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Top 5 Family-Friendly Attractions In Bath

Bath is a city full of exciting attractions that will keep visitors of all ages amused. It’s easy to say that this historical city is one of the most family-friendly cities in the UK, with lots of accessible lodging and dining options.

1. Mary Shelley’s House of Frankenstein

Mary Shelley’s House of Frankenstein

Mary Shelley’s House of Frankenstein allows you to enter the dark world of author Mary Shelley, learn about the terrible events that shaped her life, and meet one of the popular culture’s most enduring famous creations. Mary Shelley’s House of Frankenstein crosses the borders between museum and immersive experience. Dare to enter the house’s spooky underbelly in the damp, scary basement, where dark nooks, basements, and vaults are combined with strong visual and audio effects.

2. Roman Baths

Roman Baths

The Roman Baths, which were built in 70 AD as a large bathing and socialising complex, are one of the best-preserved Roman ruins in the world. The Roman Baths are an interactive museum with numerous artefacts and visual tidbits that take you back to Roman times and the lives of the Aquae Sulis inhabitants. Explore chambers that formerly housed changing rooms and tepid plunge pools, and walk on old pathways like the Romans did 2,000 years ago.

3. The Egg

The Egg

The egg is the award-winning theatre for children, young people, and their families at Theatre Royal Bath. Since its inception in 2005, the egg has established itself as a national focus for outreach work with young people, community groups, and schools.

The egg is open all year and hosts a bonanza of performances every Saturday, with additional performances during half terms and vacations. Workshops and participative sessions for children aged two and a half to eighteen are held on a regular basis.  A family-friendly café and play area are also included within the egg.

4. Scarper Tours

Stonehenge

Scarper Tours is known for providing entertaining, courteous, and professional tours. In their distinctive purple vans, expect modest trips and a lot of fun!

A small-group Stonehenge trip departing from Bath, the Stonehenge Explorer. A professional driver guide leads a four-hour round-trip that includes interesting discussions and picturesque vistas along the route. It comes with your Stonehenge admission ticket, giving you the most time to tour the stones and visit the Visitor Centre.

5. No.1 Royal Crescent

No.1 Royal Crescent

No. 1 Royal Crescent Museum has been furnished and decorated as it could have been between 1776 and 1796. Both above and downstairs, the rooms showcase ancient furniture, paintings, and artefacts that depict what life was like for Bath’s elite citizens. Their new immersive experience uses film and sound to bring the home to life, giving guests a feel of what it might have been like to live there.

For more information on the best things to do in Bath, go to Visit Bath.

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