Bathampton Down, Cotswold Water Park

Name: Bathampton Down
Address: Cotswold Water Park, United Kingdom

#56 among attractions in Cotswold Water Park

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Bathampton Down is a flat limestone plateau in Bathampton, Somerset, England, overlooking the River Avon and the city of Bath. There is evidence of man's activity at the site since the Mesolithic period including Bathampton Camp, an Iron Age hillfort or stock enclosure. It has also been used for quarrying, and part of it is now a golf course. ()

Coordinates: 51°23'3"N, 2°19'39"W

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Cotswold Water Park United Kingdom

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Day trips

Bathampton Down – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Recreation Ground, Sydney Gardens Tunnels, Sydney Gardens, Holburne Museum.

1.2 miW
Sport complex, Park, Sport
Recreation Ground, Bath
31 min walk • The Recreation Ground is a large open space in the centre of Bath, England, next to the River Avon, which is available to be used by permission from the Recreation Ground Trust for recreational purposes by the public at large but particularly the people of Bath and surrounding areas.
0.9 miW
Canal
Sydney Gardens Tunnels, Bath
23 min walk • The Sydney Gardens Tunnels are two canal tunnels on the Kennet and Avon Canal in Bath, UK. The No. 1 Tunnel brings the canal into Sydney Gardens from the south and the No. 2 Tunnel exits the gardens to the north.
1 miW
Park
Sydney Gardens, Bath
25 min walk • Sydney Gardens is a public open space at the end of Great Pulteney Street in Bath, Somerset, England. The gardens are the only remaining eighteenth-century pleasure gardens in the country.
1 miW
Museum, Art museum
Holburne Museum, Bath
26 min walk • The Holburne Museum is located in Sydney Pleasure Gardens, Bath, Somerset, England. The city's first public art gallery, the Grade I listed building, is home to fine and decorative arts built around the collection of Sir William Holburne. Artists in the collection include Gainsborough, Guardi, Stubbs, Ramsay and Zoffany.
1.2 miE
Museum, Historical place, Science museum
Claverton Pumping Station, Cotswold Water Park
31 min walk • Claverton Pumping Station in the village of Claverton, in the English county of Somerset, pumps water from the River Avon to the Kennet and Avon Canal using power from the flow of the River Avon.
1.2 miW
Church, Gothic Revival architecture
St John's Church, Bath
32 min walk • St. John the Evangelist Roman Catholic Church is located on the South Parade in the south-east section of Bath City Centre – the old Ham District where John Wood the Elder, the Georgian architect, had originally planned his gigantic "Forum".
0.5 miW
Forts and castles
Sham Castle, Bath
12 min walk • Sham Castle is a folly on Claverton Down overlooking the city of Bath, Somerset, England. It is a Grade II* listed building. It is a screen wall with a central pointed arch flanked by two 3-storey circular turrets, which extend sideways to a 2-storey square tower at each end of the wall.
0.9 miN
Church, Historical place, Monuments and statues
Church of St Nicholas, Bath
25 min walk • The Church of St Nicholas is an Anglican parish church in Bathampton, Somerset, standing between the River Avon and the Kennet and Avon Canal.
1.2 miN
Bridge
Bathampton Toll Bridge, Bath
31 min walk • Bathampton Toll Bridge is an arch bridge in England, carrying a minor road across the River Avon near Bathampton, to the east of Bath. It is a Grade II listed structure. The bridge was built of Bath stone by Hickes and Isaac in 1872, for the Bridge Company Turnpike Trust.
1 miW
Church, Gothic Revival architecture
St Mary the Virgin's Church, Bath
26 min walk • The Church of St Mary the Virgin is located on Church Street in the Bathwick area of Bath, Somerset, England. The church is Anglican and located near Pinch's Sydney Place and Bath's famed Sydney Pleasure Gardens.
1.1 miSW
Church
St Thomas à Becket Church, Bath
29 min walk • St Thomas à Becket Church is a parish church of Widcombe in Bath, Somerset southwest England, and is one of a number of churches named after Thomas Becket. It is a Grade II* listed building.

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Which popular attractions are close to Bathampton Down?

Nearby attractions include Sham Castle, Bath (12 min walk), University of Bath, Bath (12 min walk), North Road Quarry, Bath (13 min walk), Bath and North East Somerset, Bath (13 min walk).

How to get to Bathampton Down by public transport?

The nearest stations to Bathampton Down:

Bus

Arrivals Square • Lines: 18, 418, U18 (10 min walk)
Woodland Place • Lines: 18, 418, U18 (15 min walk)