PlacesLocals’ pickCulture and odditiesLansdown

Museum of Bath at Work

A working-life museum in an old real tennis court, with an engineering workshop and a mineral water bottling plant put back together inside.

Category
Culture and oddities
Area
Lansdown
Where
Julian Road, BA1 2RH
Opening
Seasonal days, check their site
Price
£
Best time
Weekend afternoon
Listing
visitbath.co.uk
The stone front of the Museum of Bath at Work on Julian Road

Photo: Rodw, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Where

Where it is

The larger pin is Museum of Bath at Work. The smaller ones are other places within about 15 minutes on foot.

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Kept by handChecked Source: bath.ac.uk

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