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For the constituency located in the city, see Bath (UK Parliament constituency). Bath (RP: / bɑːθ /; [ 2 ]local pronunciation: [ba (ː)θ] [ 3 ]) is a city in the ceremonial county of Somerset in England, known for and named after its Roman-built baths. [ 4 ] At the 2021 Census, the population was 94,092. [ 1 ]
Bath's stunning, honey-coloured Georgian architecture is straight from a Jane Austen novel; highlights include the iconic Royal Crescent and the majestic Circus. There’s plenty to see beyond the city, too, with beautiful Somerset countryside to explore, as well as attractions including Stonehenge, Avebury, Castle Combe, and Longleat Safari Park.
A wellness retreat for the Romans and elegant Georgian architecture around every corner – Bath is the city that has it all. But look beyond its UNESCO World Heritage status and discover a destination bursting with cultural and gastronomic delights, from live music and comedy to captivating tours and experiences.
- Roman Baths
- Bath Abbey
- Royal Crescent
- No. 1 Royal Crescent
- Royal Victoria Park
- Prior Park Landscape Garden
- Circus
- Pulteney Bridge
- Fashion Museum
- Holburne Museum
The Roman bathing complex has been redeveloped many times over the centuries, and you can visit the museum there now to rifle through the many layers of history. Above ground the current buildings mostly date to the 19th century and there are statues of Emperors and the Governors of Roman Britain on the terrace. The first-rate museum here takes you...
An shining piece of Perpendicular Gothic architecture, Bath Abbey is mostly from the late-Middle Ages and was then reworked during a thorough restoration in the 1860s by Sir George Gilbert Scott. Most captivating of all is Abbey’s fan vaulting. At first this was produced only in the choir in the 15th century by the master stonemasons Robert and Wil...
Facing south on a rise over the Avon Valley, the Royal Crescent is a semi-circular terrace of 30 uniform Georgian townhouses. It was designed by John Wood, the Younger and constructed from 1767 to 1774. The ensemble is held as one of the greatest pieces of Georgian architecture in the UK and the facade has hardly changed over the last 250 years. Th...
The building on the eastern tip of the Royal Crescent is the cornerstone of the development and is considered the pinnacle of Palladian architecture in Bath. In the 20th century this house was split from its service wing to become two separate properties. These were reunited in 2000 and a restoration in 2012-13 returned the building to how it would...
This regal park beside the Royal Crescent was opened in 1830 by an 11-year-old Princess Victoria, seven years before she became queen. On a gentle slope these 57 acres have tall mature trees, a cherry tree avenue and a nine-acre botanical garden. In the north is the Great Dell on the site of a former limestone quarry, which in the 1840s was planted...
You can walk or catch a bus up to this marvellous estate around a Palladian mansion. That house was built by the entrepreneur and postal reformer Ralph Allen, and has hosted a school since 1830. The grounds that flow down the valley are sublime and now run by the National Trust. These gardens were laid out in the English landscape style by the poet...
Another masterpiece of 18th-century architecture, the Circus is a few steps east of the Royal Crescent and predates its neighbour. This circular development, now Grade I listed, was drawn up by John Wood, the Elder and completed in 1768. A curious fact about the Circus is that Wood designed it to have almost the same diameter as Stonehenge as he be...
Crossing the Avon, the Palladian Pulteney Bridge is the work of the Scottish architect Robert Adam and dates to 1774. The monument grabs your attention for the rows of shops along its 45-metre span and is of the most photographed monuments in Bath’s World Heritage centre. The bridge is named for Frances Pulteney, the wife of William Pulteney, who f...
In the majestic Assembly Rooms (1769) is a museum revealing the changes in fashionable clothing from the end of the 16th century to the present day. The collection was begun in the 20th century by the fashion historian Doris Langley and has since grown to more than 100,000 pieces. The museum has an army of mannequins dressed in anything from Georgi...
The former Sydney Hotel at the east end of Great Pulteney Street is a refined setting for Bath’s first public art museum. This splendid Neoclassical building was completed in 1799 and has housed the museum since 1882. Appropriately for Bath the museum’s collection offers a taste of Georgian culture. In the art collection are works by from the Golde...
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Visit Bath, historic, beautiful and vibrant. The World Heritage city of Bath uniquely represents two thousand years of history in which visitors can immerse themselves either in thoughts and dreams or physically in the natural spring waters.
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The 15 best things to do in Bath. From glorious thermal springs to lush limestone buildings, here the very best things to do in this Somerset city. Established by the Romans way back in 76BC,...
