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Friends of Bath Abbey  

Events   Become a Friend

The Friends of Bath Abbey exist to provide a permanent link with those visitors to the Abbey who would like to stay in touch with the life of the Abbey but who may not use the Abbey as their regular place of worship.

We hold a number of social events throughout the year and regularly publish and circulate an informative annual report. We hope that through these events we can keep alive the link with all friends, locally, throughout the nation and also worldwide and so remind them about the life of the Abbey.

Legacies and Gifts

The Friends of Bath Abbey welcome and receive with gratitude generous legacies from former Friends and donations from existing Friends. The money is used carefully to provide additions for the lasting benefit of the Abbey.

Our most visible recent project has been the introduction of the twelve angels above the acoustic screens behind the Choir Stalls. Designed by Paul Fletcher and carved from lime wood by Laurence Beckford, the angels are depicted as musicians, six on each side of the Choir, eleven playing mediaeval instruments and one conductor, very obviously ignored by the others. We have been able to enhance these beautiful images with clever lighting.

We have also provided improved storage for the Abbey archives, contributed to the stunning revamp of the Abbey shop and are currently helping to fund the very necessary modifications to the electrical installation in the building. Not everything we help to fund is on view, but we aim to make our contributions useful, beautiful and long-lasting.

If you would like to help us restore and keep up the fabric of the Abbey in this way we would be very grateful to receive any donation you may wish to make. Merely joining as a member of the Friends of Bath Abbey is a valuable way to contribute to the enhancement of this beautiful building and you can see how to do this below.

President: The Rector

Chairman: Dr John Wroughton

Hon. Secretary: Mrs Ros Key-Pugh

Charity Registered No: 205082

 

Become a Friend of the Abbey

Subscription Rates

Individual Member @ £15
Joint Members @ £25
Senior Member (over 60) @ £9
Joint Senior Members @ £15
Life Member @ £150
Joint Life Members @ £250
Family membership @ £30 (2 adults + children under 18)

If you are interested in becoming a Friend of Bath Abbey, please contact

Mrs Ros Key-Pugh

The Abbey Office, 12 Kingston Buildings, Bath, BA1 1LT or download the application form.

Telephone

01225 422462 or direct to the Secretary, Ros Key-Pugh, 01225 427525

Fax

01225 429990

E-mail

roskeypugh@ic24.net

 

The Friends of Bath Abbey Events

Please read the Conditions of booking required by our insurance.

Further information about these events is available from the Secretary Mrs Ros Key-Pugh on 01225 427525 or email:roskeypugh@ic24.net

2010

A copy of the 2010 Spring/Summer booking form is available here.

Saturday September 18 (note revised date) 9.00 am - 7.00 pm coach trip to Nunney, Mells & Wells.

                             

        Nunney Castle           St Andrew’s, Mells         Wells Cathedral

Leaving from the Orange Grove at 9.00 we go first to Nunney for a tour of the castle led by Dr John Wroughton, followed at 11.00 by coffee at The George Inn. We go on to Mells at 11. 30 for a short walking tour of St Andrew’s Church and the village. Lunch is at 1.00pm, (a picnic or pre-ordered 2-course lunch for £10 at the Talbot Inn). At 2.15 we rejoin the coach to go to Wells Cathedral where we shall be taken on a tour including the new developments and some of the Cathedral Treasures. We shall then be treated to tea with some of the Friends of Wells Cathedral before Choral Evensong at 5.15 after which we return to Bath. Tickets cost £20/£22 for non Friends. Lunch at Mells is an optional extra.

 

Leaving from the Orange Grove at 9.00 we go first to Nunney for a tour of the castle led by Dr John Wroughton, followed at 11.00 by coffee at The George Inn. We go on to Mells at 11. 30 for a short walking tour of St Andrew’s Church and the village. Lunch is at 1.00pm, (a picnic or pre-ordered 2-course lunch for £10 at the Talbot Inn). At 2.15 we rejoin the coach to go to Wells Cathedral where we shall be taken on a tour including the new developments and some of the Cathedral Treasures. We shall then be treated to tea with some of the Friends of Wells Cathedral before Choral Evensong at 5.15 after which we return to Bath. Tickets cost £20/£22 for non Friends. Lunch at Mells is an optional extra.

Our Autumn/Winter 2010 programme of events will be displayed here shortly. Please visit our webpages regularly to keep in touch with news and events