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Bath Half

The half marathon that closes the city one Sunday each March; neighbours line the route with flasks and signs.

Category
Traditions and events
Area
Kingsmead
Where
Around the city, BA1
Opening
One Sunday in March
Price
Free to watch
Best time
Race morning
Website
bathhalf.co.uk
Runners on the Lower Bristol Road during the Bath Half, past the Stothert and Pitt works

Photo: Tek monde, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Where

Where it is

The larger pin is Bath Half. The smaller ones are other places within about 15 minutes on foot.

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Nearby

Near this

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  • The Old Green Tree

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  • Bath Record Office

    A free reading room in the Guildhall with old plans and council minutes, where you can look up your own street’s history

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  • Victoria Art Gallery

    The council’s gallery at the foot of Pulteney Bridge, free to walk into the permanent rooms, with a good shop and changing shows upstairs

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Kept by handChecked Source: bathhalf.co.uk

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