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View looking down to Bath Abbey's floor covered in ledgerstones from the trapdoor in the tower

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…

Bath Abbey & Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios jointly win Major National Award

Bath Abbey and Bath based architects Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios have been jointly awarded the Presidents’ Award at the first National Churches Awards on the 24th October at Mercer’s Hall, London. The Award honours excellence and creativity in church architecture.…

New Website Shows Bath’s Links to Transatlantic Slave Trade

Website launched to show Bath’s links to the transatlantic slave trade found in the Bath Chronicle newspaper 1760-1780 Following over a year of detailed research, The Bath & Colonialism Archive Project has launched a website (bathandcolonialism.org) containing information on Bath’s…

Historic buildings could be protected from rising energy bills by solar panels

Installing solar panels could help historic buildings beat the rising costs of energy, according to a new study by a team of UK researchers led by the University of Bath. Feasibility study estimates installing solar panels on Bath Abbey could…

Bath Abbey to receive £246,000 from third round of the Government’s Culture Recovery Fund

Bath Abbey among nearly 140 heritage organisations to benefit from share of the £15.5 million latest round of awards This award will help safeguard the historic fabric of Bath Abbey and help ensure it continues to offer a warm welcome…

Celebration Service for Abbey’s Footprint Project

Building work is on the verge of completion on Bath Abbey’s ground-breaking £20million Footprint project. Supported by the National Heritage Lottery Fund, the Abbey’s historic floor has been fully restored and saved from collapse, eco-heating powered by energy from Bath’s…

e of the Bath Abbey Boys Choir and Huw Williams, Director of Music, during practice session in Song School

New purpose-built home for Bath Abbey Choir

The Bath Abbey Choir has now resumed singing in their new home as another significant milestone in Bath Abbey’s multi-faceted Footprint project was reached. A new purpose-built Song School for the Abbey’s choirs, visiting choirs and musicians has been in…

Guy Bridgewater with Christina and Andrew Brownsword in the soon-to-be-completed Song School

Footprint project raises £1 million thanks to Brownsword Charitable Foundation

Bath Abbey’s community has successfully raised £500,000, which has been matched pound for pound by the Brownsword Charitable Foundation, to bring the grand total raised to £1 million – a significant contribution towards completing the Footprint project. In 2017, The…

Bath Abbey interior seen at the end of floor repairs and with underfloor heating on

World’s first eco-heating system using Bath’s hot springs

Bath Abbey’s innovative eco-heating system powered by sustainable energy from Bath’s famous hot spring waters is being switched on this week (w/c 8 March 2021) As part of the Abbey’s Footprint project, a new distribution of underfloor heating pipework has…

Advance notice: Bath Abbey closed Mon 8 – Thu 11 March 2021

Advance notice: Bath Abbey closed Mon 8 – Thu 11 March Bath Abbey will be closed for four days next week so that an archaeological survey can take place. From Monday 8 March to Thursday 11 March (inclusive), the Abbey…

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