BPT exists to support the residents, communities and businesses of Bath and its rural environs. We do this by advocating and campaigning for positive sustainable development to enable growth and environmental protection, whilst conserving and enhancing the historic character of the World Heritage City of Bath. We work with architects, designers, planners, policy makers, homeowners and many stakeholders locally and nationally to effect positive change. We have played a leading role in Bath for more than 80 years, to stop inappropriate development and effect positive change.
We also provide authentic cultural heritage experiences and activities at four museums in the city, welcoming around 100,000 visitors each year. Through these, we demonstrate Bath’s contribution to architecture, science and creativity through engagement and learning.
Bath Preservation Trust campaigns for and promotes the conservation, sustainable enhancement and celebration of the unique built environment and amenity, green setting and global contributions of the City of Bath as a World Heritage Site. At our heart are the principles of informed advocacy, learning for all, and the provision of authentic heritage experiences at our four museums, through partnership working and online.
We believe Bath deserves excellence in design and contemporary sustainable development which is inclusive of all people, improving social and economic opportunities without compromising our unparalleled built heritage and natural environment.
Our museums and collections provide inspiring experiences, learning and insights from the past which help people deepen their knowledge through narratives expressed appropriately, knowledgably and equitably.
We:
•Promote our commitment to sustainable development for Bath and demonstrate the value of heritage in a changing world
•Advocate and campaign for the total public realm, a healthy environment and a thriving living city
•Champion forward-thinking and appropriate sustainable architecture and design worthy of the World Heritage City of Bath
•Continue the successful innovative development of, and increased access to, our museums through careful growth and targeted promotion
•Encourage and enable Bath citizens to take an active responsibility for the future welfare of the city via membership, volunteering and support
•Provide opportunities for learning for people of all ages in all areas of our work
