Austen souvenirs, books, stationery, lace, cards and gifts. Admission: #3.95; concs #2.95; children 6-15 #1.95; under 6 free; family #9.95. Ring for details of educational tours, group boo...
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Roman Baths
Bath
~7.59 miles from High Littleton city center
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The Roman Baths complex is a site of historical interest in the English city of Bath. The house is a well-preserved Roman site for public bathing.The Roman Baths themselves are below the modern street level. There are four main features: the Sacred Spring, the Roman Temple, the Roman Bath House and the Museum holding finds from Roman Bath. The buildings above street level date from the 19th century.The Baths are a major tourist attraction and, together with the Grand Pump Room, receive more than one million visitors a year. It was featured on the 2005 TV program Seven Natural Wonders as one of the wonders of the West Country. Visitors can see the Baths and Museum but cannot enter the water. An audio guide is available in several languages.In 2009 a grant of £90,000 was made to Bath a...
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Museum of East Asian Art
Somerset
~7.62 miles from High Littleton city center
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The Museum of East Asian Art is in Bennett Street, Bath, Somerset, England.The museum is in a restored Georgian house.It houses a collection of ceramics, jades, bronzes and bamboo carvings from China, Japan, Korea and Southeast Asia. In total there are of almost 2,000 objects, ranging in date from c.5000 BC to the present day. The exhibits started from the collection of Brian McElney OBE, a retired solicitor who practised in Hong Kong for over 35 years, which has since been expanded.As well as the permanent collection, there is an exhibitions and events programme which includes guided tours, handling sessions and workshops, designed to support the museums role as an educational charity.
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Bath Abbey
Bath
~7.62 miles from High Littleton city center
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Bath Central Library
Somerset
~7.64 miles from High Littleton city center
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Join online at the LibrariesWest websiteThen visit your local library to collect your card!Before joining check to see if your entitled to be a concession memberYour computerised card will then be activated and you will be issued with a PIN.Remember your card & PIN...You'll need to have your card with you whenever you want to take out or return items.Having your membership & PIN number to hand is also a must for most online & renewal services. So if your memory lapses at that critical moment - don't worry - help is at hand...
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Parade Gardens
Somerset
~7.64 miles from High Littleton city center
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Situated in the City by the River Avon, overlooking Pulteney bridge and the weir. It’s a splendid place to relax in the Summer. You can take a picnic and listen to the music from the bandstand. The floral displays are one of the best in the country. There is a small charge for visitors during the summer. Entrance is free to Bath residents.
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Bath Postal Museum
Somerset
~7.64 miles from High Littleton city center
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Bath Postal Museum’s archives hold a vast and electronic range collections which are rarely seen by the public. Included in our archive are many historic and unique artefacts that provide us with information for the museum, and exhibitions.The biography pages provide information on the key figures involved with the development of the Post Office and connected with Bath. Ralph Allen (pictured), John Palmer & Thomas Moore Musgrave.Discover the history of post from ancient times to the present.Complete history of the British post box, from 1854 - 1998. This page is illustrated by the metal cast models available in the museum ebay shop.Digital ArchivesThe museum holds many rare and important artefacts. A small selection of wreck covers is available to view together with examp...
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Bath Assembly Rooms
Somerset
~7.67 miles from High Littleton city center
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The Bath Assembly Rooms, designed by John Wood the Younger in 1769, are a set of elegant assembly rooms located in the heart of the World Heritage City of Bath in England which are now open to the public as a visitor attraction. It has been designated by English Heritage as a grade I listed building.There are four main function rooms in the complex: the 100 foot long ballroom — the largest Georgian interior in Bath; the tea room; the card room; and the octagon.The Assembly Rooms formed the hub of fashionable Georgian society in the city. Citizens would gather in the rooms in the evening for balls and other public functions, or simply to play cards. Mothers and chaperones bringing their daughters to Bath for the social season, hoping to marry them off to a suitable husband, would ta...
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Museum of Bath at Work
Somerset
~7.69 miles from High Littleton city center
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The Museum of Bath at Work is at Camden Works, Julian Road, in Bath, Somerset, England.This museum was established in 1978 to present the commercial development of Bath over the last 2000 years and includes displays on four floors. The main exhibit is the reconstruction of an engineering and mineral water making business set up by Victorian entrepreneur Jonathan Bowler in 1864. When the firm closed in 1969 the original premises of the firm were cleared of all the movable objects - almost one million of them - and the interiors of this firm reconstructed in the museum. One thousand photographs taken of the original business were used in the reconstruction of shop, workshops, offices, bottling plant, etc. Over 10,000 bottles were saved and a collection of half a million documents were also...
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Palladian Pulteney Bridge
Somerset
~7.71 miles from High Littleton city center
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Pulteney Bridge is a bridge that crosses the River Avon, in Bath, England. It was completed in 1773 and is designated by English Heritage as a grade I listed building.The bridge was designed by Robert Adam, whose working drawings are preserved in the Sir John Soane's Museum, and is one of only four bridges in the world with shops across the full span on both sides. Shops on the bridge include a flower shop, antique map shop, and juice bar.It is named after Frances Pulteney, heiress in 1767 of the Bathwick estate across the river from Bath. Bathwick was a simple village in a rural setting, but Frances's husband William could see its potential. He made plans to create a new town, which would become a suburb to the historic city of Bath. First he needed a better river crossing than th...
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Building of Bath Museum
Somerset
~7.77 miles from High Littleton city center
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Prior Park Landscape Garden
Somerset
~7.81 miles from High Littleton city center
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Prior Park Landscape Garden is an 18th-century landscape garden, designed by the poet Alexander Pope and the landscape gardener Capability Brown, and now owned by the National Trust. It is south of Bath, Somerset, England by Ralph Allen Drive, and 3/4 mile (1.2 km) from the Kennet and Avon canal path. The garden was influential in defining the style of garden known as the "English garden" in continental Europe.Prior Park was created by local entrepreneur and philanthropist Ralph Allen from about 1734 until his death in 1764, with advice from both Pope and Brown. Allen became mayor of Bath in 1742, having started off working in the post office. Much of the "Bath stone" so prevalent in Bath came from Allen's limestone Combe Down and Bathampton Down Mines. In around 1742, Allen commissioned...
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Holbourne Museum of Art
Somerset
~8.01 miles from High Littleton city center
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The Holburne Museum of Art (also known as the Holburne of Menstrie Museum) is in Sydney Pleasure Gardens, Sydney Place, in the Bathwick area of Bath, Somerset, England.The building was originally designed as the Sydney Hotel, was built by Charles Harcourt Masters in 1795–6. During the course of the nineteenth century the building went through a number of changes of use, as well as structural alterations, until in the early years of this century (1913-16) it was converted by the architect Sir Reginald Blomfield to become the present home of the Holburne Museum. It has been designated by English Heritage as a Grade I listed building.[1]The Holburne Museum houses the art collection formed by Sir William Holburne including silver, Old Master paintings, Italian bronzes such as the Susioni o...
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Beckford's Tower
Bath
~8.03 miles from High Littleton city center
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Beckford's Tower is an architectural folly built in neo-classical style and situated 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. Beckford used the tower as both a library and a retreat, located at the end of pleasure gardens called Beckford's Ride which ran from his house in Lansdown Crescent up to the Tower at the top of Lansdown Hill.The most striking feature of the tower is the topmost gilded belvedere, reached by a spiral staircase and offering excellent views over the surrounding countryside.Today, the tower is home to a museum collection displaying furniture originally made for the Tower, alongside paintings, prints and objects illu...
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University of Bath
Bath
~8.65 miles from High Littleton city center
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American Museum in Britain
Somerset
~9.20 miles from High Littleton city center
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British Empire and Commonwealth Museum
Bristol
~9.25 miles from High Littleton city center
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Sixteen galleries packed with interactive exhibits tell the story of the biggest empire the world has ever known. Encounter fabulous and rare objects, see amazing film and photographs, play cool computer games and puzzles, enjoy moving personal stories and take part in the many family-friendly activities that guarantee a fantastic experience for all ages.
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St. Mary Redcliffe Church
Bristol
~9.29 miles from High Littleton city center
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St Mary Redcliffe (grid reference ST591723) is an Anglican parish church located in the Redcliffe district of the English port city of Bristol, close to the city centre.The church is Grade I listed,the tallest building in Bristolthe second tallest Anglican parish church in the country after St. James Church, Louththe third tallest parish church in the country after the Roman Catholic Church of St. Walburge, Preston and St. James Church, Louth.The church was described by Queen Elizabeth I as "the fairest, goodliest, and most famous parish church in England."Parts of the church date to the beginning of the 12th century. However, most parts are the work of 15th-century masons. The strong vertical lines of the Gothic church direct the eye upwards, giving the impression of great...
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Tobacco Factory Theatre
Bristol
~9.33 miles from High Littleton city center
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The Tobacco Factory Theatre is a dynamic, innovative and popular studio theatre located at the heart of one of the fastest growing areas in Bristol. For more info, visit:tobaccofactorytheatre.com
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Bristol Industrial Museum
Bristol
~9.36 miles from High Littleton city center
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Bristol's Industrial Museum closed on 29 October 2006 and work has started on transforming it into the new new Museum of Bristol. The design will retain many of the existing features seen on the current building. Right in the heart of the city's historic harbour, the Museum of Bristol will tell the unique story of the city, its people and its place in the world.
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Bristol Temple Church
Bristol
~9.46 miles from High Littleton city center
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Temple Church is a ruined church in central Bristol, England, which was founded in the mid 12th century by Robert of Gloucester and the Knights Templar.It was bombed in World War II and largely destroyed. It is a listed building now owned by English Heritage.It is known as the Temple church because it was built on the site of the oval church of the Knights Templar, suppressed in 1312. Either just before or just after this suppression the church was rebuilt on a rectangular plan and served as a parish church. The site has been excavated and the oval outline of the former Templar's church is laid out in the turf.It was also known as Holy Cross Church, and included the Guild Chapel of the Bristol Weavers. Cloth weaving was the staple industry of Bristol in the late Middle Ages, and it...
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Arnolfini Gallery
Bristol
~9.48 miles from High Littleton city center
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