Twerton

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Twerton is a suburb of the city of Bath, Somerset, England, situated to the west of the city, and home to the city's football club, Bath City.

Twerton is serviced by bus routes 5 and 20, both operated by First buses in the Bath area. Twerton high street houses pubs, a minimarket, a newsagent's, Blockbuster, a bakery and two hairdressing salons.

It had a railway station, called Twerton-on-Avon, on the main Great Western rail line, but the station closed in 1917. Until its closure in 1939, Twerton was the terminus of one line of the Bath tramway system.

St Michael's church was enlarged in 1824 by local architect John Pinch the elder and rebuilt in 1839 by the city architect George Phillips Manners. Twerton Gaol was built by Manners in 1840 and closed in 1878. Only the governor's house survives, now converted into apartments.

The author Henry Fielding who wrote Tom Jones lived in Twerton and is believed to have written most of the novel while living there. His house was demolished for road improvements by Bath City Council in the 1960s.