WE ARE A COOPERATIVE

The Bell is a historic free house and music pub on the edge of Bath city centre: it is owned by around 500 of its customers, fans and workers as a Registered Co-operative. We bought the pub on July 2nd 2013.

WE ARE A LIVE MUSIC VENUE

We have live music three times a week ranging from jazz to blues to folk to other things, open mic nights on thursday, plus DJ nights at the weekend - always free!

WE ARE A PUB

We stock seven real ales plus two guest ales and some excellent ciders from the area.

We are dedicated to

Live Music, real ale & cider, the ecology, fair trade and Bath's wonderful artistic community

We are a

Living Wage employer and part of The MU’s Fair Play Venue Scheme.

We are proud

to be the largest pub buyout project in Britain at the time, and the first CoOp pub in Bath.

We are happy

for you to contact us if you want to learn more about our co-operative

The Bell Inn Open Share Offer

Here you will find information on the upcoming open share offer. Application forms and the full share offer document will be available to download here by mid-June.

You will be able to invest anywhere between £200 and £2,000.. [Read more]

WANT TO KNOW WHAT'S ON AT THE BELL?

Then take a visit to our main pub site (opens in new window)

Visit the bell

QUOTES

"To me, the Bell is a crucial and integral venue and a great window into the world of music and entertainment in the West Country"

"For more than 30 years Bath has evolved as a great place for music and especially for nurturing new talent in many areas. The Bell has always been a key part of Bath's live music scene, often giving musicians their first break and always providing music that is vibrant, diverse and free.”

“The Bell and Glastonbury Festival are both part of the same family and are trying to do the same thing in their own distinct ways. We must not allow the Bell to become just another chain pub or worse, and I would urge everyone to support this splendid community enterprise."

RESOURCES

A list of sites and resources that we found very useful during and after our community buyout.