Has anyone bought a new bath recently that is a decent width without being too long?

If you have the room, have a look at baths that are designed to be used as shower/baths. Most of them are wider than normal baths even at the narrower end.

Interesting question. I never thought much about baths until I stayed in a B&B that had a bath that was very long and very narrow. It was so long that I couldn’t relax in it: I just kept sliding down. It made me realise that it was more luck than judgement that my own bath was just the right length and had a slope at the head end so I could lie back and relax. When people buy a bed they’ll lie down on it to see if it’s comfortable but no one tries out baths for comfort!

Oh and to get out of the bath these days I have to roll over into my knees. Which doesn’t do my arthritic knee any good but otherwise I’d be stuck there forever.

I sometimes have to do that when staying somewhere too

We had to have a new bath a fortnight ago when ours cracked. Our plumber bought ours from b&q, I asked for a standard bath as we wanted it to go into the existing space and it’s perfect. I think it’s slightly wider than the one it replaced but it isn’t particularly narrow.

Baths come in varying sizes, have a look online at wickes.
www.wickes.co.uk/

Thanks - I hadn’t thought of Wicks

We have what is called an offset corner bath. I have arthritis and can get in and out. It is quite wide.

www.google.com/search?q=offset+corner+bath&oq=offset+corner+bath&aqs=chrome..69i57j69i60.1130j0j7&client=ms-android-samsung-ss&sourceid=chrome-mobile&ie=UTF-8&chrome_dse_attribution=1#scso=_aLXwYsWzIo_bgQatj4rADA30:136

Mine cast iron and sixty years old, refurbished but it beats all the new ones, takes a lot of water though, doesn’t bother me much as I shower.

There are so many large reputable bathroom stores out there there is bound to be someone who does what you want. All the DIY stores, Builders Merchants, at least 6 big well known online suppliers. And more too innumerable to mention.

Just do a google search.