Bath is one of the world’s most beautiful cities, with lots of lovely museums and parks, and the famed Royal Crescent, often used for BBC period dramas. It also has healing spa waters, just like the towns of Tunbridge Wells and Leamington Spa. It’s a 13-mile walk to nearby Bristol.
Despite being a city, Bath is home to lots of lovely wildlife from badgers to bees. Also this area is popular with our native birds including kingfishers, woodpeckers, nuthatch, herons and sparrowhawks. Find more ways to help your local wildlife rescue and animal shelter.
Pulteney Bridge is one of the four bridges on earth to have shops across both sides full span. Designed in 1769 by Robert Adam, it’s one of the finest examples of Georgian architecture and named after his wife Frances Pulteney.
North Parade (Sophie Foggin) is a terrace of historic Grade 1 listed buildings built by John Wood the Elder. Made from Bath Stone, there are still a few private houses, but most are now shops and hotels. One resident (John Palmer) owned the local Theatre Royal and invented mail coaches, which eventually became our postal service. He was also Mayor of Bath and an MP.
