NEWS RELEASE
PR 1696
For Immediate
Release
6 April 2004
Two years and
12,000 cards
PHOTO
OPPORTUNITY
BATH & North East Somerset Council’s
Discovery Card scheme is celebrating its second birthday in April.
The Council has issued more than
12,000 of the cards which offer local residents free entry and a
range of discounts at a number of heritage attractions in Bath &
North East Somerset.
The cards are available free of
charge from the Roman Baths and Assembly Rooms in Bath.
To celebrate the second anniversary
of the scheme, Cllrs Paul Crossley and Francine Haeberling, Leader
and Deputy Leader of Bath & North East Somerset Council, will be
collecting their Discovery Cards at the Roman Baths on Wednesday,
April 7 at 2pm from Cllr Nicole O’Flaherty, Executive Member for
Tourism, Leisure and Culture.
Cllrs Crossley and Haeberling said:
“Everyone at Bath & North East Somerset Council is delighted with
how successful the Discovery Card scheme has become.
“As local residents and councillors
we both get free access to the Roman Baths and Museum of Costume but
with the Discovery Card we can also take advantage of the special
offers and discounts at some of the other excellent heritage
attractions in our area.”
To get a card all you have to do is
take along proof of residency, such as a utility bill, and proof of
identity such as a driving licence or passport. A photograph for the
card will be taken on the spot.
The Discovery Card offers free entry
to the Roman Baths and Museum of Costume as well as the following
special offers and discounts:
-
Summer Craft Fair at the Roman
Baths - discounts on selected items for card holders. Conditions
may apply.
-
Avon Valley Railway, Bitton – free
child with one full paying adult – 0117 932 5538/7296
-
Bath Abbey Heritage Vaults – free
entry to card holders – 01225 422462
-
Bath Aqua Theatre of Glass - 50%
off admission for card holders - 01225 428146
-
- Bath open top bus tour (Bath
Classic City Tour) - adult cardholders pay £3
-
Bath Postal
Museum – 50 % discount for card holders – 01225 460333
-
Building of Bath Museum – 50p
discount for card holders - 01225333895
-
Holburne Museum of Art – £1
discount for card holders – 01225 466669
-
HorseWorld, Whitchurch – 50 %
discount for card holders – 01275 540173
-
Jane Austen Centre – 50 % discount
for card holders – 01225 443000
-
Museum of Bath at Work – £2 off
adult admission/£1 off concessions – 01225 318348
-
Museum of East Asian Art - free
entry to card holders on the first Sunday of every month and
during all half-term school holidays - 01225 464640
-
Parade Gardens – 50 % discount for
card holders – 01225 477744 (summer only)
-
Pump Room – 50p off every £5 spent
on refreshments – 01225 444477
-
Radstock Museum - one child free
per one paying adult cardholder - 01761 437722
-
William Herschel Museum - 50p off
for adult card holders, two for one entry for card holders on the
first Sunday of every month - 01225 311342
-
Prior Park Landscape Garden - 50%
off admission for card holders, up to 2 children (age 5-16
inclusive) accompanied by a card holder will also get 50% off
admission, access by public transport, foot or bicycle - 01225
833422
For more information about the
Discovery Card log onto the Council’s website at
www.bathnes.gov.uk and look
under ‘D’ for Discovery Card on the A-Z index or call Tel: 01225
477736 for more details.
For more information, contact:
Stephen Bird, Head
of Heritage Services, on Tel: 01225 477750 or e-mail stephen_bird@bathnes.gov.uk
Katie Smith, Visitor Services
Manager - Roman Baths, on Tel: 01225 477747 or
e-mailkatie_smith@bathnes.gov.u
For comment, contact:
Cllr Nicole
O’Flaherty, Executive Member for Tourism, Leisure and Culture, on
Tel:01225 310341 or e-mail nicole_oflaherty@bathnes.gov.uk
Cllr Paul Crossley, Leader of the
Council, on Tel: 01225 477496 or e-mail paul_crossley@bathnes.gov.uk
Cllr Francine Haeberling, Executive
Member for Social Services and Deputy Leader of the Council, on Tel:
01225 872199 or e-mail francine_haeberling@bathnes.gov.uk
Issued by: Bath &
North East Somerset Press Office, tel 01225 477827 or 477283, email:
pressoffice@bathnes.gov.uk |
