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Pulteney Bridge
This charming bridge VISITORS’ CHECKLIST
Assembly Rooms and (1769–74), designed Practical Information
by Robert Adam, is
Museum of Costume Bath. Map F3. * 94,000.
lined with shops and n Abbey Chambers,
links the city centre
with the magnificent Abbey Church Yard; 0844
Great Pulteney Street. 847 5256. ( Mon–Sat.
_ International Music
Look out for a rare
Victorian pillar box Festival: May–Jun.
∑ visitbath.co.uk
on the east bank.
Transport
k Bristol, 32 km (20 miles) W
Museum of Bath
Architecture of Bath. 3 @ Dorchester St.
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Key concerts are held in the bandstand.
Suggested route P I E R R E P O I N T S T R E E T The Pump Rooms were tearooms
that once formed the social hub
Y O R K S T R E E T of the 18th-century spa community.
Rail and Sally Lunn’s House (1482) is
coach stations one of Bath’s oldest houses.
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