
Combe Down · Bath
The Bridge with Four Siblings
Find the Palladian Bridge — one of only four like it left in the world.
- ⏱ 45 min
- 💷 £
- 🥾 Medium
Prior Park's Palladian Bridge was built in the 1750s, copied from a design so exact that only three others like it exist anywhere — at Stowe, Wilton, and Russia's Catherine Palace. This one's tucked into a National Trust valley on the edge of the city.
What you’ll do
- 1Head up to the garden
- 2Find the bridge
- 3Prove it
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Photo: Brian Robert Marshall, CC BY-SA 2.0
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