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109 Lp July 14 YOUR 10 PAGE GUIDE TO SHORT BREAKS AROUND BRITAIN BEYOND LONDON Visit Bath’s Roman Baths MARTINSKIKULIS.COM © Immerse yourself in the COLIN HAWKINS 2009; ST PAULS CARNIVAL PHOTO PHOTO CARNIVAL PAULS ST 2009; HAWKINS COLIN history of Bath and Bristol © VISIT BATH/ VISITENGLAND/IAIN PHOTO LEWIS; BATH © Have a relaxing time at Party in the street at Climb aboard the MAIN IMAGE Bath’s natural spa the St Pauls Carnival ss Great Britain BEYOND LONDON By Jo Caird Clifton Suspension Bridge and the River Avon in Bristol Bath & Bristol Roman ruins, glorious Georgian (below) to the awe-inspiring both former residents of the city. architecture, staggering feats of Clifton Suspension Bridge, There are engaging museums Victorian engineering, historic designed by Isambard Kingdom dedicated to both of them. theatres, world-class museums, Brunel. You can get to know the Bristol and Bath’s city boutique shopping – all are work of the UK’s greatest centres are small enough to among the many reasons to engineer at the bridge’s Visitor explore on foot, but you might visit Bath and Bristol. Centre and at the ss Great want to hire a bike and travel Just 20 kilometres apart, the Britain, an 1843 luxury liner between the two on the off-road two west of England cities have in Bristol Harbourside. cycle path that is built on the contrasting sensibilities dating Bath has its heroes too, bed of a former railway line. back to Bath’s history as with 19th-century novelist However you choose to get a spa resort on the one hand, Jane Austen and 18th-century around these picturesque cities, and Bristol’s noted industrial astronomer William Herschel you’ve got a treat in store. heritage on the other. While Bath’s How to get there architectural highlights include Bath genteel neoclassical London Paddington to Bath Spa in one Royal Crescent and hour 30 mins. Queen Square, Bristol’s star Bristol attractions range from London Paddington to Bristol Temple Meads the satirical street art in one hour 45 mins. LONDON of local hero Banksy Street art by Banksy CLIFTON SUSPENSION BRIDGE PHOTO © VISIT BRISTOL/DAVE PRATT; BANKSY ART, ST PAULS CARNIVAL © DESTINATION BRISTOL © MARTINS KIKULIS; HARBOUR FESTIVAL © DESTINATION BRISTOL; THERMAE BATH SPA © VISIT ENGLAND VISIT © SPA BATH THERMAE BRISTOL; DESTINATION © FESTIVAL HARBOUR KIKULIS; MARTINS © BRISTOL DESTINATION © CARNIVAL PAULS ST ART, BANKSY PRATT; BRISTOL/DAVE VISIT © BRIDGE SUSPENSION PHOTO CLIFTON 110 | visitbritain.com|LONDON PLANNER|July 2014 Enjoy a taste of Rome this summer Enjoy a taste of Rome this summer Relax in Thermae Bath Spa Enjoy a taste of Rome this summer Caribbean culture at St Pauls Carnival, Bristol Bristol Harbour Festival fun Enjoy dinner at our restaurant Event highlights andEnjoy dinnera unique at our restaurant summer evening BATH andEnjoy a unique dinner summer at ourevening restaurant 1 & 10 Jul: Summer Party Racenight, in the the Roman Roman Baths Baths Bath Racecourse (bath-racecourse.co.uk) and a unique summer evening From 19 Jul: The Great War in Costume, in the Roman Baths Fashion Museum (fashionmuseum.co.uk) Open late until 9pm in July and August From 30 Jul: Drama in Thérèse Raquin Open late until 9pm in July and August starring Alison Steadman, Theatre Royal Bath (theatreroyal.org.uk) Open late until 9pm in July and August BRISTOL 2-6 Jul: Bristol Comedy Garden, Queen Square (bristolcomedygarden.co.uk) 5 Jul: St Pauls Carnival, around St Pauls district (stpaulscarnival.co.uk) 5-12 Jul: Bristol Pride Week, various venues (pridebristol.co.uk) 18-20 Jul: Bristol Harbour Festival, Canons Road (bristolharbourfestival.co.uk) CLIFTON SUSPENSION BRIDGE PHOTO © VISIT BRISTOL/DAVE PRATT; BANKSY ART, ST PAULS CARNIVAL © DESTINATION BRISTOL © MARTINS KIKULIS; HARBOUR FESTIVAL © DESTINATION BRISTOL; THERMAE BATH SPA © VISIT ENGLAND VISIT © SPA BATH THERMAE BRISTOL; DESTINATION © FESTIVAL HARBOUR KIKULIS; MARTINS © BRISTOL DESTINATION © CARNIVAL PAULS ST ART, BANKSY PRATT; BRISTOL/DAVE VISIT © BRIDGE SUSPENSION PHOTO CLIFTON July 2014|LONDON PLANNER|visitlondon.com | 111 BEYOND LONDON SEE modern and historic artworks at this 1799 former hotel The Holburne Museum Bath The Roman Baths overlooks the centrepiece of Bath boasts the only hot the Roman complex, the Great springs in the UK, a natural Bath. It’s now a modern British wonder discovered by the restaurant that’s open all day. Romans nearly 2,000 years The baths complex is open daily ago. Explore the extensive ruins until 10pm in July and August, of the bath complex and learn with atmospheric torches lit as about the Roman residents of night falls. Ask about its Twilight Outside Thermae Bath Spa Aquae Sulis (as the settlement Tour & Dinner Package. was known at the time) through museum displays (romanbaths. Thermae Bath Spa The Holburne co.uk). The Pump Room, a The Thermae Bath Spa, Museum Georgian venue frequented which combines the best of the Bath’s fi rst public art gallery by the cream of Bath society, 18th-century spa building with dates back to 1882, when contemporary architecture, is naval offi cer Sir Thomas fed by the same spring as the William Holburne’s collection historic Roman Baths nearby. of objects, pictures and books, The Spa’s packages include including paintings by Thomas IMAGES/ISTOCKPHOTO BAGGETT/GETTY ANTHONY © CRESCENT ROYAL 2009; HAWKINS COLIN time spent in the open-air roof- Gainsborough and JMW Turner, top pool, with its views over the was bequeathed to the city. The city. A range of options include museum opened in 1893 and © VISIT BATH/ the Twilight Package which moved into its current home in offers spa bathing and supper 1916. It’s a former hotel set at the Springs Cafe Restaurant, within Sydney Gardens, the or try the signature treatment only remaining 18th-century Watsu, which combines shiatsu ‘pleasure gardens’ in the UK. massage and acupressure, Jane Austen was known to An 18th-century porcelain plate performed in the natural thermal have walked here during her from The Holburne Museum waters (thermaebathspa.com). stays in the city (holburne.org). THEHOLBURNE MUSEUM THEHOLBURNETHE HOLBURNE OF © COURTESY MUSEUM/TONYMUSEUM; GILBERT; PLATE CHELSEA PHOTO © BATH THERMAE SPA BATH 112 | visitbritain.com|LONDON PLANNER|July 2014 THE HOLBURNE MUSEUM COURTESY OF THE HOLBURNE MUSEUM; CHELSEA PLATE © THE HOLBURNE MUSEUM/TONY GILBERT; THERMAE BATH SPA © BATH PHOTO © VISIT BATH/COLIN HAWKINS 2009; ROYAL CRESCENT © ANTHONY BAGGETT/GETTY IMAGES/ISTOCKPHOTO but pace yourself: there are are there yourself: pace but countryside, surrounding and city the over views fantastic offer They daily. times several place take tower metre-tall 46 abbey’s the of Tours 1611. in completed was and 1499 in began cathedral magnificent but alsoforitsabundance unique Romanbathscomplex, notjustforits Site in1987 a UNESCO Heritage World life was lived in its heyday. life waslivedinitsheyday. 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Fans can can Fans there. | and and LONDON PLANNER the visitorinformationcentre tour too(11am,Sat-Sun from a guidedJaneAustenwalking cantake she oncelived.You a fewdoorsdownfromwhere at thismuseuminatownhouse learn moreabouttheauthor • Gotovisitbath.co.uk janeausten.co.uk in AbbeyChurchyard; Royal Crescent, Royal Bath | visitlondon.com ). | 113 Bristol Clifton Suspension Bridge Bristol’s most iconic sight is the 214 metre-long suspension bridge that spans the Avon Gorge. Designed by British architect Isambard Kingdom Brunel, it opened in 1864. Tragically, Brunel died before it was completed. Walk to the middle of the bridge and look down on the River Avon 76 metres below. Then explore the nearby visitor centre that tells its story (cliftonbridge.org.uk). Brunel’s ss Great Britain Another Brunel triumph is his 1843 ship. The world’s fi rst great ocean liner is now an award-winning museum. Fully restored, explore its SUNK luxury passenger cabins, in the South engine rooms and more, or Atlantic in 1937, Go Aloft! as you climb the ss Great Britain rigging to 30 metres above was returned to deck (ssgreatbritain.org). the UK in 1970 M Shed Learn about Bristol’s industrial and maritime history at this fascinating harbourside museum (m-shed.org). At-Bristol Science Centre With over 300 multimedia exhibits, live shows and a Planetarium, this award-winning attraction is perfect for families. Kids can encounter a walk-in tornado, try TV presenting and learn to be an animator for a day (at-bristol.org.uk). At-Bristol Arnolf ni Science Centre This contemporary arts space in a Grade-II listed former events. The gallery presents Pictures and the Philip Glass tea warehouse in the historic temporary exhibitions by the Ensemble. There’s a bookshop dockyard presents visual art likes of Louise Bourgeois and and a café/bar with a harbourside exhibitions, poetry, theatre and Rachel Whiteread. Visiting terrace (arnolfi ni.org.uk). dance performances, fi lms, theatre companies have concerts, talks, walks and family included Adventures in Motion • Go to visitbristol.co.uk SS GREAT BRITAIN © MANDY REYNOLDS; AT-BRISTOL SCIENCE CENTRE © VISIT BRITAIN IMAGES BRITAIN VISIT © SCIENCECENTRE AT-BRISTOL REYNOLDS; MANDY © BRITAIN GREAT SS 114 | visitbritain.com|LONDON PLANNER|July 2014 ACROSS THE UK Glasgow The 2014 BLENHEIM PALACE Commonwealth Famed as the birthplace of Sir Winston Games will be the Churchill, this masterpiece of English Baroque largest multi-sport architecture is set in 2,100 acres of Capability event ever held in Brown parkland and formal gardens.
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