Editing Bath, Somerset (section)

===Parks===
[[File:Bath - Parade Gardens - July 2006.jpg|thumb|alt=Large green area with small open- sided structure in the middle. Behind is a yellow-coloured building.|right|Parade Gardens and the [[Empire Hotel, Bath|Empire Hotel]].]]
[[Royal Victoria Park, Bath|Royal Victoria Park]], a short walk from the city centre, was opened in 1830 by the 11-year-old [[Queen Victoria|Princess Victoria]], and was the first park to carry her name.<ref>{{cite web |title=Royal Victoria Park |url=http://visitbath.co.uk/things-to-do/royal-victoria-park-p25701 |publisher=Visit Bath |access-date=4 May 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150314233748/http://visitbath.co.uk/things-to-do/royal-victoria-park-p25701 |archive-date=14 March 2015 |url-status=live }}</ref> The [[public park]] is overlooked by the Royal Crescent and covers {{convert|23|ha|acre}}.<ref name="vicpark">{{cite web |url=http://www.bathnes.gov.uk/services/sport-leisure-and-parks/parks-opening-times-and-locations/royal-victoria-park |title=Victoria Park |access-date=9 December 2007 |work=City of Bath |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120922135221/http://www.bathnes.gov.uk/services/sport-leisure-and-parks/parks-opening-times-and-locations/royal-victoria-park |archive-date=22 September 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref> It has<ref name="vicpark"/> a [[skatepark]], tennis courts, a [[bowling green]], a putting green and a 12- and 18-hole golf course, a pond, open-air concerts, an annual [[travelling funfair]] at Easter,<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.thisisbath.co.uk/10-places-visit-Easter-Bath/story-15589562-detail/story.html |title=Here are 10 places to visit over Easter in Bath |date=22 March 2012 |newspaper=[[Bath Chronicle]] |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120822154519/http://www.thisisbath.co.uk/10-places-visit-Easter-Bath/story-15589562-detail/story.html |archive-date=22 August 2012 |access-date=13 June 2012 }}</ref> and a children's play area. Much of its area is [[lawn]]; a notable feature is a [[ha-ha]] that segregates it from the Royal Crescent while giving the impression from the Crescent of uninterrupted grassland across the park to Royal Avenue. It has a "[[Green Flag Award]]", the national standard for parks and green spaces in England and Wales, and is registered by [[English Heritage]] as of [[Register of Historic Parks and Gardens of special historic interest in England|National Historic Importance]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.greenflagaward.org.uk/winners/GSP001022/ |title=Royal Victoria Park |access-date=25 January 2008 |work=Green Flag award |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080206023920/http://www.greenflagaward.org.uk/winners/GSP001022/ |archive-date=6 February 2008 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The {{convert|3.84|ha|acre|adj=on}} botanical gardens were formed in 1887 and contain one of the finest collections of plants on limestone in the [[West Country]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bathnes.gov.uk/services/sport-leisure-and-parks/parks-opening-times-and-locations/botanic-gardens |title=measurement given in acres |publisher=Bathnes.gov.uk |access-date=24 February 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120922135157/http://www.bathnes.gov.uk/services/sport-leisure-and-parks/parks-opening-times-and-locations/botanic-gardens |archive-date=22 September 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

A replica Roman Temple was built at the [[British Empire Exhibition]] at [[Wembley]] in 1924, and, following the exhibition, was dismantled and rebuilt in Victoria Park in Bath.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/bristol/content/articles/2007/06/27/royal_victoria_park_feature.shtml |title=Playing in the park |publisher=BBC Bristol |access-date=2 May 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080205031448/http://www.bbc.co.uk/bristol/content/articles/2007/06/27/royal_victoria_park_feature.shtml |archive-date=5 February 2008 |url-status=live }}</ref> In 1987, the gardens were extended to include the Great Dell, a disused quarry with a collection of [[conifers]].<ref>{{cite web |title=The Great Dell |url=http://visitbath.co.uk/things-to-do/the-botanical-gardens-p26041 |publisher=Bath Botanical Gardens |access-date=26 August 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140209184614/http://visitbath.co.uk/things-to-do/the-botanical-gardens-p26041 |archive-date=9 February 2014 |url-status=live }}</ref>

Other parks include Alexandra Park on a hill overlooking the city; [[Parade Gardens]], along the river near the abbey in the city centre; [[Sydney Gardens]], an 18th-century pleasure garden; Henrietta Park; Hedgemead Park; and Alice Park. [[Jane Austen]] wrote "It would be pleasant to be near the Sydney Gardens. We could go into the Labyrinth every day."<ref>{{cite book |title=Jane Austen: Her homes & her friends |url=https://archive.org/details/janeaustenherhom00hilluoft |last=Hill |first=Constance |year=1901 |publisher=John Lane. Dodley Head Ltd }}</ref> Alexandra, Alice and Henrietta parks were built into the growing city among the housing developments.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.avongardenstrust.org.uk/gardens.html |title=Local parks and gardens |access-date=21 November 2009 |work=Avon Gardens Trust |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140417001818/http://www.avongardenstrust.org.uk/gardens.html |archive-date=17 April 2014 }}</ref> Linear Park is built on the old [[Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway]] line,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Linear Park {{!}} Bathnes |url=https://www.bathnes.gov.uk/services/sport-leisure-and-parks/parks-green-spaces/find-park/linear-park |access-date=9 November 2020 |website=www.bathnes.gov.uk |archive-date=9 November 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201109054119/https://www.bathnes.gov.uk/services/sport-leisure-and-parks/parks-green-spaces/find-park/linear-park |url-status=live }}</ref> and connects with the [[Two Tunnels Greenway]] which contains the longest cycling and walking tunnel in the UK. [[Cleveland Pools]] were built around 1815 close to the River Avon,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/Details/Default.aspx?id=445855 |title=Cleveland Baths |work=Images of England |publisher=Historic England |access-date=25 August 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120301214737/http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/Details/Default.aspx?id=445855 |archive-date=1 March 2012 }}</ref> now the oldest surviving public outdoor [[Lido (swimming pool)|lido]] in England.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Morris |first1=Steven |title=Bath's Georgian swimming pool wins £4.5&nbsp;m towards restoration |url=https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2014/aug/11/bath-georgian-swimming-pool-wins-funding-restoration |access-date=3 May 2015 |work=The Guardian |date=11 August 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150504180019/http://www.theguardian.com/culture/2014/aug/11/bath-georgian-swimming-pool-wins-funding-restoration |archive-date=4 May 2015 |url-status=live }}</ref> Restoration was completed in 2023, after a 20 year fund-raising campaign, with the lido opening for the first time in 40 years on 10 September.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Miller |first1=Tracey |last2=Limbu |first2=Dawn |title=Cleveland Pools: Bath's Georgian lido reopens after 40 years |work=BBC News |date=10 September 2023 |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-somerset-66769385 |access-date=10 September 2023 |archive-date=11 September 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230911002604/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-somerset-66769385 |url-status=live }}</ref>