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The great prehistoric stone circle on Salisbury Plain, with the far larger Avebury ring nearby.
1 Sight
Bath Abbey
A late Gothic church with walls of glass and fan vaulting, and angels climbing ladders up its west front.
- Open
- Every day, outside services
- Price
- Free; a donation is suggested, and tower tours are paid
- Time Needed
- 1 hour
- Address
- Abbey Churchyard, Bath BA1 1LTDirections
- Getting There
- Next to the Roman Baths.
Why Go
A church has stood here for more than a thousand years; Edgar, king of the English, was crowned on this site in 973, in a ceremony that set the pattern for English coronations. The present abbey was begun in 1499, after a bishop dreamed of angels going up and down a ladder to heaven, now carved on the façade.
Tower tours climb 212 steps past the bells to the roof, with a view over the city.
Nearby in Bath
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