Great Pulteney Street (SV)

Wide street of Georgian row houses.

Lansdown Crescent (SV)

Built after the Royal Crescent (1789 - 1793) by John Palmer, Lansdown Crescent sits above the Royal Crescent.

Marlborough Buildings (SV)

Georgian row houses beside the Royal Crescent.

Pump Room/Roman Baths (SV)

Two main sites are together in the center of Bath: the Grand Pump Room and the Roman Baths. The Pump Room has been a meeting place since 1796. Go here for Afternoon Tea or to drink a glass of the famous spring water. The Roman Baths were built by the Romans 2,000 years ago. You can tour the remains, which are in very good shape.

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Queen's Square (SV)

At the age of 21 John Wood had a vision for developing a new area of Bath. Queen's Sqaure was his first project in Bath (1729 - 1739).

St. Margaret's Square (SV)

Just behind the Royal Crescent, in the heart of Georgian Bath.

The Circus (SV)

The Circus, a circular street lined with three sections of row houses, was designed by John Wood the Elder, but he died in 1754 just after it started and the project was continued by his son.

The Royal Crescent (SV)

The Royal Crescent, 30 row houses in a half circle, was designed by John Wood the Elder and built by his son from 1767 to 1775.

Bath Abbey (SV)

The current building was started in 1499 and is the last of the great medieval churches of England. It is not designated as a "cathedral" because the nearby Wells Cathedral covers Bath and Wells.

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Thermae Bath Spa (SV)

This new spa using the natural hot springs in the center of Bath has been a long time coming, but it has finally opened. We spent a couple of hours here in January 2008. The Spa is just behind the original Roman Baths. There is a large indoor pool on one level and a large outdoor pool on the rooftop.

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Assembly Rooms (SV)

The Assembly Rooms is a beautiful Georgian building, just behind The Circus, where people used to gather to have tea and play cards in the afternoon and have dances in the evenings. It is mentioned in some of Jane Austen's novels. You can tour the Assembly Rooms and then go to the Museum of Costume in the basement.

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Number 1 Royal Crescent (SV)

Tour a house on the Royal Crescent (not open in winter). This is a very good museum with all the rooms kept as they were originally built and used.

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The Jane Austen Center (SV)

40 Gay Street. Excellent gift shop but we have never toured the museum! This is not the house she lived in, but is similar. Jane Austen lived at 25 Gay Steet, higher up the hill towards the Circus.

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Prior Park (SV)

Garden created by Ralph Allen in 1764. Marker is at the ornamental Palladian bridge, one of only four in the world, built in 1755 based on a design by the great Italian Renaissance architect, Andrea Palladio.

Waitrose (Groceries) (SV)

Waitrose is a high-end supermarket with great produce, many organic selections, good selection of "ready meals" to heat up at home.

Kennet & Avon Canal (SV)

The Kennet & Avon Canal starts in Bath (where it connects with the River Avon which continues to Bristol and the sea) and goes through Wiltshire to Reading (where it connects with the River Thames). You can get onto the canal path at several points in Bath, but my favorite is here in the Sydney Gardens, where you see some of the historic iron bridges over the canal.

River Avon & K&A Canal (SV)

The Kennet & Avon Canal starts in Bath (where it connects with the River Avon which continues to Bristol and the sea) and goes through Wiltshire to Reading (where it connects with the River Thames). This is where the canal meets the River Avon.

Bath Spa Train Station (SV)

Remember, the station is called "Bath Spa", not "Bath". Express trains to London, local trains to Bradford-on-Avon (walk one way along the Kennet & Avon canal - 3 hr walk - take the train back).