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Sydney Gardens

A free park that Jane Austen used to visit.

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Holburne Museum of Arts
Displays the treasures collected by Sir William Holburne: superb English and continental silver, porcelain, maiolica, glass and Renaissance bronzes. The Picture Gallery contains works by Turner, Guardi, Stubbs and others plus portraits of Bath society by Thomas Gainsborough.
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Great Pulteney Street
Quintessential Georgian street on the other side of Pulteney Bridge. Film location for 2005's Vanity Fair (the Reese Witherspoon version). Made for casual strolling past the Laura Place fountain, down to the Holburne Museum, around Sydney Gardens, then back up Great Pulteney Street. Below Great Pulteney Street is the Recreation Ground, home of the Bath rugby union club.
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The Rising Sun Inn
Just across the river from the centre, this pub's only stand-out feature is the traditional skittles alley at the back of the pub.
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Bath Rugby Club
Professional Rugby Union club (15 a side) playing in the Gallagher Premiership, England's top tier. Atmospheric city-centre ground on the banks of the River Avon right by Pultney Bridge. Games roughly every other weekend from October–May. Ticket prices for games run between £15-35 depending on seating/standing location. If you're visiting on a weekend, watching a match is very much recommended.