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Bath Abbey’s Footprint Project: Latest Newsletter Available to Read

The latest issue of Bath Abbey’s Footprint Project Newsletter is now available on our website, bringing you up-to-date with Footprint developments. Simply click here to read the newsletter. In this issue: Our Rector, Reverend Canon Guy Bridgewater, reflects on the…

Her Majesty Queen Camilla Visits Bath Abbey for St John’s Foundation 850th Celebration Service

On 1st February, Her Majesty The Queen visited Bath Abbey for a service to mark the 850th anniversary of the St John’s Foundation. Originally founded as a medieval refuge, St John’s provides shelter and support for older adults, as well as…
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Bath Abbey Hosts Open Evening to Celebrate Completion of £21 Million Footprint Project

Bath Abbey hosted the Footprint Open Evening on 20th September to celebrate the completion of the £21 million Footprint Project. The multi-year Footprint Project was a transformational development project of restoration and conservation, and saw new education, music, and community…
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Bath Abbey Recognised as Tripadvisor® 2023 Travellers’ Choice® Award Winner

Bath Abbey’s Great Traveller Reviews Earn it a Place Among Travellers’ Favourites. Bath Abbey today announced it has been recognised by Tripadvisor as a 2023 Travellers’ Choice award winner. The coveted award celebrates businesses that have consistently received great traveller…
Monuments on Bath Abbey's walls

Bath Abbey launches new website containing details of its memorials

Bath Abbey launches a new website containing details of its memorials: www.bathabbeymemorials.org.uk. Bath Abbey has more commemorative wall tablets and gravestones than probably any other church in England, almost 1500 in total. Spanning the 16th to the 20th centuries, the…
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World Famous Gaia artwork coming to Bath Abbey for Treasuring Creation Festival

Bath Abbey is hosting Luke Jerram’s touring Gaia artwork from 18th September to 29th October 2023, as part of the Treasuring Creation Festival. Measuring seven metres in diameter, Gaia features detailed NASA imagery of the Earth’s surface and provides the…