Property
Bath house prices fall £2,941 as all five neighbours rise
The average B&NES home lost £2,941 in the year to July while all five neighbouring councils gained. Flats are back to their January 2022 prices.
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What's On
Dave Rowntree in Bath: Blur Show Moves to BLOC, 25 Sept
Blur drummer Dave Rowntree's No One You Know show is now at BLOC @ Burdall's Yard on Friday 25 September, not the Roper Theatre. Tickets £20, 8pm start.
Planning
Bath Local Plan approved: comments open 14 Sept to 26 Oct
Cabinet approved the 22,000-home draft Local Plan on 10 September. Comments run 14 September to 26 October, and must argue soundness, not preference.
Bath
Bath air quality targets: WHO levels adopted for 2035
B&NES has set air pollution targets: nitrogen dioxide at 20µg/m3 by 2030 and WHO levels by 2035. Its forecast still has 11 sites over the 2030 figure.
Bath
Bath Christmas Market: 25 Days Approved, 18 This Year
The market now has permanent permission for up to 25 days a year across a bigger footprint. The council says it will not use it yet: this December still runs 18 days.
Bath
Bath Remembrance Sunday: 8 Nov, Parade 1.30pm
Bath's Remembrance Sunday is 8 November 2026. Wreath laying at 10.30am, parade at 1.30pm, Abbey service at 2pm, plus the road closures the council has not published yet.
Bath
Santa in Bath 2026: Grotto Dates and Santa Train Prices
Father Christmas dates for Bath 2026: the Holburne grotto from 27 November, Avon Valley Railway Santa Specials from £18, and the Keynsham grotto that is new this year.
Bath
Bath Halloween 2026: Half Term Dates, Ages, Prices
October half term in Bath runs 26 October to 1 November 2026. Every Halloween event with confirmed dates, the age limits that catch families out, and what is free.
Bath
Bath Christmas Market 2026: 26 Nov to 13 Dec, Free Entry
Bath Christmas Market runs 26 November to 13 December 2026, free, for 18 days. Opening hours, park and ride, the residents' preview and what is still not set.
Bath
Bath Fireworks 2026: Keynsham 5-7 Nov, Racecourse 6 Nov
Three Bath area displays are confirmed for Bonfire Night 2026 and two big ones are not. Dates, times, arrival slots and what is still unannounced, with sources.
Planning
Bath Local Plan: 22,000 Homes, Green Belt Cut at Nine
Draft Local Plan reaches cabinet on 10 September: around 22,000 homes to 2043, 8,900 in the Keynsham corridor, and Green Belt released at nine settlements.
Schools
Bath SEND Inspection: Ofsted Finds Inconsistent Support
Ofsted and the CQC found inconsistent experiences for children with SEND in B&NES, and named CAMHS, neurodevelopmental and learning disability waits for action.
Bath
Bath Panto 2026: Beauty and the Beast, 10 Dec to 10 Jan
Theatre Royal Bath's panto runs 53 performances from 10 December. Price bands, the five dark days, every access date and a 30 September group deadline.
Bath Daily covers Bath and the rest of Bath and North East Somerset. That means the city and its own neighbourhoods, Twerton, Combe Down, Batheaston, Bathford and Bathampton, and it also means Keynsham and Saltford out towards Bristol, the old coalfield towns of Midsomer Norton, Radstock, Paulton and Peasedown, and the Chew Valley villages.
Being a World Heritage city changes what local news is here. Almost nothing can be altered without a planning decision, so the planning register is where a great deal of what happens to Bath is settled, months before anyone sees scaffolding. We read that register along with the council’s committee papers and the rest of the public record, and we publish what is in them with the source linked. The practical pages are the other half of the site.
Where to begin
- Local Info: house prices, trains to London, roadworks and travel and planning news.
- News: the record, from council decisions to the Local Plan shaping the district to 2043.
- What’s On: start with things to do in Bath, every price checked against the venue.
Every fact carries a link to the document behind it.