19 Attractions
Bath packs Roman baths, Georgian streets, gardens, galleries and a thermal spa into a city you can cross on foot. These are the places worth planning a visit around.
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Alexandra Park
Hilltop park on Beechen Cliff, opened in 1902, with a viewing area over the city, a play area, table tennis, boules and a bowls club.
Bath Skyline
Six-mile circular National Trust walk from Bathwick Hill through woods and meadows, past Sham Castle, with views back over the city.
Bath Abbey
Working parish church rebuilt from 1499, with fan vaulting, the Great East Window, 635 wall memorials and a museum of finds.
Botanical Gardens
Free gardens in Royal Victoria Park with a rock garden and pool, scented walk, old shrub roses, a replica Roman temple and the Great Dell.
Herschel Museum of Astronomy
Georgian townhouse on New King Street where William Herschel discovered Uranus in 1781, with his workshop, music room and garden.
Museum of Bath at Work
Museum of working Bath in a 1777 real tennis court on Julian Road, with Bowler's ironmongery, a Bath Stone mine and a 1914 Horstmann car.
Pulteney Bridge
Robert Adam's Georgian bridge of 1769 to 1774, one of four in the world lined with shops on both sides, free to cross on Bridge Street.
Royal Crescent
Crescent of thirty Georgian houses built 1767 to 1775, with No.1 Royal Crescent open as a house museum furnished as in the late 1700s.
Royal Victoria Park
Bath's largest park, 57 acres opened in 1830, with the Botanical Gardens, a big adventure playground, mini golf, tennis and a skate park.
The Roman Baths
Roman temple and bathing complex fed by hot springs, with the Great Bath, original pavements and the gilt bronze head of Sulis Minerva.
Beckford's Tower and Museum
Restored 1820s tower on Lansdown with a museum on William Beckford, 154 steps to a rooftop Belvedere, a cemetery and a Grotto.
Mary Shelley's House of Frankenstein
Four-floor Frankenstein attraction on Gay Street with an 8ft animatronic Monster, multi-sensory rooms, a horror basement and escape rooms.
Parade Gardens
Listed riverside gardens on Grand Parade with views of Pulteney Bridge and the weir, carpet bedding displays, a bandstand and a café.
The Circus
Ring of Grade I listed Georgian townhouses begun in 1754 by John Wood the Elder, with carved emblems and Gainsborough's old studio at No.17.
Prior Park
18th-century National Trust landscape garden in Widcombe with a 1755 Palladian bridge, restored lakes, city views and a Tea Cabin.
The Holburne Museum
Art museum on Great Pulteney Street with Sir William Holburne's collection, changing exhibitions and a dog-friendly café by Sydney Gardens.
The Cross Bath
Intimate open-air thermal bath on Hot Bath Street, fed by the Cross Spring, with 90-minute sessions and exclusive hire for up to 10 people.
The Jane Austen Centre
Interactive exhibition on Jane Austen and Bath at 40 Gay Street, with guide-actors, Regency dressing up and a second-floor tea room.
Victoria Art Gallery
Council-run art museum on Bridge Street with a free Upper Gallery of paintings by Gainsborough and Sickert plus paid temporary exhibitions.