Roman Baths
Museum · A Roman bathing and temple complex built around Britain's hot spring, in the heart of Georgian Bath.
Bath
A Georgian city built around Britain's hot springs, with Roman baths, honey-stone crescents and a rooftop spa.
From King's Cross St Pancras: 1 h 54 min by train · 2 h 59 min by car
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Time there: 10–15 h to see all 9 places
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Must-see places
Royal Crescent
Landmark · A sweeping crescent of 30 Georgian houses, built in the late 1760s and early 1770s above a lawn.
Bath Abbey
Church · A Gothic abbey in the heart of Bath, with a west front of angels climbing stone ladders and a tower you can climb.
Pulteney Bridge
Landmark · A bridge lined with shops on both sides, designed by Robert Adam and built over the River Avon between 1769 and 1774.
The Circus
Old streets · A circle of Georgian townhouses designed by John Wood the Elder, begun in 1754.
Thermae Bath Spa
Attraction · A modern spa with an open-air rooftop pool of naturally hot spring water above Bath's rooftops.
Holburne Museum
Gallery · Bath's first public art gallery, in a Grade I listed building at the end of Great Pulteney Street, with Gainsborough portraits and a glass extension.
Prior Park Landscape Garden
Garden · An 18th-century landscape garden in a valley above Bath, with a Palladian bridge and views over the city.
Bath Skyline Walk
Nature · A six-mile circular National Trust walk on the hills around Bath, with views down over the city.
Quick facts
Hot water still rises at 46°C, about 1.17 million litres a day, into the Roman Baths, a bathing and temple complex you can walk around today.
The Royal Crescent, the Circus and the shop-lined Pulteney Bridge, all Georgian set pieces, are within a short walk of one another.
At Thermae Bath Spa you can swim in naturally hot spring water in an open-air rooftop pool above the city.
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