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A specially curated guide to help you enjoy the next 48 hours (or more) in Bath
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LOCAL ART | BATH'S BEST UNDER ONE CAFÉ ROOF
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Meet The Artists at the Conscious café and bar |
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29 October, 14 Northumberland Place, Bath BA1 5AR
Conscious Café have curated works from five local artists for their first exhibition, TAKE 5. The five artists featured are Kate Wilkey, Ezra December, Kate Davies, Liz Bell and David Ringsell. TAKE 5 includes a diverse range of work: from humorous pieces which use Bath as a backdrop, haunting landscapes of Bath representing life post Covid-19, abstracts made from recycled, reclaimed and repurposed materials, detailed textile and acrylic work of insects, geometric abstracts of familiar scenes around the city – and more.
Curator Andrew Williams is already organising another exhibition for the new year, and also hopes to support college and university students by providing a space in which they can exhibit their work.
For more information about this event click here.
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NOVEMBER ISSUE – OUT NEXT WEEK |
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Our November magazine will feature a collection of great reading by our team of wonderful writers as well as beautifully presented advertising by Bath's best businesses. We hope you'll enjoy the read!
Every month we deliver 15,000 copies door to door, but if you don't get a copy at home then you can pick up a copy at many places around town and from our floor stands at: Waitrose, Sainsbury [Green Park], M&S Foods in Twerton, Tesco in Weston Village, and at The Holburne Museum.
In the meantime, you can still enjoy our October issue here.
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If you would like to have a copy sent in the post then we offer a postal subscription of £3.95 for a single copy, £15 for a six-issue subscription, or £30 for 12 issues.
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SPOOKY WEEKEND WINE | HALLOWEEN REDS
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Digging for Graves, and other full bodies
Graves, Château des Gravières Deep garnet-red with a slightly woody and toasted nose and aromas of prunes and liquorice. Fleshy, robust and well-balanced in the mouth with a firm, lengthy finish. This is a fantastic value classic Graves red that delivers loads of pleasure at a very modest price. £14.95.
Pinot Noir, Les Mougeottes We don't think we've ever tasted a French Pinot Noir at around ten pounds that offers more rewarding drinking, and better value than this Southern French beauty. The Les Mougeottes Pinot Noir has a lovely fresh nose of violets and sweet red berries, harmonised by integrated and subtle oak. Rich and velvety on the palate with great poise and structure from the soft tannins. £10.95
Malbec, La Mascota Intense purple red colour with ruby hues. Aromas of black fruits, jam and vanilla, with a subtle liquorice touch and sweet and full-bodied tannins, with a long and pleasant finish. This is a wine that never fails to impress, due to its bold and broad structure and its consistent quality, this Malbec has become a wine-rack essential for many. £12.50
Ventoux 'Les Boudalles', Domaine Brusset This wine not only looks like raspberries in the glass, but it shows them on the nose as well. On the palate it is supple, elegant and harmonious, and the aromatics give it a lift which can be very moreish! If you could describe a wine as fun, this would be one. Packed full of bright red berries and a lively pallet, if you are a Grenache fan then you’ll love this. £10.95
Explore the depths of deep reds at The Great Wine Co’s cellars
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WEEKEND RECIPE | CHOCOLATE GALORE
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Get your Halloween bake on! Rich, dark and devilishly decadent, this grown-up chocolate cake is chocaholic heaven.
Ingredients
50g cocoa powder, sifted 100g dark muscovado sugar 125g butter, softened 150g caster sugar 225g self-raising flour 2 tsp vanilla extract 2 large eggs
For the chocolate frosting
30g dark muscovado sugar 75g butter, cubed 300g dark chocolate, finely chopped
Method
1. Preheat the oven to 180ºc/gas mark 4. Line the bottoms of two 20cm sandwich tins (preferably springform) with baking parchment and lightly grease the sides.
2. Mix the cocoa and the dark muscovado sugar together in a large bowl and pour 250ml boiling water over the top. Whisk to mix, then set aside.
3. In a separate bowl, cream the butter and caster sugar together until pale and fluffy (a handheld whisk really helps here). Add the vanilla extract and one of the eggs, followed by one tbsp of flour. Mix or whisk well, then repeat with the second egg, again mixing or whisking well before sifting the rest of the flour into the mixture and stirring or whisking thoroughly to combine all the ingredients together. Fold the cocoa/sugar mixture into the cake batter, again mixing or whisking continuously until blended in.
4. Divide the cake batter between the two baking tins and bake for around 25-30 minutes, or until a skewer inserted into the middle of the cakes comes out clean. Allow the cakes to cool in the tin for 5-10 minutes before turning out on to a wire rack to cool completely.
5. Meanwhile, make the chocolate frosting: put the muscovado sugar and butter into a pan over a medium heat. Add 125ml water and stir until the sugar has dissolved and the butter has melted. As soon as the mixture begins to bubble, take the pan off the heat and add the chopped chocolate, swirling the pan until the chocolate melts. As soon as the chocolate has melted, whisk the frosting until smooth and glossy. Set the frosting aside for around one hour, whisking it every now and again (by this time, the frosting will have thickened considerably).
6. Set one of the cooled cakes on a plate or cake stand and spread it with around 1/3 of the frosting. Top with the second cake (top-side up) and spread the remaining frosting over the top and sides of the cake, swirling as you go to create texture.
7. To add a spooky, halloween-themed flourish, sprinkle the top of the cake with a handful of blood red, freeze-dried raspberries or green edible glitter.
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FOUR OF A KIND | FOUR COURSE HALLOWEEN MENU
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Blood Red Beetroot Soup (vegetarian)
Sauté 1 large chopped onion in 2 tbsp olive oil until translucent (around 6 minutes) adding 2 peeled, crushed garlic cloves for the last 1-2 minutes of cooking time. Add 1 kg peeled, diced fresh beetroot and continue to sauté for 15 mins before adding 1 ½ litres vegetable stock. Bring to the boil, reduce the heat and simmer uncovered for 30 minutes or until the beetroot is tender. Season well and allow to cool slightly before blending with a stick blender or in a food processor until smooth. Serve hot, sprinkled with little chunks of feta cheese and rustic croutons (sourdough croutons work really well here).
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Ghoul-ash
Preheat the oven to 160ºC/gas mark 3 and tumble 700g cubed stewing steak in around 30g seasoned flour. Brown the beef in batches in a large flameproof casserole dish, using around 1-2 tbsp olive oil for each browning 'session'. Set the browned meat to one side and add a bit more oil to the pan if necessary before frying 1 large, thinly sliced onion with 1 chopped green and 1 chopped red pepper until softened (around 5-6 minutes), adding 2 crushed garlic cloves for the last 1-2 minutes of cooking time. Return the beef to the pan with 2 tbsp tomato purée and 2 tbsp smoked paprika and cook for another 2 minutes, stirring well. Add 2 large, diced tomatoes (and their juices), 750ml dry white wine and 300ml beef stock to the pan, bring to simmering point, stir again, cover and bake in the oven for around 2–2 ½ hours until the meat is meltingly tender. Just before serving, stir in 150ml soured cream and serve drizzled with yet more soured cream, sprinkled with chopped fresh parsley and accompanied by rice or chunky bread.
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Baked Bob Apples
Preheat the oven to 190ºc/gas 5. Core 4 medium-sized cooking (or tart eating) apples, lightly score a 3mm deep (approx.) ring around the circumference of each apple and stand them upright in a baking dish. In a small bowl, mix 90g softened butter with 4 tbsp soft brown sugar, 2 tsp ground cinnamon and 1 tbsp sultanas. Push ¼ of the butter/sultana mix into the hollowed-out core of each apple, sprinkle the top of each one with a little more brown sugar and bake for 20 minutes or until the apples are cooked through. Delicious served with custard, cream... or both.
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Devilishly moreish canapés: Devilled Eggs (vegetarian)
Peel 6 large, cooled hardboiled eggs and neatly slice them lengthways. Gently prise the yolk out of each half and put into a mixing bowl. Arrange the 12 halved whites on a serving platter. Mash the egg yolks with 2 tbsp mayonnaise, 1 tsp English mustard, 1 tsp smoked paprika and a dash of Tabasco sauce. Season well before adding 1 tbsp extra virgin olive oil and blending with a stick blender or in a food processor until smooth and glossy (if too thick, add a splash of just-boiled water). Neatly fill the egg whites with the spicy mixture and serve sprinkled with more smoked paprika.
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EATING OUT | A PERFECT BISTRO
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Chez Dominique
Ever popular, Chez Dominique is a family-run restaurant serving local and seasonal French and European food. Included in the latest Good Food Guide, and granted a certificate of achievement from Hardens for very high-quality food. This cosy, casual bistro is ideally located on the beautiful Argyle Street just over Pulteney Bridge, and the private dining room – comfortably seating eight – overlooks Pulteney Weir. Chez Dominique offers a prix fixe menu with daily specials and there’s a carefully chosen wine list. Open Monday – Sunday: noon – 11pm with last bookings at 9pm. Enjoy great food and drink in a relaxing and friendly atmosphere.
15 Argyle Street, Bath BA2 4BQ. Tel: 01225 463482
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Looking for more delicious foodie inspo?
Click through to browse our full new look Delicious Guide below!
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OBJECTS OF DESIRE | THE SNOWCAP OF MONTBLANC
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Montblanc Sartorial Calligraphy wallet, key fob and Meisterstück fountain pen |
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This black wallet is part of Montblanc's Sartorial Calligraphy collection. Crafted from fine Italian calfskin with a Saffiano print finish with the calligraphy in white. With six credit card slots, it is perfect for holding essential cards and banknotes with 2 full-length banknote compartments and 2 additional slip pockets. £280.
Pair it with the Montblanc Sartorial black calfskin leather key fob. £155.
Also shown here is the Meisterstück LeGrand yellow gold coated black resin fountain pen. This medium nibbed pen is a true classic from Montblanc and a treasured joy to anyone who loves to pen by hand. £545.
Mallory have a great collection of Montblanc accessories from note books, to cufflinks to briefcases, as well as the highly cherished Meistersrück pen range, all featuring the iconic snowcap emblem.
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BEAUTY SHOP | NEW JO MALONE SCENTS
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Limited Edition: Pomegranate Noir Cologne |
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Ruby-rich juices of exotic pomegranate, spiked with pink pepper and Casablanca lily. A warm and sensual scent in a limited edition-bottle with a colourful cap.
100ml | £105
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FASHION | NEW SEASON WHISTLES COATS
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Wren Puffer Coat |
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Crafted from a durable recycled-polyester shell that's quilted and filled with insulating down, this coat comes in an elegant beige hue with an chic overturned collar. Layer it over knits for a look that's as cool as it is practical. £169.
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HALLOWEEN | SPOOKY SWEETS AND PAMPERING TREATS
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No tricks, just wickedly good treats this Halloween... |
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Hiding inside Hotel Chocolat's Halloween Box (pictured left) are 14 frighteningly flavoursome bites. Featuring salted caramel cream, peanut and hazelnut pralines, caramel oozy eyes, milk chocolate skull and more, this spine-tingling selection of alcohol-free chocolates has something for all the family (or all for you…); £50.
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Lush Body Shop: Lip Scrub |
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With new additions and returning favourites, the Lush Halloween range has all you need to feel spooktacular this autumn. Treats that help aid rest, elevate mood and provide self care, there’s no better time to introduce bathing to your routine.
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Charlie Ewels Captains his side as Bath head to The Stoop for Round |
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The men in Blue, Black and White will aim to right the previous week’s wrongs as Stuart Hooper makes eight changes for Round 6 of the Gallagher Premiership.
Charlie Ewels will captain the side as they head to The Stoop to face Premiership champions Harlequins.
A physical battle awaits as Beno Obano is retained at loosehead and hooker Jacques du Toit earns his second start of the campaign. The pair are partnered by Will Stuart who remains at tighthead to complete the front row.
Josh McNally will line up in the second row alongside skipper Charlie Ewels, and Tom Ellis comes into the pack at blindside flanker. He replaces Miles Reid, who is undergoing the Graduated Return to Play concussion protocols.
Sam Underhill is set for his fifth start of the campaign alongside starting debutant and dominant ball carrier Jaco Coetzee who replaces Josh Bayliss as he rests following a minor soft tissue injury.
Experienced scrum-half Joe Simpson will wear the Blue, Black and White jersey for the first time two weeks after joining on an initial three-month loan. Simpson will partner with homegrown fly-half Orlando Bailey who is tasked with opening proceedings at The Stoop.
Jonathan Joseph retains his starting place at centre and links up with Max Clark in the midfield.
The widespread news of Anthony Watson’s ACL rupture affects change on the wing as Club stalwart Semesa Rokoduguni returns to the starting XV. He will join up with Ruaridh McConnochie and Tom de Glanville to complete the back three.
Ollie Fox and Danny Cipriani combine as finishers, with both named as replacements alongside Gabriel Hamer-Webb. The wing steps in for Will Muir who has a minor soft tissue injury. Lewis Boyce, D’Arcy Rae and Mike Williams hold their places on the bench and are joined by replacement hooker Tom Dunn. Finally, Richard de Carpentier will make his debut if he comes on against his former side to complete the line-up.
Saturday 23rd, 3pm kickoff; bathrugby.com
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ON THE BOX | MURDER AND MAGIC
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Netflix: Locke and Key, Season Two
After their dad's murder, three siblings move with their mum to his ancestral estate, where they discover magical keys that unlock powers — and secrets.
Starring Darby Stanchfield, Connor Jessup, Emilia Jones.
Watch it today on Netflix at: netflix.com
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LITTLE THEATRE CINEMA | ANDERSON IS BACK
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The French Dispatch
A star-studded anthology from the colourfully coordinated mind of Wes Anderson, The French Dispatch sets its scene in the fictional French city of Ennui-sur-Blasé, where the expat editorial staff of The Liberty, Kansas Evening Sun (Elizabeth Moss, Jason Schwartzman, Tilda Swinton and more) compile stories of European intrigue for their readers back home, led by their dedicated, eccentric editor (Bill Murray). One is the tale of a malevolent bearded convict (Benicio del Toro) whose surprising talent for portraiture captures the wandering eye of the art community. Another is a portrait of a student revolutionary (Timothée Chalamet) and the journalist (Frances McDormand) assigned to him; the third, a gangster odyssey involving a mishap-filled kidnapping performed by a low-level crook (Edward Norton).
The Little Theatre Cinema; picturehouses.com
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THE MAGAZINE KIOSK | PRINT IS READ
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Curated by Daniel McCabe
We’re now stocking Vogue Portugal. Not particularly newsy on the surface of it, and Vogue Portugal has one of the lowest circulations among the international Vogues. But it’s one of the newest, it’s certainly the hot one and arguably one of the hardest to find. But most importantly it’s fast becoming the most talked-about and eye-catching releases from a stable that’s otherwise having its problems.
The Portugal edition is sizeable (well over 300 pages), beautifully printed and always with a very good grasp of the zeitgeist, but it surely helps that it is independently designed and produced by a very innovative third party agency, Lighthouse Publishing. £12.50
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Magalleria has moved - The magazine store, which carries almost 2000 rare, specialist and independent titles, is now operating from much larger premises in the centre of the city at 5 Upper Borough Walls BA1 1RG.
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ARTS | REBECCA CAMPBELL'S OIL PAINTINGS
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Rebecca Campbell at Beaux Arts Bath |
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During October and November, Beaux Arts will be showing Still • Life, a new collection of oil paintings by Rebecca Campbell. These life-enhancing paintings burst with iridescent colour and life, and are an homage to Persian miniature paintings, with their reverence for nature, architecture and gardens. Also on show will be new still lifes by Linda Felcey. Her delicate oils celebrate the prosaic but transient qualities of objects – seasonal blossom, or ceramic vessels, captured in changing light. Ceramics are by the renowned London-based Japanese artist Akiko Hirai.
beauxartsbath.co.uk
Image: Finding Paradise by Rebecca Campbell
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THEATRE | WELSH NATIONAL OPERA
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The Barber of Seville, 30 October, 3pm (Audio Described Performance) |
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Count Almaviva has fallen in love with Dr Bartolo’s ward Rosina, but her guardian has other ideas and wants to keep her for himself. Almaviva enlists the help of local barber, Figaro, to outwit his plan, and through a series of comical events and deception Figaro takes on the role of matchmaker. Will he save the day and true love prevail? Welsh National Opera’s much-loved production of The Barber of Seville is the perfect feel-good opera.
Live at the Bristol Hippodrome, book your tickets at: atgtickets.com
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MUSIC | LIVE AT CHAPEL ARTS
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Clive Gregson (solo farewell tour) |
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2020 marked Clive Gregson’s 40th year as a professional musician. His plans to play shows throughout the year before finally retiring from solo touring were thwarted by the CV-19 pandemic. Confined to his home studio during the many lockdowns, Clive wrote, recorded and released eight new albums. Clive belatedly celebrates this milestone and new releases with a run of live dates, autumn 2021.
See Clive at The Chapel Arts Centre 28 October (doors 7.30pm).
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By Andrew Swift |
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Electric tram and the Paragon |
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Traffic congestion in Bath is nothing new. This photograph of an electric tram swinging round into the Paragon from Broad Street, with an assortment of horse-drawn vehicles blocking the way, was taken around 1910. Back then, the rumble of the trams, combined with the rattle of carriage wheels and the drumming of horses’ hooves – not to mention the droppings they left behind – were a constant source of complaint. The trams and the horse-drawn carriages may be long gone, but the complaints continue.
akemanpress.com
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HOME OFFICE CHAIRS | TAKE A STYLISH SEAT
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Summit Chairs: Home Office Chairs |
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The Chair Your Back Has Been Waiting For. With the rise in flexible working, Summit Chairs – based in Trowbridge – has launched its ergonomic home office chair range online. Handmade in the UK & delivered direct to your door, the collection offers a choice of ergonomic British made, bespoke office chairs with a host of wellbeing features. Specially designed with your wellbeing in mind, features include Summit’s Body Balance Mechanism which enables you to constantly adjust your position as you work. Also the company’s patented Twin Air Cell technology allows you to inflate & deflate air in the seat pad to maximise your support, height adjustable Inflatable Lumbar support for your back, Memory Foam options for additional comfort, as well as a host of adjustable settings for arms, height, back tilt & headrests.
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PROPERTY OF THE WEEK | A GEM IN CORSTON
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The Barton, Corston, Bath, BA2 |
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This tastefully modernised, four double bedroom house in The Barton, Corston located on the outskirts of Bath is just on the market, with a south facing rear garden, a large kitchen living area and garage it’s not to be missed.
As you enter the property you are greeted with a light entrance hall leading through double doors into a hallway that takes you to a study, the kitchen/living room and the utility room which gives access to a shower room.
The kitchen/dining/living room offers an open plan feel, creating a great space. The room boasts a feature fireplace and bi-folding doors leading to a large rear garden. It is a bright warm space perfect for quality family time.
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Upstairs there are four double bedrooms and a family bathroom with corner bathtub and walk in shower cubicle. Two of the bedrooms have modern built in wardrobe units and one bedroom is currently being used as a cinema room. The rear garden begins with a paved terrace ideal for a barbecue area with steps leading up to a lawn.
Corston is a small charming village and civil parish close to the River Avon and situated to the west of Bath but is also close to Saltford and has excellent access to Bristol as well as Bath. Guide price £825,000
View the property and see more images on Andrews Estate agents website, click here: andrewsonline
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