Choose Your Membership
Joint Membership
Two adults (aged 17+) living at the same address
£40 a year* (including digital communications and literature)
£45 a year* (including physical and digital communications and literature.***)
Family Membership
Two adults (aged 17+) and up to four children (aged 6-16), under 5s go free
£45 a year* (including digital literature and communications)
£50 a year* (including digital and physical communications and literature***)
Single Membership
Adult
One adult (aged 17+)
£30 a year* (including digital communications and literature)
£35 a year* (including physical communications and literature***)
Student
One student (no age restriction; evidence of student status must be provided in the form of a valid student ID or student email)
£20 a year* (including digital literature)
£25 a year* (including digital and physical literature***)
Organisation/Corporate Membership
Residents’ Association
Bath-based residents’ association
£35 a year* (including physical communications and literature. Not available for overseas memberships)
£30 a year* (including digital communications and literature)
Parish Council
Bath-based parish council
£20 a year* (including digital literature)
£25 a year* (including digital and physical literature***)
Corporate
Bath-based corporate organisation or business
£150 a year* (including digital literature)
£155 a year* (including digital and physical literature***)
Life Membership
Single
One adult (aged 17+)
£350** (including physical or digital communications and literature***)
Joint
Two adults (aged 17+) living at the same address
£450** (including physical or digital literature***)
*12 months of membership running from 1st June – 31st May
**one-off payment for membership
*** Overseas memberships are given digital-only communications and literature by default
Your membership benefits include:
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Unlimited free entry to all BPT museums throughout the year.
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Invitations to bespoke BPT walks, talks and private tours.
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Access to advice and support from BPT’s conservation team and committees on planning policy, conservation and heritage.
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Know you are playing a vital role in helping to preserve Bath’s heritage.
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Meet fellow members with similar interests.
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Put your views to BPT at the Annual General Meeting.
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Receive BPT’s biannual Bath Matters publication, monthly eNews and the Annual Review.
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Christmas drinks reception with the Chairman, Trustees, staff and fellow members.
How to join Bath Preservation Trust
Please note that membership cannot currently be purchased in person at any of our museums.
There are many types of membership options available, from just £15 per year. You can download our Membership Application Form as a Microsoft Word document by clicking here, or as a PDF document by clicking here. The Microsoft Word document version can be filled in online and the PDF document version is ideal for printing off and filling in by hand.
Email your completed form to membership@bptrust.org.uk or post your completed form, with a cheque if applicable, to:
Bath Preservation Trust, 1 Royal Crescent, Bath, BA1 2LR
The more members we have, the more weight BPT’s views carry when the historic beauty of Bath is threatened. With your support, our influence with planning and other authorities and stakeholders is strengthened. Financial support from our members means we can plan our programme of conservation and education into the future.
If you are buying membership for someone else or giving it as a gift, fill in the Membership Application Form with the gift recipient’s information and your payment details. You can choose to have the Membership Welcome Pack delivered to yourself, or directly to the gift recipient with your own personal message (don’t forget to include your name!). Their year of membership will start from the day payment is received, and how long the membership is valid for will depend on the membership type.
Please note that overseas members are not eligible for postal communications and literature.
Frequently Asked Questions
Whether you’re already a Bath Preservation Trust member, are thinking of joining or want to give membership as a gift, here are the answers to some of the most frequently asked questions.
If you haven’t found the answer to your question here, please email membership@bptrust.org.uk for further assistance.
Our overseas members can receive all communications from us digitally, which comes at a £5 discount to postal communications! We can also arrange for you to pick up your membership card from one of our museums when you are in Bath.
Standard annual memberships run from June 1st until May 31st with pro-rata payment options available for joining throughout the year. For more information see the pricing structure overleaf on our membership application/renewal form. Life memberships have no expiry date and do not need to be renewed.
Yes! Fill in the membership application/renewal form with the gift recipient’s information and your payment details. You can choose to have the welcome pack delivered to yourself, or directly to the gift recipient with your own personal message (don’t forget to include your name!). Their year of membership will start from the day payment is received, and how long the membership is valid for will depend on the membership type.
Our Corporate Members
Bath Preservation Trust is delighted to include our list of Corporate Members:
- Aaron Evans Architects
- Bath Chamber of Commerce
- Bath Chronicle
- Bath Spa University
- Crisp Cowley
- Curo Group
- Designscape Architects
- E P Mallory
- Hawker Joinery
- Ironart of Bath
- JABA Conservation Architects
- Kingswood School
- National Art Collections Fund
- Royal Crescent Hotel
- Save Britain’s Heritage
- St John’s Foundation
- Stone King LLP
- The Georgian Group
- University of Bath
Our Parish Council Members
We are so grateful to the following Parish Councils for all their support: