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A day at Bath Racecourse
Flat 🎟 Under-18s free 👨👩👧 Very family-friendly
- 20racedays in 2027
- 20Flat
- 0Jumps
- 0Premier Racedays
🏇 The course
High hilltop left-handed oval of about 1m 5f on Lansdown with a long, gently rising home straight that has a kink.
- Track
- Left-handed · Turf
- Big races
- Bank-holiday Family Fun Days (e.g. Easter and May Day 2026) and summer evening flat fixtures; no Group races.
👨👩👧 A family day out
Under-18s free at all 2026 fixtures with a paying adult; up to three children per paying adult (box office: 17 and under free, exclusions may apply, free ticket issued on the day).
Family days: Family Fun Days (Easter egg hunts, May Day 2026 climbing walls and Inflatable World, themed Dinosaur/Superhero days); most fixtures have free funfair rides, bouncy castles and face painting
- 🛝 Play area: family days only
- 👶 Pushchairs: yes
- 🧺 Picnics: yes
📍 Getting there
- Address
- Bath Racecourse, Lansdown, Bath, BA1 9BU
- By train
- Bath Spa station; race day shuttle bus (First Bus) from outside the station, under 15 min, £6 return, under-16s free with a paying adult
- Parking
- Free and plentiful (grass car park; blue badge hard-standing area)
Worth knowing: No formal dress code in public areas (smart-casual in hospitality); picnics allowed but no alcohol brought in (2019 guidance).
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Hotel
The Francis Hotel
Bath, Somerset · 3.7 miles from Bath Racecourse
Price guide: from £150 a night
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Hotel
Bathen House Boutique Hotel
Bath, Somerset · 3.4 miles from Bath Racecourse
Price guide: from £100 a night
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Hotel
The Queensberry Hotel
Bath, Somerset · 3.4 miles from Bath Racecourse
Price guide: from £100 a night
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B&B
Grosvenor Villa B&B
Bath, Somerset · 4.0 miles from Bath Racecourse
Price guide: from £100 a night
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Bath 2027 fixtures
March
- Fri 26 Flat Next
April
- Fri 16 Flat EVE
- Mon 26 Flat
May
- Mon 3 Flat
- Wed 12 Flat EVE
- Fri 21 Flat
June
- Sat 12 Flat
- Mon 21 Flat
- Wed 30 Flat EVE
July
- Wed 14 Flat
- Fri 30 Flat EVE
August
- Sat 14 Flat EVE
- Fri 27 Flat
September
- Wed 1 Flat
- Sat 11 Flat
- Sun 12 Flat
- Tue 28 Flat
October
- Thu 7 Flat
- Mon 18 Flat
- Thu 28 Flat
From the BHA 2027 Fixture List. Dates can change – check with the racecourse before you travel.
