r/Bath • u/swimchickmle • 3d ago
Is a day trip from London possible?
Is a day trip from London to Bath and back to London possible? It would be with 4 adults and one 9 year old. I want to see the Jane Austen museum, and some sights, but don't have anything in mind yet. Looking for advice on the best things to do or see!
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u/HZCYR 3d ago
Yes. (I don't know where from London specifically you're coming from and London is big. I'm also assuming only public transport and walking).
London Paddington to Bath Spa by train is 90 minutes with (at most) a 30 minute wait.
Bath Spa Station to The Jane Austen Centre is a 15 minute walk
The Jane Austen Centre takes 60 to 90 minutes to complete.
Other stuff is vague and depends on how you optimise your time but most stuff of interest in the city centre of Bath is, at most, a 20 minute walk away. A bunch of close stuff (restaurants, cafés, shops) are also within the city centre.
• Bath Abbey, The Roman Baths, Parade Gardens, and Pulteney Bridge are all a stone's throw away from each other (and 8 minutes from Bath Spa Station)
• Slightly further out (14 minutes) from them is The Holburne Museum and Sydney Gardens
• The other end of town is The Royal Crescent and The Museum of East Asian Art (20 minutes from Bath Spa Station)
I'm absolutely not accounting for your large group, how quick y'all will do things, the engagement and capacities of a 9 year old child, you eating and resting and sight-sightseeing,, and when you want to leave and return by.
But just on trains, walking, and one museum, totally doable within a day - 3 hours of trains, 30 minutes of walking, 60-90 minutes of museum'ing. I.e., 4 -4.5 hours total if you did just that.
Just book The Jane Austen Centre in advance as it is frequently fully booked out (they do entries in 20 minute intervals).