Three stylish, snug flats tucked away in a narrow street off bustling Stall Street. One minute's walk to the Roman Baths and Pump Room, Thermae Bath Spa, shops and eating places. Light and airy rooms and the furnishings are full of colour - oak beams.

Amenities

Each flat comprises a double and single bedroom (with south facing views) and a lounge/dining room - all these rooms have large windows, corniced ceilings and old fireplaces; there is a well-equipped fitted kitchen which includes an automatic washing machine/dryer; a bathroom with a high quality shower over the bath, pedestal wash basin and toilet. The lounge is furnished with sofas, coffee table, colour TV and video, dining table with chairs, wall prints, table lamps and silk curtains. There is a telephone with meter in each flat.

An entryphone connects the front door at street level with each flat.  Wireless Internet Access for your laptop. Four minute's walk to bus and railwaystation (Bath Spa). Close Theatre Royal.

These apartments are as close as you get to the centre of the town.

Parking

Beau Street is a quiet, one-way street. A permit allows parking in Beau Street, Lower Borough Walls, St James' Parade and Westgate Buildings (one side). NOTE: On Saturday between 10.00am and 5.30pm, Lower Borough Walls is closed to traffic.
Bath Spa Railway Station and the Bus Station are under 5 minutes walk from the flats.

What to do in Bath

Medieval names and medieval walls
Reminders of the medieval walled town mainly survive in street names such as Lower Borough Walls (which is close to the apartments) and Upper Borough Walls where a short length of city wall still stands, with battlements, much restored, and in Southgate, Westgate Street, and Northgate Street. The not very impressive East Gate stands between The Rummer and Café Uno and leads nowhere nowadays.

Shopping

The main shopping streets - Milsom Street, Union Street, Stall Street and Southgate – run from George Street with its high pavement to the Churchill Bridge which crosses the Avon. The apartments are 20 yards from Stall Street. Visit www.realshops.co.uk to find out about unique and specialist shops tucked away from the main area.

Far from the Madding Crowd

If you want to avoid the crowds of shoppers on Saturdays and Sundays [now the second busiest shopping day] in the main shopping streets, here is a parallel walk, starting in Milsom Street and finishing in Beau Street.

Enter the top entrance of Jolly’s; walk straight through Shoes and Lingerie, down the back steps and into John Street, a quiet, narrow street where you will be able to hear your own footfall on the pavement. Opposite is the auction house, Bonhams, and written on the wall of the building is a long extract from the Magna Carta. Who wrote it on the wall, and why, I don’t know. Walk along John Street and its cobbled continuation, Queen Street to Trim Bridge, a building which spans the street. In these two streets, you pass 3 ‘real shops’, see the website above. At Trim Bridge, continue straight ahead, cross over Upper Borough Walls (to the left is the section of old city wall), and walk down Parsonage Lane which is paved and narrow, uninteresting and empty but used to be one of the main thoroughfares in the medieval town but no more than a cart wide. At the foot of Parsonage Lane, cross busy Westgate Street, and to the left is a narrow passage way, with a hanging sign that reads “Little Theatre” which is an art house cinema. Take the passageway, which widens considerably and ahead of you is the Cross Bath, the site of one of the three thermal springs. Walk past the Cross Bath and at the Royal Hot Bath, turn left into BEAU STREET!

Visiting Museums

There are 14 museums in the town of Bath which range from two of national importance – the Roman Baths and Museum of Costume – to important local ones. A useful compact leaflet BATH & BEYOND – 36 leisure attractions lists all of these and many other things to do and see outside Bath as well. Don’t try and visit them all in one visit! Follow what interests you is the best advice.

Walking and taking the Air

The Avon and Kennett Canal climbs away from the river Avon (behind the railway station) by a series of locks to Sydney Gardens and the Lumpley Stoke Valley. Three miles gets you as far as The George at Bathampton (in the village church is buried Governor Phillips, the first Australian); seven miles, the Dundas Aqueduct where you can hire electric boat or take a trip on the Jubilee, a narrow boat; nine miles, the Cross Guns at Avoncliffe (where the valley narrows) and ten miles, Bradford-on-Avon. Seventy-eight miles and you reach the Thames!

Beechen Cliff is 404 feet above sea level. This is the steep, wooded hill that dominates the view from the bedroom windows of the apartments. One of Jane Austen heroines took drawing lessons from one of Jane’s heroes on Beechen Cliff – this could be better researched! After a long lunch, this good stiff walk would be only beneficial to your health. There is a park at the crown of the hill with views in every direction. Cross the Churchill Bridge over the Avon, under the subway and up Holloway (originally Holy Way to Glastonbury) as far as the stone horse trough that is set in a wall. Take the stone steps just beyond and follow the path all the way to the top of the hill.

A level, less demanding walk from the apartments is to Botanical Gardens in Royal Victoria Park. One Japanese visitor said the acers in the gardens reminded her of Kyoto. [For a different kind of colourful spectacle, hot air balloons take off from an area near the gardens in summer, morning and evening, when the air ground speed is less than 3mph].
Eating Out

Someone counted 150 restaurants in Bath and there are many pubs as well that serve food: There is a considerable choice and, to help you choose, you will find menus and restaurant maps in the flat.

What to See and Do

Bath boasts a river, canal, hot springs, and soon a spa; many individual shops, museums, parks and walks; the Theatre royal, cinemas and several golf courses, Bath Rugby, and, of course, the splendid Georgian architecture, which is everywhere.