Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Sights
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Sleeping
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Eating
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Jules
B3
Spencer's Bar & Brasserie
(see 4)
B2
Sights & Activities
Rock Park
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PARK
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Rock Park, the site of the earliest spa development, is a serene forested, landscaped oasis
at the centre of the town. The bath house is now a complementary health centre and the
pump room a conference centre. Just southeast of the centre is a sedately pretty, tree-en-
circled lake, built at the end of the 19th century to allow Victorians to take their exercise
without appearing to do so. The original boathouse is now a private residence, but you can
still rent a boat, fish for carp or take lunch at the cafe. The centre-piece of the lake is a
sculpture of a Welsh dragon.
National Cycle Collection
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MUSEUM
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( 01597-825531;
www.cyclemuseum.org.uk
; Temple St; adult/child £4/2; 10am-4pm Mon-Fri Apr-Oct)
Housed in the art nouveau Automobile Palace, the National Cycle Collection comprises
more than 250 bikes. The exhibits show the progression from clunky boneshakers and
circus-reminiscent penny-farthings to bamboo bikes from the 1890s and the vertiginous
'Eiffel Tower' of 1899 (used to display billboards), as well as slicker, modern-day ver-
