Prior Park
National Trust’s Prior Park is without hesitation one of the best parks in Bath. The bad thing is that you have to pay to visit it. The good thing is that it is worth...
Bath: Parks, Gardens & Boating
Henrietta Park
When you walk in Henrietta Park you might think it is a normal park with nice trees and a lot of space for doing different kinds of activities. However, Henrietta Park houses one of...
Sydney Gardens
Located at the end of Great Pulteney Street and designed in the 1790’s, the gardens are the only remaining 18th century pleasure garden. The Kennet & Avon canal seen here passes through the gardens
Alexandra Park
On a hill overlooking the city, Alexandra Park opened in 1902, covers 11 acres and offers some of the best panoramic views of Bath. Named to honour Queen Alexandra, it was opened to commemorate...
Parade Gardens
Bath’s lovely parks offer several places to get some peace and quiet and to stroll round. Parade Gardens, in front of the Abbey and the Empire.
Boating on the Kennet & Avon Canal
Starting from our Brass Knocker Basin base – with its Café-Restaurant, historic canal display, railway and canal bookshop, chandlery and wonderful views – you join the Kennet and Avon Canal beside the magnificent Dundas...
Bath Boating Station
A unique, Victorian boating station with tea gardens and licensed restaurant. Traditional wooden skiffs, punts and canoes for hire by the hour or the day. In the boating season mid-week visitors are offered a free...
Avon Valley Country Park
A great day out in a beautiful river based park, Avon’s most exciting Adventure Play Area, Riverside walks with interesting Exotic Friendly Animals. Families can adventure together too: climb aboard the punctual ‘Strawberry Line’...
The American Museum and Gardens
The American Museum was designed by Jeffry Wyatville in 1820, and built on a hill above the River Avon, the large, thirty-room mansion seemed ideally able to accommodate the host of artefacts they had...
Dyrham Park
8 miles N of bath on A46, 12 miles E of Bristol, 2 miles S of M4 junction 18. Dyrham Park is a beautiful baroque country house set in 110 hectares (274 acres) of...
Prior Park Landscape Garden
here are many interesting features, including the majestic Palladian bridge, one of only four in the world. The Wilderness Project, supported by the Heritage Lottery Fund, is the final phase of the restoration of...
The Peto Garden at Iford Manor
Pools, statues, colonnades and cloisters in a remarkable Italianate garden surrounding a Tudor house. Teas on the weekend, and music on a few enchanted evenings. Website: www.ifordmanor.co.uk
