Things to do in Bath this weekend
Saturday is the farmers’ market at Green Park Station and the crowds at the Baths, so book; Sunday is for the Skyline walk and a long lunch.
24 picks that fit, best first. The order follows the live forecast and the time of day.
Roman Baths
Abbey Churchyard
The steaming Great Bath and the temple complex around it, two thousand years old and still flowing.
Mostly under cover.
- Over £25
- In and out
- Half a day
- Fine in rain
- Good with kids
Thermae Bath Spa
Hot Bath Street
Bathe in the natural hot water on a rooftop pool with the Abbey in view, steam rooms below.
Mostly under cover.
- Over £25
- In and out
- Under 2 hours
- Fine in rain
Bath Abbey
Abbey Churchyard
The fan-vaulted abbey with the angels climbing its west front, and a tower tour over the city.
Indoors, so the rain doesn't matter.
- Under £10
- Indoors
- Under 2 hours
Donation; tower tour ticketed
Jane Austen Centre
Gay Street
Austen’s years in Bath, told by costumed guides in a Georgian townhouse, with a Regency tea room.
Indoors, so the rain doesn't matter.
- £10 to £25
- Indoors
- Under 2 hours
Sally Lunn’s
North Parade Passage
The Sally Lunn bun, served in one of the oldest houses in Bath, with a kitchen museum in the cellar.
Indoors, so the rain doesn't matter.
- Under £10
- Indoors
- Under 2 hours
- Good with kids
The Holburne Museum
Great Pulteney Street
Gainsborough and Georgian silver in a grand villa at the end of Great Pulteney Street, with a garden café.
Indoors, so the rain doesn't matter.
- £10 to £25
- Indoors
- Under 2 hours
Bath Farmers’ Market at Green Park Station
Green Park
One of the first farmers’ markets in the country, every Saturday under a Victorian station roof.
Mostly under cover. On today.
- Under £10
- In and out
- Under 2 hours
- Fine in rain
Victoria Art Gallery
Bridge Street
The city’s own gallery beside Pulteney Bridge, with Bath painters and Gainsborough, free upstairs.
Indoors, so the rain doesn't matter. Free.
- Free
- Indoors
- Under 2 hours
Permanent collection free; exhibitions ticketed
Beckford’s Tower
Lansdown
An eccentric’s gilded tower on Lansdown hill, restored and reopened, with a view over the city.
Indoors, so the rain doesn't matter.
- Under £10
- Indoors
- Under 2 hours
Limited opening days
Herschel Museum of Astronomy
New King Street
The house where William Herschel discovered Uranus from the back garden in 1781.
Indoors, so the rain doesn't matter.
- Under £10
- Indoors
- Under 2 hours
- Good with kids
Royal Crescent and the Circus
Upper town
The two great Georgian set pieces, five minutes apart, with a museum house at No. 1.
Wet right now, so save this for a dry spell.
- Free
- Outdoors
- Under 2 hours
Free; No. 1 Royal Crescent ticketed
Komedia
Westgate Street
Comedy, gigs and club nights in a former cinema in the middle of town.
Comes alive in the evening.
- £10 to £25
- Indoors
- Under 2 hours
The Bell Inn
Walcot Street
A community-owned pub with free live music most nights, a garden and a proper local crowd.
Comes alive in the evening.
- Under £10
- Indoors
- Under 2 hours
Theatre Royal Bath
Sawclose
A Georgian playhouse that gets West End productions before London, plus a studio and a children’s theatre.
Comes alive in the evening.
- Over £25
- Indoors
- Under 2 hours
- Good with kids
Walcot Street
Walcot
Bath’s artisan quarter: reclamation yards, independent shops, good restaurants and the Bell pub.
Free.
- Free
- In and out
- Under 2 hours
American Museum and Gardens
Claverton
Period American rooms, a quilt collection and gardens with a valley view, in a manor above the city.
- £10 to £25
- In and out
- Half a day
- Good with kids
Dyrham Park
Day trip: Dyrham
A baroque house in a deer park on the edge of the Cotswolds, twenty minutes north of the city.
- £10 to £25
- In and out
- Half a day
- Good with kids
Alexandra Park
Beechen Cliff
The viewpoint on Beechen Cliff that puts the whole city in one frame, ten minutes from the station.
Wet right now, so save this for a dry spell.
- Free
- Outdoors
- Under 2 hours
Bath Skyline walk
Claverton Down
A six-mile National Trust loop through woods and meadows above the city, with the whole of Bath below.
Wet right now, so save this for a dry spell.
- Free
- Outdoors
- Half a day
Pulteney Bridge and the weir
Grand Parade
One of only four bridges in the world lined with shops, above a horseshoe weir on the Avon.
Wet right now, so save this for a dry spell.
- Free
- Outdoors
- Under 2 hours
Bristol and Bath Railway Path
Brassmill Lane
Thirteen flat, traffic-free miles along an old railway line to Bristol, by bike or on foot.
Wet right now, so save this for a dry spell.
- Free
- Outdoors
- Half a day
- Good with kids
Free; bike hire if needed
Kennet and Avon Canal to Bathampton
Sydney Gardens
A flat towpath walk from Sydney Gardens to a canalside pub in Bathampton, and back by the river.
Wet right now, so save this for a dry spell.
- Free
- Outdoors
- Half a day
- Good with kids
Prior Park Landscape Garden
Ralph Allen Drive
A Palladian bridge over lakes in a valley garden, with the city framed at the bottom.
Wet right now, so save this for a dry spell.
- £10 to £25
- Outdoors
- Under 2 hours
Parade Gardens
Grand Parade
Formal gardens below the Abbey on a bend of the river, with the best view of Pulteney Bridge.
Wet right now, so save this for a dry spell.
- Under £10
- Outdoors
- Under 2 hours
- Good with kids
Small charge in summer
Good to know
What is on in Bath this weekend?
Saturday is the farmers’ market at Green Park Station and the crowds at the Baths, so book; Sunday is for the Skyline walk and a long lunch. This list has 24 weekend-friendly picks, including the markets that only run on Saturdays or Sundays, ranked for the forecast.
Which of these need booking for the weekend?
Ticketed attractions sell out on weekends. Where a place is bookable, the card has a tickets and tours link so you can check availability before you go.