A colourful Christmas Lights Trail has come to Bath, bringing some of the city’s iconic streets and buildings to life for the festive season with a series of rainbow illuminations. The spectacular lighting was funded by the Bath BID and designed and produced by Fineline Lighting and Visit Bath.
Running until the end of December, the colourful illumination can be found in Abbey Green, Kingston Parade, Kingsmead Square, Old Bond Street, Northumberland Place, Stall Street and Walcot Street.
Bath Abbey has also been highlighted, with colour-changing floodlighting and projections helping to ensure the iconic building can be seen from all seven hills around the city.
There has never been a better moment to celebrate the NHS. Because of this, the old Royal Mineral Water Hospital building in Upper Borough Walls, which was home to the first national hospital in 1738, has been lit up in blue. Bath Abbey will also turn blue in support of the NHS on some dates in December.
The full Christmas Light Trail takes visitors from St Swithin’s Church to the north of the city, via popular locations including Abbey Churchyard and SouthGate Bath, to Buro Happold’s spectacular giant advent calendar to the south of the city centre. The trail offers a great opportunity for people explore hidden parts of the city, as well as seeing some of Bath’s world-renowned attractions in a new light.
Details of all of the Christmas Light Trail installations, along with an interactive map showing their locations, are available on the new Welcome to Bath website.
The Christmas Light Trail is just one of the events and activities taking place in the city over the Christmas period.
Perfect for the young and the young at heart, every day between 3rd and 24th December, Father Christmas will be visiting a different business around Bath with his festive post box.
Much like an advent calendar, the Bath BID will be revealing details of whether Father Christmas is stationed each day, and visitors are invited to give him a wave and post their Christmas wishes through his socially distanced post box.
The Bath BID and Minuteman Press Bath have lined the city streets with a rainbow of artwork created by people who live and work in the local area. Dozens of entries were submitted, with 31 of the best reproduced as two-metre-long giant bunting, which can be found on lamppost pennants in Southgate Street, Brunel Square and Churchill Bridge throughout the Christmas period.
The wonderful designs can be browsed virtually on the Welcome to Bath website, where there is also an interactive map showing the location of each of the banners.
Find out more about what’s on in Bath this Christmas at welcometobath.co.uk