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Bath Abbey Wins 2021 Tripadvisor Travellers’ Choice Award

August 23, 2021
Bath Abbey has been recognised as a 2021 Travellers’ Choice award-winner by popular travel website Tripadvisor. This achievement celebrates tourist destinations that consistently deliver fantastic experiences around the globe, having earned great visitor reviews on Tripadvisor over the last 12…
Rector of Bath Abbey Guy Bridgewater, Bath MP Wera Hobhouse and Polly Andrews, Learning Officer at Bath Abbey looking at the Abbey's memorials in the North transept

Walk to mark International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade & its Abolition

August 23, 2021
On this UNESCO International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition, some of our Abbey team will be taking part in a walking conversation around Bath about our city’s legacy of slavery hosted by artist Richard…
David Bryson

Bath Abbey welcomes its very first Organ Scholar

August 18, 2021
The Music Department at Bath Abbey will be joined by its very first Organ Scholar, David Bryson, in September. Following success in his A Levels, David has secured a place at the University of Bath to study Computer Science and…
Bath Abbey Summer Nights

Abbey opening late to visitors on Thursdays throughout August

August 5, 2021
This August, we will be staying open past our usual closing time so that visitors can explore the Abbey and enjoy the atmosphere after hours for our event, Summer Nights. Every Thursday in August (5, 12, 19 & 26), we’ll…
Mark De Lisser

‘Dark Shadows’ poem written in response to memorials’ links to colonialism and slave trade

July 20, 2021
Bath-based poet, Mark De’Lisser, has written a poem, ‘Dark Shadows’, in response to the memorials in Bath Abbey and their links to colonialism and slavery. You can watch Mark performing his poem here or read it in full on our…
Bath Abbey choirs of Girls and Lay-clerks singing at a service

Abbey Choirs on tour!

July 14, 2021
The Abbey Choirs are greatly looking forward to their forthcoming tours, with the Boys, Girls and Lay-clerks visiting Gloucester and St Pauls Cathedrals. The Boys will be singing at Gloucester Cathedral on the weekend of 17 and 18 July. They’ll…
A view looking up at the pipes of the Klais Organ at Bath Abbey

Bath Abbey holds concert using 4 hands, 4 feet and 3 instruments

July 2, 2021
Bath Abbey will be hosting a unique concert on Friday 9 July at 6.30pm that will feature two of the Abbey musicians playing with 4 hands, 4 feet and 3 different instruments. The concert forms part of the Abbey’s Evening…
Museum of the Moon

South West Moon Landing

July 1, 2021
In 2021, Luke Jerram’s Museum of the Moon artwork enters its south west phase, as it lands in three cities in the South West. There will be three opportunities to see the Moon at three different Church of England buildings,…
Ringing the Ellacombe Chimes

Bath Abbey to take part in 200th anniversary of the Ellacombe Chimes

June 24, 2021
Bath Abbey will be taking part in a worldwide celebration to mark the 200th anniversary of a unique bell-ringing invention, the Ellacombe Chimes, on Saturday 26 June. The Abbey bells will be chiming at 12midday this Saturday to mark the…
e of the Bath Abbey Boys Choir and Huw Williams, Director of Music, during practice session in Song School

New purpose-built home for Bath Abbey Choir

June 21, 2021
The Bath Abbey Choir has now resumed singing in their new home as another significant milestone in Bath Abbey’s multi-faceted Footprint project was reached. A new purpose-built Song School for the Abbey’s choirs, visiting choirs and musicians has been in…
Panelists for Bath Abbey and legacy of slavery panel discussion

Bath Abbey To Host Panel Discussion To Learn From Legacy Of Slavery To Shape The Future

June 21, 2021
Bath Abbey is hosting a panel discussion to explore the Abbey’s historical connections with slavery and empire, and how we can all learn from the past to shape the future. The event will be held on 25 June, 7.00-8.30pm via…
Daisy - Bath Abbey Choritster

Abbey Chorister awarded Choral Scholarship

June 17, 2021
One of the members of our Abbey Choir of Girls, Daisy is leaving the Abbey Choir at the end of this academic year to study History at Nottingham University. She has also been awarded a Choral Scholarship to sing at…
Bath Abbey at Christmas

Annual Review 2020-2021

May 28, 2021
We hope you enjoy our Annual Review which gives an insight into the life and work of Bath Abbey during the last 6 months. Please click here to download your copy.  If you’d like a printed copy, we kindly ask…

Annual Parochial Church Meeting

May 26, 2021
We’ll be holding our Annual Parochial Church Meeting on Thursday 27th May 7.30pm. If you would like to join us virtually for the APCM this year, you can do so on our Bath Abbey YouTube channel.
Guy Bridgewater with Christina and Andrew Brownsword in the soon-to-be-completed Song School

Footprint project raises £1 million thanks to Brownsword Charitable Foundation

May 24, 2021
Bath Abbey’s community has successfully raised £500,000, which has been matched pound for pound by the Brownsword Charitable Foundation, to bring the grand total raised to £1 million – a significant contribution towards completing the Footprint project. In 2017, The…
Bath Abbey Interior

Bath Abbey searches for singers to join new choir

May 20, 2021
Bath Abbey is starting a brand new choir – the Chamber Choir – at and is looking for the following singers to join us: 10 sopranos, 4 Altos, 4 Tenors and 4 Basses. Rehearsals will take place in the Abbey’s…
Collage of Bath Abbey wall memorials

Bath Abbey Monuments Exhibition to tell story of colonialism and slave trade

May 18, 2021
Bath Abbey is to hold an exhibition revealing its links to colonialism and the transatlantic slave trade through the history of its monuments and ledgerstones. The ‘Monuments, Empire and Slavery’ exhibition, which will run from 24 May to 4 September…
Bath Abbey West Front

Abbey Electoral Roll – Annual Revision 2021

April 21, 2021
The annual revision of the Abbey Electoral Roll will take place between Monday 26 April and Monday 10 May prior to the APCM (Annual Parochial Church Meeting) on Thursday 27 May 2021.  If you are a member of the Abbey…
Abbey Choir socially distanced

Welcome back to our Abbey Boys and Girls!

April 12, 2021
We are delighted that new guidance means we are able to welcome back our Abbey Choirs of Boys and Girls who will be rehearsing for the first time this year in the Abbey today and tomorrow (Monday 12 and Tuesday…
Portrait of HRH Duke of Edinburgh Prince Philip in the sanctuary of Bath Abbey

Statement by the Rector of Bath Abbey on the Death of His Royal Highness Prince Philip

April 9, 2021
We are deeply saddened by the death of His Royal Highness, Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. For the next nine days, Bath Abbey will be open daily, with Covid safety measures in place, for all who wish to pray and…

Bath Abbey Annual Reviews

The Annual Review for 2024-2025 is now available here.

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