Hi everyone, my name is CJ Egerton, I'm currently at the University of Bath
going into my final year studying education with psychology, and over the
next couple days I'm going to be giving you a tour of campus and also in town, so
let's go, hope you enjoy it.
Bath is known for its gorgeous scenery, one place I would
absolutely recommend which is really quite hidden is that little cafe there
that's white in a semi-circle. It's absolutely lovely for afternoon tea, coffee
and scones. I think the biggest tip for freshers is just to come into town, walk
around, grab a coffee, go shopping and just have a look around Bath. It's such
a beautiful city and the architecture is absolutely amazing, and I'm still finding
hidden gems three years later. So in the centre of Bath we see coffee shops,
regular shops and loads of stands. It's such an incredibly popular place. So I'm
getting the bus down Milsom Street at the moment which is the centre of
shopping for Bath. I've bought some amazing shirts at Jolly's.
You've got the Ivy. My favorite spot is the alehouse, let me zoom in on
that, so there you can see it says "Sleight Bath's only magic bar".
So basically downstairs is a huge magic bar
and every single night but most popular on Fridays and Saturdays as a magician
and that's also a magic show which you can book online.
It's absolutely incredible. So another thing that Uni students 100% need to
take advantage of is the fact that with our student ID you can get into loads of
places across Bath for free. One example is the parade gardens behind me they're
actually gorgeous and look over the weir. Here is Bath's theatre I've seen a couple
performances here and honestly I could not recommend it more. And just to the
left of it is the Garrix Head, open all day,
and it is Bath's best fish and chips in town, huge thumbs up from me.
So whether it is a drinking night out or whether you just want to have some fun with friends, I
would recommend Comedia. It's absolutely brilliant. One event which is
legendary at the Uni is 'bingo lingo' which is usually every Tuesday. And basically
you just have a pint or wine and you play bingo. The prizes are incredible,
last year I remember someone won a 50 pound voucher and also they won a
cardboard cutout of Jeremy Corbin, and there was a twerk off on stage. Brilliant.
If that's not your cup of tea however, there's also comedy shows and talks all
the time every week, one of which I'm going to in two weeks time when Uni
starts, and I'm going to see a comedian called Ellie Taylor she's
hilarious and it was only 15 pounds so it's cheap as well. Comedia - number one
place to go. Here we have an art gallery which is admission free, you could
go see some art work, then afterwards take a walk across town, grab a coffee,
enjoy the scenery. As I mentioned coffee and gorgeous little cafes like this. The
Good Day cafe is a little secret spot, absolutely gorgeous scenery, go there.
Another one I thought of is the Society cafe, now, especially during Bath festival this
place is amazing obviously for coffee and a cake, but also has events and talks
across the whole year about mental health, comedy and all things Bath.
So one thing you should definitely look at across Bath is an event called Pint
of Science, basically it's held accross loads of different pubs across the city
also around the UK, basically you can go there it's about a five pound admission
fee, and you get to hear loads of talks. I went to one recently about Tourette's
which was absolutely incredible and you can have a pint have some fun with
friends or you can just go for a non alcoholic drink, definitely would recommend.
The light in everybody's life who is at uni, not just Bath uni,
is the King of Wessex, the spoons, the only spoons in Bath. You can be a
fresher, second year, final year, master student, it doesn't matter - this place is
going to be a cheap, fun and great. This is at the Kings new entertainment centre
which has also got a cinema, TGI Fridays and a gym. This street is absolutely
brilliant I'd highly highly highly highly recommend it. On the same street
as Wetherspoons which I just showed you, is another secret more hidden gem. It's
called the Salt Cave. So we go in here,
it's absolutely beautiful, if you just have a look inside
it is gorgeous. So now all things Christmas markets. The Christmas markets
are absolutely amazing, and they're basically market stalls that run up and
down the high street in Bath. Also a hidden gem which I only found last
Christmas and also this summer is Bath on ice and also Bath on the beach, so
Bath on ice is essentially an ice skating arena which is behind the
Crescent in Vicky Park and it has drinks it has glow in the dark mini-golf, it's
absolutely great and has loads of student discounts - whoo! Loving it! And then also
Bath on the beach is in the exact same place held by the same people and it's
basically cocktails, ping-pong, volleyball, and it's all on the sand it's so great
because obviously being in a city and never by the sea so a little bit of sand
you know reminds you of the seaside.