Things to do in Bath
Georgian crescents, Roman steam and a surprising amount to do for £0. Bath is better when someone else makes the plan.
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Bathwick
Bath After Dark
Walk Great Pulteney Street once the lamps are lit and the tourists have gone.
Hot Bath Street
Soak Above the Skyline
Swim in the only natural hot spring water in Britain you're actually allowed to get into.
Royal Crescent
Thirty Houses, One Curve
Find the seam where Bath's most famous curve was built by thirty different people.
The Circus
Spot the Acorns
Find the stone acorns lining the roofline of the Circus — nobody agrees why they're there.
Royal Crescent
Tea at Number 16
Take afternoon tea inside the Royal Crescent, not just in front of it.
Abbey Churchyard
The Original Hot Tub
Stand next to water that's been steaming for thousands of years.
Pulteney Bridge
The Bridge You Can Shop On
Cross a bridge lined with shops on both sides — one of only a handful left on Earth.
Grand Parade
The Bench Locals Actually Use
Find the quiet riverside garden most tourists walk straight past, right below the main street.
Queen Street
Bath's Original Gin Bar
Work through a gin flight in a Georgian townhouse on Queen Street.
Abbey Churchyard
Jacob's Ladder, Stone Version
Find the angels climbing up — and tumbling down — the Abbey's west front.
Beechen Cliff
The View That Earns Itself
Climb to Alexandra Park and get the whole city laid out below you.
Combe Down
The Bridge with Four Siblings
Find the Palladian Bridge — one of only four like it left in the world.
North Parade Passage
The Original Bath Bun
Eat a Sally Lunn bun in the oldest house in Bath, baked from a 300-year-old recipe.
New King Street
The House Where Uranus Was Found
Visit the back garden where a self-taught astronomer discovered a planet in 1781.
Sydney Gardens
Gainsborough's Neighbours
Find the painting that made Bath famous before the Baths did.
Green Street
A Proper Pub Crawl, Georgian Style
Find Bath's smallest, oldest surviving pub and squeeze inside.
Walcot Street
Walcot Street's Weird and Wonderful
Find something for sale you genuinely didn't expect, on Bath's most bohemian street.
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