Living in Bath

Paired with a small-town feel, Bath’s world-famous historic sites, stimulating cultural events, and diverse social environment make it your perfect home away from home.

The City

While studying at ASE, the city of Bath becomes your campus. Our student houses are all located centrally, in safe, cosmopolitan neighbourhoods, offering daily opportunities to explore the city on foot and connect with the community.

Just an easy stroll from your residence, you’ll encounter picturesque first-century Roman Baths, the fifteenth-century Abbey, galleries, theatres, and museums. Among Bath's many cafés, pubs, and restaurants is the famous Pump Room, which tempts visitors in for tea, coffee, cakes and – for the bold – a taste of the naturally hot spring waters.

Watch our Bath history video series, hosted by ASE legend Andrew Butterworth.

Student life in Bath

Bath has a population of around 100,000, and about one in five residents is in full-time higher education.

The city is renowned for its great range of shops, cafés, pubs, and restaurants catering to students with various 'specials' and discounts. The locales act as meeting places where you can enjoy a pint or a 'cuppa' and connect with Bath’s residents (and the city’s many international visitors). There are spots around town for all types of music, theatre, film, poetry evenings, and reading groups.

The ASE team organises weekly events and can link you with local volunteering agencies, clubs, sports teams, and Bath Spa University societies.

Beyond Bath

While residing in Bath, you’ll have easy access to trains, buses, and planes to other parts of Britain - and beyond. Popular day-trip destinations include London, Bristol, and Cardiff.

ASE also offers several organised trips that will expand your knowledge (and hopefully love) of the UK. You’ll spend a whole week at the University of Oxford, and three days in Shakespeare’s home town, Stratford-upon-Avon, learning all about The Bard and seeing the Royal Shakespeare Company in action!

Hi there! It’s Skyler again with Highlights of Bath! 🫶 The Highlight of this week was the Stratford-upon-Avon Residential where we saw Shakespeare’s birthplace, a theater tour, and two amazing plays: The Forsyte Saga Part 2: Fleur and The BFG! 🎭 I loved The BFG because of the nostalgia I felt seeing one of my favorite childhood books get acted out on stage. It was also very cool to see the use of puppets to emphasize the size of the giants. In our free time, my friends and I walked to Shakespeare’s church on the river walk which was very pretty and a nice wrap up to our trip. This week was very busy studying for finals and getting ready to go home on Saturday, but I managed to sneak in a day trip to the Bristol Christmas Markets. 🎄 I hope you had as much fun on this series as I did! Thank you all for following along each week and I hope you enjoyed my Highlights of Bath! #americatoengland #aseau25 #studyabroadstudent #homebound