| The Corridor | |
| Coordinates: | 51.3822°N -2.3592°W |
| Location: | Bath, Somerset, England |
| Built: | 1825 |
| Architect: | Henry Goodridge |
| Designation1: | Grade II Listed Building |
| Designation1 Offname: | 1-11, The Corridor |
| Designation1 Date: | 12 June 1950 |
| Designation1 Number: | 1395345 |
| Designation2: | Grade II Listed Building |
| Designation2 Offname: | 11A and 12A, The Corridor |
| Designation2 Date: | 12 June 1950 |
| Designation2 Number: | 1395347 |
| Designation3: | Grade II Listed Building |
| Designation3 Offname: | 12-22, The Corridor |
| Designation3 Date: | 12 June 1950 |
| Designation3 Number: | 1395348 |
The Corridor is one of the world's earliest retail arcades, designed by architect Henry Goodridge and built in 1825, in Bath, Somerset, England.
The fashion for arranging shops in arcades arose in Paris in the late 18th Century. The Corridor followed the trend set by London's Burlington Arcade.
The Grade II listed arcade has a glass roof. The High Street end has a Doric colonnade. Each end has marble columns.[1]
A musicians gallery, with a wrought iron balustrade and gilt lions heads and garlands, is in the centre of the arcade.[2]
Number 7 was the photographic studio of William Friese-Greene.[2]
On 9 December 1974, a telephone warning alerted police in Bath that a bomb was shortly to explode in the Corridor. The subsequent blast at 9.10pm from a 5 lb bomb planted by the Irish Republican Army[3] [4] caused huge damage and forced the Corridor to undergo a major renovation programme. No one was hurt in the blast.[5]