PlacesLocals’ pickCulture and odditiesBathwick

The Holburne garden

A free garden and café behind the museum, backing onto Sydney Gardens; a quiet stop on the walk east.

Category
Culture and oddities
Area
Bathwick
Where
Great Pulteney Street, BA2 4DB
Opening
Daily, museum hours
Price
Free
Best time
Sunny weekday
What’s on
Listings here
Website
holburne.org
Holburne Museum at the end of Great Pulteney Street, Bath

Photo: Wayland Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Geograph

Where

Where it is

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

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Nearby

Near this

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Kept by handChecked Source: holburne.org

Times and prices are the usual pattern, not a promise. Check their own site before a special trip.