Festive activities

We have a series of activities taking place for students staying in Bath over all, or most, of December and January. All students are welcome, but booking chosen activities is essential as places are limited.

Join our Vacation at Bath WhatsApp channel to get reminders and up-to-date information. If your friends are all going away over the vacation and you would like to meet new friends, then why not sign up to our Winter at Bath buddying scheme.

Many of our events are free or at a discounted rate to what you would pay normally. Some events that we have run in previous years include:

University Carol Service Pre-social
trip to Longleat Safari Park and Festival of Light
tickets for the Pantomime
Christmas craft activities - Christmas wreaths, learn to knit, crocheting, bead art and more
ice skating
Glow golf
board game afternoons
winter walk around Prior Park gardens
trip to the Roman Baths
Christmas dinner
party games afternoon
Christmas films
art activities
dog walking

Other suggested activities

As well as the individual events, here are some other ideas.

Sports Pass

The Team Bath Sports Pass can be used during the winter break; if you haven’t already activated your free sports pass then please do so by visiting STV reception. You can book courts to play sport with friends or Swim in the SwimFit lanes. The Sports Training Village has reduced holiday opening hours over the winter break.

Library Resources

All library resources are available to you over the break. This includes a large film collection for loan, newspapers and popular magazines from around the world through Press Reader, plus access to Kanopy , which contains 24,000 films, documentaries, tv series and instructional videos from over 700 international suppliers. Kanopy is a particularly good source of films in Mandarin, French, German, Spanish, Italian and Russian. Box of Broadcasts also provides access to 2 million off-air tv and radio recordings from more than 75 free-to-air channels while you're in the UK.

For festive reading ideas, try the Library's new festive reading list , see the display in the Library on Level 2, or the Library's Reading for Pleasure guide.

Events in the City

In addition to the above, there are a number of other events going on in the city in which you may be interested.

There are also a number of other events taking place in and around the Bath and Bristol area. Take a look at Visit Bath's What's On Guide and Visit Bristol's What's On Guide to see what's happening this winter. Some local highlights include:

Park Runs The Bath Skyline Park Run takes place every Saturday (including the 20 and 27 December). It starts just outside the University grounds. Run, jog or walk the 5km course. More runs may be added. Free to enter but you need to register first.
Services at Bath Abbey

Useful Information

Over Christmas and New Year, many shops and offices have reduced opening hours. Trains and buses run limited services. Find out about transport to and from campus, opening times for shops on campus and in the city, and staff offices.

Wellbeing

Student Support will be available as normal.

If you need advice outside these hours our Be Well - Talk now service provides free confidential advice and support to you wherever you are in the world, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

Our Wellbeing A-Z offers practical tips and advice for many wellbeing topics.

The wellbeing support out of hours lists local and national charities who are able to support your wellbeing.

You can also access urgent support. If you have an emergency call 999, or University Security (01225 383999) if you are on campus or in University accommodation.

Transport

All students living in the City will have access to the campus via First Buses, who are running a reduced service, in order to take part in our activities. (Please note that the No. 22 bus and the U2 services do not run in vacation times). E-scooters will still be available - don't forget Dott offers a discount for University students. Further information on bus and train travel, and taxis, is on our winter transport page.

Supermarkets in Bath

Supermarkets will now be open as normal.

Food outlets opening times

Check the opening times for all the food and drink outlets and shops on campus; this page is updated each week.

The Library

The Library building will be open 24/7. For all service details see: Library Opening Times and Staffed Services.

University offices

Most University offices are back to normal working hours. Our Security Team will operate 24 hours a day, 7 days a week throughout the period as normal.