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Bath Assembly Rooms
Elegant public rooms at the heart of fashionable eighteenth-century Bath life
Bennett Street, Bath, Somerset, BA1 2QH
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Important notice
We're open for Christmas Thu to Mon from 12noon until 6pm - no booking required. Guided tours run Tue & Wed and booking is essential. Please use the 'Book a visit' button for tickets.
Opening times for 29 November 2023
Asset Opening time Assembly Rooms - Christmas Closed Assembly Rooms - guided tours 10:00 - 12:00 Book a visitFor those booking guided tours, please arrive at the main entrance as per the time stated on your ticket. The building will not be open outside of the tour times.
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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 and lift to other floors. Access statements are event specific, if you have access queries not covered, please email: bathassemblyrooms@nationaltrust.org.uk
Accessible toilet
Lift
Drop-off point
Wheelchairs available
There is a wheelchair available to borrow during your visit, please ask a member of staff on arrival.
By road
north of Milsom Street, east of the Circus
Parking: 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
Planning your visit
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Visiting Bath Assembly Rooms
Discover an exciting programme of events and opportunities to engage with plans for the future of this historic building.
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.
Partnership events
During 2023 the Assembly Rooms will host a variety of partner events which will allow access to the building. To see upcoming events view the 'Things to see and do' page.
Guided tours
Visitors are now able to take a guided tour behind-the-scenes of the Assembly Rooms. See the plans for the Georgian experience and test some of the elements. Full details are available on the 'Things to see and do' page.
Spotlight events
Christmas in the Ball Room
Come and see the Assembly Rooms with the Ball Room looking festive.
Things to see and do
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Things to do in Bath Assembly Rooms
Explore the Bath Assembly Rooms through exciting partnership events and behind-the-scenes tours to uncover what once lay at the heart of fashionable Georgian society.
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Family-friendly things to see and do at Bath Assembly Rooms
Find out what's on offer at the Bath Assembly Rooms for families. During 2023 we'll be hosting a range of different events that provide an opportunity for families to visit the Assembly Rooms.
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Christmas at Bath Assembly Rooms
Step back from the hustle and bustle of Christmas shopping in Bath and enjoy a moment of calm in the Bath Assembly Rooms. For 2023, we'll be opening the doors for visitors to see the historic rooms, with the Ball Room taking on a very festive feel.
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Upcoming events
Event
Christmas in the Ball Room
Enjoy a moment of calm and take a Christmas selfie in the ballroom this Christmas.
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Guided Tours
See the rooms on the ground floor of Bath Assembly Rooms and learn about the history of this building.
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. The full experience is currently due to open in 2026, but 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
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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.
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.