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This is the photographic guide to the pubs of Bath. We hope it will be a valuable resource for locals and visitors alike. Please have a look at the gallery, and feel free to register and add comments.
There is at least one photo of each of the 120-ish pubs currently open in Bath, as well as some images from the recent past of pubs that have been revamped, renamed or sadly closed.
If you are looking for somewhere to eat other than a pub, try the Bath Restaurants site, which also has a feature on Bath gastro pubs. If your interests lie to the west, why not have a look at the Bristol Pubs website? Prospective visitors can check out local hotels here,and details of some of Bath's other attractions can be found on the Search Bath site.
The Assembly Inn Baths City Centre Local Charity Draw
A Rugby shirt signed by the Bath team has been gifted to the Assembly Inn by Bath rugby star Ryan Davies.
Not only will it feature on the wall next to the shirts of Duncan Bell and former scrum half Nick Walshe in the sports bar it will be used to raise money for the Help the Heroes Charity.
Customers at the city centre pub in Alfred Street will pay a £1 and try to guess whose names are featured on the shirt and the one with the most correct names will win first prize of a case of 500ml Bellringer bottles donated by Abbey Ales. All money collected will go to the charity.
The pub is well known for its support for TV sports especially Rugby, local and national teams alike and shows all the televised matches on its big screen.
Manager Michelle Spence says,"Since we installed the big screen in our sports bar we have seen a big increase in trade.The British Lions is a big draw and also the 20 20 cricket.We are now looking forward to the Ashes."
The Assembly is a recent addition to Baths only brewery Abbey Ales and joins the Star Inn on the Paragon the Coeur De Lion also in Bath and the Foresters at Beckington.
Alan Morgan MD of Abbey Ales added " Live sports on TV our pool, boules and touch rugby teams coupled with our popular credit crunch lunches have given us a good start in a pub that was closed for three months before we took it over. Michelle and her team are doing an excellent job and more charity events are being planned for the very near future." (20th June 2009)
The Rummer, a central Bath pub on Grand Parade, is being transformed into an Italian-style bar.
The lease on the building has been sold to the owners of the Real Italian Pizza Company in York Street, and the pub is now being refurbished ready to re-open in July. (3rd June 2009).
June will see Cheddar Ales throwing its first beer festival in the brewery. It'll be a beer lover's paradise that will bring together over 40 award-winning beers from around Britain to create one of the finest selections of beers ever seen in one venue. The star-studded range will include the majority of champion beers from the national CAMRA and SIBA festivals over the past three years, as well as Cheddar Ales own range of ales.
The festival will be based in and around the brewery, so you'll get the chance to see where the beers are made and to get close to the kit. There is also plenty of outdoor space to soak up any sun during the day, and there will be music, games and a barbecue.
All CAMRA members who can show a valid CAMRA membership card will receive a free pint on entry.
The festival will run for the weekend of 12th - 14th June 2009. Opening hours are as follows:
Friday 12th June: 8pm – 11.30pm
Saturday 13th June: Midday – 11.30pm
Sunday 14th June: Midday – 5pm
Cheddar Ales is based at Winchester Farm, on the A371 (Cheddar to Wells) road about half a mile from the centre of Cheddar village.
Bath Cricket Club Cider Festival is a special one-day cider festival in the grounds of the Bath Cricket Club, part of the Bath Cricket Club 150th Anniversary Celebrations. Over 90 ciders and perries including award-winning ciders from Ben Crossman's, Rich's, Thatchers, Broadoak and Heck's (Somerset), Weston's and Gwatkin (Herefordshire), Gwynt Y Ddraig (Wales), and Mr. Whiteheads (Hampshire) - as well as hog roast rolls and cheese platters, and a range of soft drinks.
As well as the cider and perry, the Bath Cider Festival will offer the best in local entertainment. Somerset's premier Wurzels tribute band, The Mangledwurzels will be playing a full show, providing their own brand of Wurzels-flavoured, cider-fuelled Scrumpy & Western madness to help you drink up thy cider. The Mangledwurzels have played at all CiderFestivals.co.uk festivals across the country from Norwich to Swansea - and are guaranteed to entertain.
Bath Cricket Club Cider Festival Friday 24th July 2009: 7.30pm-11pm. Tickets and more details here
Bath rugby star Duncan Bell will officially open the Assembly Inn on Thursday 9th April at 8pm after full redecoration. The pub - situated in Alfred Street - is the latest acquisition of Bath's only brewery, Abbey Ales, who already operate two other pubs in the City centre,The Coeur de Lion and The Star Inn. (7th April 2009). Full storey
The Assembly Inn has been taken over by Bath's Abbey Ales, which also owns The Star Inn and The Coeur De Lion in Bath as well as The Forresters at Beckington. (7th February 2009).
The Bath Cider Festival featuring over 80 different ciders and perrys is back at the Bath Pavilion on the 12th to the 14th of February. Advance tickets are available from the Pavilion Shop. There is live music at all the sessions, with the Mangled Wurzels appearing on Thursday and Saturday. (2nd February 2009).
The Englishcombe Inn on Englishcombe Lane is the latest Bath Pub to close. A planning application has been submitted for changing the buildings use to a nursing home. The architecturally impressive pub is currently boarded up and a fence is being built around the site.
The pub opened in May 1934 and was built to serve the local housing estates built after the First World War. (1st February 2009).
