4 Best Bars in Bath and the Cotswolds, England

This distillery produces authentic English gin with the finest botanicals from across the world, including bitter orange and English coriander. The company has its own atmospheric gin bar on Queen Street, where you can try a range of gin-based cocktails and buy bottles to take home. There are more than 230 gins on the drinks menu, by a large range of distillers, so you're guaranteed to find something you haven't tried before.

Owned by 600 local beer fans as a cooperative, the Bell Inn has regular live music—jazz, blues, and folk—on Mondays, alternating Tuesdays and Wednesdays, and Sunday lunchtime, as well as a selection of real ales and good food. The fireplace is used in winter, and should you need to catch up on your laundry, there's even a self-service laundry.

The buzzing circular bar in a cellar whips up a sassy cocktail or glass of champagne in this popular venue. In late afternoon, Circo lso serves an imaginative afternoon tea, and at Circo After Dark on Friday and Saturday nights, DJs play from 9 pm until the early hours of the morning.

Pub aficionados will relish the friendly, unspoiled ambience of the independently owned Raven, a quintessentially English spot for a pie and a pint. There is always a selection of 10 cask ales, plus many craft beers.