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Bath Assembly Rooms
Bath & BristolElegant public rooms at the heart of fashionable eighteenth-century Bath life
Bennett Street, Bath, Somerset, BA1 2QH
Important notice
Bath Assembly Rooms is now closed for renovations. We look forward to welcoming visitors back in 2027.
Opening times for 16 October 2025
Asset Opening time Assembly Rooms Closed Please be aware Bath Assembly Rooms is now closed for renovations and the creation of a new visitor experience.
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- Cycle parking
Cycle racks (not National Trust) are available at the front of Bath Assembly Rooms
- Toilet
Mobility parking nearby for Blue Badge holders only in Bennett Street. Nearest car park in Charlotte Street (not National Trust). Drop-off point. Adapted toilet. Ground floor access, stairs to other floors. Access statements change during some events, if you have access queries not covered, please email: bathassemblyrooms@nationaltrust.org.uk
- Accessible toilet
- Drop-off point
- Seating available
- Wheelchairs available
There is a wheelchair available to borrow during your visit, please ask a member of staff on arrival.
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- By road
- north of Milsom Street, east of the CircusParking: pay and display car parks (not National Trust), nearest Charlotte Street. Virtually no onstreet parking, park and ride recommended
- By train
- Bath Spa ¾ mile
- By bus
- from Bath Spa train station and surrounding areas
- Cycling
- NCN4, ¼ mile
Plans for the future
Article
Join the Luminaries
The Luminaries is a new way to give support to Bath Assembly Rooms. By joining you'll receive exclusive updates and benefits.
Project
Future plans for Bath Assembly Rooms
Find out more about the Bath Assembly Rooms project and how we're working with partners and the local community to develop an exciting and relevant future for the Bath Assembly Rooms. We want to reveal the stories of the building and Georgian society as well as explore its role in twenty-first century Bath.
Project
Events in the community
While the building is closed we'll be out and about hosting events in the community and with partners. See what's on where.
Highlights
Plans for the future
Work has begun on creating a Georgian experience that will transport visitors back to the social scene in the late eighteenth-century. Read more about the plans in the project article under the 'About' section.
Architecture
Designed by John Wood the Younger in 1769. Walk around the building and imagine promenading in your finery as people would have done in Georgian times.
Things to see and do
Article
Celebrating 250 years of Jane Austen
Jane Austen visited Bath Assembly Rooms during the years she lived in Bath and indeed has scenes from the Rooms set in two of her novels. Here we share the history of Jane and the Assembly Rooms.
Stay in touch on social media
Whilst the building is undergoing renovation and restoration, you can keep up to date with what's going on behind the hoardings via the social media channels. Find us on Facebook/BathAssemblyRooms, Instagram @NTBathAssemblyRooms and X @NTAssemblyRooms.
Places to stay
2 High Street
In the centre of Lacock village, this 15th-century cottage is packed full of charm and makes a cosy base for exploring Lacock Abbey and the countryside nearby.
Horton Court
Gather your family or friends and stay in this unique Grade I-listed manor house on the edge of the rolling Cotswolds countryside.
Summerhouse Cottage
On the Tyntesfield estate, this former hunting lodge has an octagonal summerhouse and farmland views.
Chaplain's House
On the edge of the Tyntesfield estate, this Gothic Revival style house makes a striking holiday escape.
Chaplain's Lodge
This Victorian gate lodge has been elegantly restored and has a huge private garden.
Upcoming events
Event
People of colour in Georgian Bath - a talk at BRLSI
Join curator Dr Tim Moore at Bath Royal Literary and Scientific Institution (BRLSI) as he explores the untold histories of people of colour in Bath.
Event
Consultation: Help shape the future of the outside spaces
Join us for a special community consultation evening at Boston Tea Party opposite the Assembly Rooms, to have your say on the transformation of Bath Assembly Rooms’ exterior spaces.
About Bath Assembly Rooms
Designed by John Wood the Younger, the Bath Assembly Rooms is a Grade 1 listed building that's a key part of the UNESCO World Heritage city of Bath. The New or Upper Rooms as they were known, provided a place for people to meet and enjoy daily entertainments including balls, concerts, teas and gambling. ‘Polite society’ flocked to the Assembly Rooms, including the novelists Jane Austen and Charles Dickens, and the painter Thomas Gainsborough. The National Trust are currently working on a new visitor experience which will enable the Assembly Rooms to continue to be a place for assembly, connection and entertainment, welcoming in Bath’s visitors and residents. Until then there will be special events, tours and programming at the Bath Assembly Rooms. Take a look at the 'Things to see and do' page for more information. Bath Assembly Rooms were at the heart of fashionable Georgian society, the perfect venue for entertainment. When completed in 1771, they were described as 'the most noble and elegant of any in the kingdom'.
Our work
Project
Future plans for Bath Assembly Rooms
Find out more about the Bath Assembly Rooms project and how we're working with partners and the local community to develop an exciting and relevant future for the Bath Assembly Rooms. We want to reveal the stories of the building and Georgian society as well as explore its role in twenty-first century Bath.
Project
Project
Reconnecting the Rooms at Bath Assembly Rooms
Read more about 'Reconnecting the Rooms' a project funded by The National Lottery Heritage Fund, which aims to bring people together in new ways. Discovering untold stories of the people of Georgian Bath and connecting communities today with its heritage.
Project
Article
Voices of Bath - an audio walking tour
Discover the stories and memories from Twerton's past in this walking trail from Bath city centre towards Twerton. From Bath Gas Works to festivals in the area.
Support us
Volunteering roles at Bath Assembly Rooms
If you love the Bath Assembly Rooms, history or just helping visitors and would like to be part of our vibrant future, we'd love to hear from you. Find out if we're currently recruiting by searching on myvolunteering - just search Bath.
Art and collections
Bath Assembly Rooms’s objects and collections
Explore the objects and works of art we care for at Bath Assembly Rooms on the National Trust Collections website.
