Explore community heritage locations in and around Bath via public transport, and minimise your carbon footprint.

While Bath has many fantastic museums and galleries in the city centre, if you have time to venture further afield, you'll find even more attractions showcasing the area's local history.

For this trip from Bath to Warmley, you can use a Freedom Travelpass for West of England for unlimited train and bus travel across Bristol, Bath, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire.

Museum of Bath at Work & Kingswood Heritage Museum

Start in Bath at the Museum of Bath at Work (open daily, 10:30am to 5pm), where past industries have been faithfully reconstructed for an immersive experience. They include the soft drinks factory and bottling plant of J B Bowler, a Victorian businessman. Visitors can even enjoy regular demonstrations of the working machinery.

If you're interested in finding out more about Bath's history, stop into the free-to-enter World Heritage Centre on York Street next to The Roman Baths, or go back in time to the Georgian era at No.1 Royal Crescent.

Image - Museum of Bath at Work

Walk to Westgate Buildings where the number 19 bus will take you to the village of Warmley. The bus stop is near Warmley Waiting Room café and tea garden. It’s the perfect refreshment stop with a rich history of its own, set in the refurbished station waiting room of the railway line that once carried coal and ochre.

Kingswood Heritage Museum (open 2pm to 5pm, Tuesdays, Saturdays and Sundays) is around a 15-minute walk away, housed in the former zinc and brass works of William Champion. Uncover the history of the brass making factory and learn of the other industries that once thrived locally, from Douglas Motorcycles to shoe and boot manufacturers. Don’t miss the 18^th Century gardens and impressive 30-foot-high statue of the Roman God Neptune.

Head back to the bus stop to journey back to Bath on the number 19, or catch the number 43 into Bristol.

For comprehensive information about getting around Bath and the surrounding area by public transport, please visit TravelWest.

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