Bath itinerary

1. 1

   The Roman Baths - Britain's Best Preserved Ancient Thermal Complex

   The Roman Baths sit on top of Britain's only hot spring, which pushes out roughly 1.17 million litres of water a day at 46 degrees Celsius. The Romans arrived in the AD 60s, called the settlement Aquae Sulis and built a…

   Address

   Abbey Church Yard, Stall Street, Bath BA1 1LZ

   Nearest transit

   8-minute walk north from Bath Spa railway station via Manvers Street and Stall Street

2. 2

   Bath Abbey - The Last Great Medieval Church Built in England

   Bath Abbey stands about 20 paces from the Roman Baths entrance, so the two pair naturally. The current church was begun in 1499 by Bishop Oliver King, replacing a Norman cathedral that had fallen into ruin, and it is…

   Address

   12 Kingston Buildings, Bath BA1 1LT

   Nearest transit

   7-minute walk from Bath Spa railway station via Manvers Street and York Street

3. 3

   The Royal Crescent and No. 1 Royal Crescent - Georgian Bath at Full Scale

   The Royal Crescent is a sweep of 30 terraced houses built between 1767 and 1774 to a design by John Wood the Younger, fronted by 114 Ionic columns and facing a broad lawn that drops away towards Royal Victoria Park. It…

   Address

   1 Royal Crescent, Bath BA1 2LR

   Nearest transit

   18-minute walk uphill from Bath Spa railway station via Milsom Street and Brock Street

4. 4

   The Circus - John Wood's Circular Masterwork

   Walk 200 metres east from the Royal Crescent along Brock Street and the street opens into the Circus, a ring of 33 houses split into three curved segments by three entrances. John Wood the Elder designed it in 1754 and…

   Address

   The Circus, Bath BA1 2EW

   Nearest transit

   17-minute walk from Bath Spa railway station via Milsom Street and Gay Street

5. 5

   Pulteney Bridge and Pulteney Weir - Shops Across the River Avon

   Pulteney Bridge is one of only four bridges anywhere with shops built across its full span on both sides, alongside the Ponte Vecchio in Florence, the Rialto in Venice and the Krämerbrücke in Erfurt. Robert Adam…

   Address

   Pulteney Bridge, Bridge Street, Bath BA2 4AT

   Nearest transit

   10-minute walk from Bath Spa railway station via Southgate and High Street

6. 6

   Thermae Bath Spa - The Only Place You Can Actually Bathe in the Thermal Water

   This is where you get in the water. Thermae Bath Spa draws from the same three springs that feed the Roman Baths, but filters and treats the supply so it is safe to bathe in, which is exactly why the Roman site next…

   Address

   The Hetling Pump Room, Hot Bath Street, Bath BA1 1SJ

   Nearest transit

   7-minute walk from Bath Spa railway station via Southgate Street and Beau Street

7. 7

   The Jane Austen Centre - Regency Bath Through Its Most Famous Resident

   Jane Austen lived in Bath from 1801 to 1806 and set two novels here, Northanger Abbey and Persuasion, neither of them especially flattering about the place. The Centre occupies a Georgian townhouse on Gay Street, a few…

   Address

   40 Gay Street, Queen Square, Bath BA1 2NT

   Nearest transit

   13-minute walk from Bath Spa railway station via Milsom Street and Queen Square

8. 8

   The Holburne Museum and Sydney Gardens - Art at the End of Great Pulteney Street

   Great Pulteney Street runs 320 metres dead straight from Pulteney Bridge and terminates at the Holburne Museum, which was built in 1799 as the Sydney Hotel and converted to house Sir William Holburne's collection in…

   Address

   Great Pulteney Street, Bath BA2 4DB

   Nearest transit

   15-minute walk from Bath Spa railway station over Pulteney Bridge, or First Bus route U1 to Sydney Place

9. 9

   Prior Park Landscape Garden - A Palladian Bridge Above the City

   Ralph Allen made his fortune from the Bath stone quarries and from reforming the postal service, and Prior Park is where he spent it. The garden was laid out from the 1730s in a steep valley below his mansion, with…

   Address

   Ralph Allen Drive, Bath BA2 5AH

   Nearest transit

   First Bus route 1 from Dorchester Street to Ralph Allen Drive, then a 3-minute walk; about 35 minutes uphill on foot from Bath Spa railway station

10. 10

    The Bath Skyline Walk - Six Miles of Hills, Meadows and Rooftop Views

    The Bath Skyline is a six-mile waymarked circular walk managed by the National Trust across the hills wrapping the eastern and southern edges of the city. It links beech woodland, limestone meadows, an Iron Age hillfort…

    Address

    Bath Skyline trailhead, Bathwick Hill, Bath BA2 6LP

    Nearest transit

    First Bus routes U1 and U2 from Bath Spa railway station towards the University of Bath, alight on Bathwick Hill; or a 25-minute walk from the station

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