PlacesLocals’ pickCulture and odditiesBathwick

The Rec on match day

Rugby by the river in the middle of town, with a crowd that sings and walks home through the park.

Category
Culture and oddities
Area
Bathwick
Where
Recreation Ground, BA2 4DS
Opening
Home match days
Price
££
Best time
Saturday afternoon
What’s on
Listings here
Website
bathrugby.com
The Recreation Ground rugby stadium, Bath

Photo: Rwendland, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Where

Where it is

The larger pin is The Rec on match day. The smaller ones are other places within about 15 minutes on foot.

51.38270, -2.35454 · Open in a map

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Nearby

Near this

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  • Bath Guildhall Market

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    Locals’ pickIndie shops£Kingsmead270 m away

  • 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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  • Bath Guildhall

    LandmarksKingsmead300 m away

  • 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

    Locals’ pickCulture and odditiesFreeKingsmead300 m away

Kept by handChecked Source: bathrugby.com

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