Places to Go and Things to Do In Bath This Christmas

Bath is full of places to go and things to do, and is a wonderful city to visit at any time of year, but especially now with all of the extra festive events going on, and given how mild the weather has been recently. Usually exploring nearby Sydney Gardens and Prior Park at this point in December wouldn’t be so tempting, but as the temperature hasn’t dropped we can well imagine taking a nice Boxing Day walk around one or other of them and needing only a light coat for warmth. Prior Park will open from 10 until 4 (last entry at 3) on Saturdays and Sundays (including Boxing Day) throughout the rest of December and January, and Sydney Gardens are open throughout the year from around 8 until 6 each day. 

These are a few other Christmas opening times that we thought might be useful to anyone visiting Bath this December:

Sally Lunn’s Historic Eating House

Open as usual

10 a.m. – 6 p.m. Monday – Saturday

11 a.m. – 6 p.m.  Sundays

(Evening refreshment by candlelight 5 pm-9:30 pm Monday-Thursday, Friday and Saturday 5 pm -10 pm, Sunday 5 pm-9 pm)

The Roman Baths  

Closed on Christmas Day and Boxing Day otherwise open as usual.

09:30 a.m. – 5 p.m. (exit 6 p.m.)

The Pump Rooms 

Closed on Christmas Day and Boxing Day otherwise open as usual.

09:30 a.m. – 9 p.m. serving coffee, lunch, afternoon tea and dinner

Southgate Shopping Centre

Varies store by store but usual open hours are 9 a.m. until 6 p.m. Some shops will open early on Boxing Day as the sales get underway.

The Jane Austen Centre

Open daily from 10 a.m. until 4 p.m. (last entry at 3 p.m.) except on Christmas Day, Boxing Day, and New Year’s Day

The Holburne Museum

Open daily from 10 a.m. to 5p.m. except for Christmas Day, Boxing Day, and New Year’s Day

The Victoria Art Gallery

Open Tuesday-Saturday from 10 a.m. to 5p.m. except for Christmas Day, Boxing Day, and New Year’s Day. Sunday opening is from 1:30 p.m. until 5 p.m. The Gallery is closed on Mondays.

A couple of other attractions in Bath which you might like to look at include The Theatre Royal (which has Jack and the Beanstalk  playing until January 10^th), and The Little Theatre Cinema which will be showing not only the big new releases such as the new Star Wars film, Carol, and Bridge of Spies, but also seasonal favourites. A few of these include Branagh Theatre’s production of Shakespeare’s The Winter’s Tale, It’s A Wonderful Life, and the Bolshoi Ballet dancing The Nutcracker.