History Book Back in Print

After selling out its first print run, we are delighted to announce that this fascinating book is back in print.

The history of Hedgemead Park, which was opened in 1889 as ‘The Hedgemead Pleasure Gardens’, is one of Bath’s most intriguing stories.

Originally an area of dense artisan housing, following a series of landslips in the mid to late 19th century, the then Bath Corporation was compelled to pull down the housing as unsafe.

But what was to be put in its place?

This fully illustrated book, researched from the original Council records and local Newspaper reports, puts together the story of the people who championed the idea of the area as an ‘open space’, designing, creating, and later extending it to become the park we know and appreciate today.

The book is available now from:

MR B’s EMPORIUM, 13-15 John Street, BA1 2JL

TOPPINGS BOOKSHOP, York Street, BA1 1NG

MUSEUM OF BATH AT WORK, Julian Road, BA1 2RH

OLDFIELD PARK BOOKSHOP, 43 Moorland Road, BA2 3PN