Roman Baths

Abbey Church Yard
Bath
Somerset
BA1 1LZ
England

logo: Designated as an Outstanding Collection

Website

www.romanbaths.co.uk

E-mail

Enquiries

romanbaths_enquiries@bathnes.gov.uk

Group Bookings

romanbaths_bookings@bathnes.gov.uk

Telephone

Enquiries/Group Bookings

01225 477785

Pump Room restaurant

01225 444477

Fax

Enquiries/Group Bookings

01225 477743

All information is supplied by the venues or providers themselves and every effort is made to ensure it is correct. Please remember to double check opening hours with the venue concerned before making a special visit.
Great Bath at Bath with Abbey in background
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The finest religious spa in Northern Europe, built 2000 years ago around the country's only hot springs. Fine Roman museum, audioguides in eight languages and computer animations bring the experience to life. A special audiotour for children and a new audiotour narrated by Bill Bryson are both available at no extra cost. Costumed Roman characters greet you every day. The exquisite Georgian Pump Room restaurant, where you can also taste the Spa water, is open daily.

The entire collection of the Roman Baths is a Designated Collection of national importance.

Venue Type:

Museum, Heritage site, Archaeological site, Sacred space

 Opening hours

January - February, Daily 09.30-16.30
March - June, Daily 09.00-17.00
July - August, Daily 09.00-21.00
September - October, Daily 9.00-17.00
November - December, Daily 09.30-16.30
Last exit 1 hr after these times.

Closed 25 and 26 December.

 Admission charges

Adults: £11.50
Children: £7.50
Concessions: £10.00
Family ticket (2 Adults + 4 Children): £33.00

Combined Ticket with Fashion Museum:
Adults: £15.00
Children: £9.00
Concessions: £13.00
Family (2 Adults + 4 Children): £43.00

 General services and facilities
  • Brochure or leaflet available with directions to museum
  • Foreign language audio guide available
  • Foreign language leaflet or brochure available
  • General audio-guide available
  • Guided tours
  • Pre-booking service for groups
  • Restaurant
  • Shop
 Children and families
  • Events and resources for children and families
  • Baby changing facilities
 Disability access
  • Braille information and/or interpretation
  • Sign language interpretation available
  • Toilets for disabled
  • Wheelchair access to some public areas
  • Wheelchairs available for loan
 Schools services and facilities
  • Member of staff available with responsibility for education
  • Primary school education service available
  • Secondary school education service available
  • Education facilities available
 Commercial and hire services
  • Licensed for weddings
  • Facilities for private functions and events
  • Meeting room available

Additional info

Audioguides available in 8 languages at no extra cost.

Pump Room restaurant open for morning coffee, light lunches and tea, with music by the Pump Room Trio.

Lift and wheelchair access to 60% of the site.

Discounts for Groups

Abbey Church Yard
Bath
Somerset
BA1 1LZ
England

logo: Designated as an Outstanding Collection

Website

www.romanbaths.co.uk

E-mail

Enquiries

romanbaths_enquiries@bathnes.gov.uk

Group Bookings

romanbaths_bookings@bathnes.gov.uk

Telephone

Enquiries/Group Bookings

01225 477785

Pump Room restaurant

01225 444477

Fax

Enquiries/Group Bookings

01225 477743

All information is supplied by the venues or providers themselves and every effort is made to ensure it is correct. Please remember to double check opening hours with the venue concerned before making a special visit.

The entire collection of the Roman Baths is a Designated Collection of national importance.

Some of the best known finds from Roman Britain are to be found amongst the 50,000 objects in the Roman Baths Museum. The collections include objects from the mesolithic to the present which tell the story of seven thousand years of human activity around Britain's only hot springs, which are the heart of the World Heritage Site at Bath.

The Roman Baths and Temple of Sulis Minerva are among the finest Roman remains in Britain. At the hot spring, the Celtic and Classical worlds met in a magnificent complex of stone buildings used for worship, cleansing and healing. The museum, below the 18th century Pump Room, contains the monumental remains of these buildings and evidence of the people who used them.

Collection details

Social History, Decorative and Applied Art, Coins and Medals, Archives, Archaeology

Key artists and exhibits

  • Beau Nash
  • Designated Collection

Abbey Church Yard
Bath
Somerset
BA1 1LZ
England

logo: Designated as an Outstanding Collection

Website

www.romanbaths.co.uk

E-mail

Enquiries

romanbaths_enquiries@bathnes.gov.uk

Group Bookings

romanbaths_bookings@bathnes.gov.uk

Telephone

Enquiries/Group Bookings

01225 477785

Pump Room restaurant

01225 444477

Fax

Enquiries/Group Bookings

01225 477743

All information is supplied by the venues or providers themselves and every effort is made to ensure it is correct. Please remember to double check opening hours with the venue concerned before making a special visit.
Resources listed here may include websites, bookable tours and workshops, books, loan boxes and more. You may need to scroll down or click on headers to see them all.
 Digital and online resources

Bath Bubbles

http://www.romanbaths.co.uk/htmlContent/game.htm

A cartoon computer game guiding a Roman character through the bath house, collecting objects and carrying out tasks until he can finally relax in the natatio. Make sure to keep paying the furnace slave, or the baths will go cold and you will lose!

Roman Baths Museum Walkthrough

http://www.romanbaths.co.uk/walkthrough.aspx

The Roman Baths is below the modern street level and has four main features, the Sacred Spring, the Roman Temple, the Roman bath house and finds from Roman Bath. The Georgian Pump Room is on the ground level. This interactive site plan has details of the different areas of the site, along with photographs and examples of archaeological finds.

 Face to face resources

Welcome to Aquae Sulis - secondary

This 60 minute session looks at the archaeology of the Roman baths and temple and the people who came to Aquae Sulis. It includes a short presentation and oppportunites for artefact handling.

How to obtain

Book in advance on 012225 477785

 Paper-based and downloads

Roman Baths Teachers Pack, KS1 and 2

http://www.romanbaths.co.uk/temp/RomanBathsTeacherspack.pdf

This pack aims to help teachers plan a lively self-guided educational visit to the Roman Baths. It includes ideas to use in pre-visit, on-site, and follow-up activities.
Teaching sessions are also available in response to National Curriculum and QCA units. Details can be found on our website or by ringing 01225 477785.
This material is adaptable for Key Stage 1 and Key Stage 2 pupils, providing a wide range of cross-curricular topics. We suggest that you pick and choose from these activities according to your topic focus, the time you have available and your own students.

Abbey Church Yard
Bath
Somerset
BA1 1LZ
England

logo: Designated as an Outstanding Collection

Website

www.romanbaths.co.uk

E-mail

Enquiries

romanbaths_enquiries@bathnes.gov.uk

Group Bookings

romanbaths_bookings@bathnes.gov.uk

Telephone

Enquiries/Group Bookings

01225 477785

Pump Room restaurant

01225 444477

Fax

Enquiries/Group Bookings

01225 477743

All information is supplied by the venues or providers themselves and every effort is made to ensure it is correct. Please remember to double check opening hours with the venue concerned before making a special visit.