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Half Term Family Fun at Bath Abbey

A rare opportunity to view important manuscripts from the Abbey’s Archive. They will include commemorative books, parish registers, a Book of Remembrance and ot...

Twelfth Night at Chippenham Museum

At the museum: discover what life was like during the Anglo Saxon period with the help of some inspiring re-enactors. At the Yelde Hall: stories poet and mus...
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Christmas at Dyrham Park

Get in the spirit for a winter wedding - travel back in time to celebrate with some 17th-century festivities inspired by former residents William Blathwayt and ...

Medieval Monks at Bath Abbey

Step back in time for an exciting taste of Benedictine monastic life in the 12th Century. Meet and chat with costumed experts from Angevins (a Living History gr...

Open Event at Museum of Bath Stone

An opportunity to discover the artefacts saved during the city’s £154m stabilisation project and explore the visual records created by archaeologists to preserv...

Endangered Crafts at Bath City Farm

Explore the history behind the craft of Corn Dolly making, share stories and sing songs how they would have weaved together in times gone by with 2 experienced ...