First walk
Roman Baths and Bath Abbey
Bath World Heritage Centre → Parade Gardens. Self-guided walking map, stops and a shorter option
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Bath, on foot
Roman Baths, Georgian squares, the canal and panoramas. 11 walks, 43 places. Area guides and walking routes
Read, then explore
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Architecture
Bath: Georgian squares and crescents
Queen Square → Georgian Garden. Self-guided walking map, stops and a shorter option
Neighbourhoods
Bath: Pulteney, Sydney Gardens and the canal
Guildhall → Bath Deep Lock. Self-guided walking map, stops and a shorter option
Views & hills
Widcombe and the Bath panorama
St John the Evangelist Church → Alexandra Park. Self-guided walking map, stops and a shorter option
Neighbourhoods
Bath literary and science walk: Austen, Shelley and the Herschels
Link the Theatre Royal, Herschel Museum, Queen Square and Gay Street’s literary attractions, choosing one main museum visit
Views & hills
Walk to Prior Park from Widcombe: entrances and garden access
Follow a mapped approach via Bath Deep Lock and St Thomas Becket Church, then check the correct Prior Park entrance before visiting
All walking routes
Roman Baths and Bath Abbey ↗
Bath World Heritage Centre → Cross Bath → Thermae Bath Spa → Pump Room → Roman Baths → Bath Abbey
Georgian squares and crescents ↗
Queen Square → Jane Austen Centre → Mary Shelley's House of Frankenstein → The Circus → Museum of East Asian Art → Assembly Rooms
Pulteney, Sydney Gardens and the canal ↗
Guildhall → Pulteney Bridge → Beazer Garden Maze → Henrietta Park → Great Pulteney Street → Holburne Museum
Widcombe and the Bath panorama ↗
St John the Evangelist Church → Bath Deep Lock → St Thomas à Becket Church → Alexandra Park
Parks and the Botanical Gardens ↗
Queen Square → Georgian Garden → Royal Crescent → Royal Victoria Park → Botanical Gardens
Austen, Shelley and the Herschels ↗
Theatre Royal → Herschel Museum of Astronomy → Queen Square → Jane Austen Centre → Mary Shelley's House of Frankenstein → The Circus
Lansdown and Beckford's Tower ↗
Assembly Rooms → Museum of Bath at Work → Hedgemead Park → St Swithin's Church → St Stephen's Church → Lansdown Crescent
Bathwick and Sham Castle ↗
Pulteney Bridge → Great Pulteney Street → Holburne Museum → Sydney Gardens → St Mary the Virgin, Bathwick → Sham Castle
Widcombe and Prior Park ↗
Bath Deep Lock → St Thomas à Becket Church → Prior Park Landscape Garden
Work, railway and river ↗
Museum of Bath at Work → Hedgemead Park → Guildhall → Pulteney Bridge → Parade Gardens → St John the Evangelist Church
Art museums and Georgian Bath ↗
Holburne Museum → Great Pulteney Street → Pulteney Bridge → Queen Square → The Circus → Museum of East Asian Art
Places on the map
- Bath Abbey
- Roman Baths
- Pump Room
- Cross Bath
- Thermae Bath Spa
- Bath World Heritage Centre
- Guildhall
- Pulteney Bridge
- Parade Gardens
- Beazer Garden Maze
- Holburne Museum
- Sydney Gardens
- Henrietta Park
- Royal Crescent
- No. 1 Royal Crescent
- Assembly Rooms
- Museum of East Asian Art
- Jane Austen Centre
- Mary Shelley's House of Frankenstein
- Queen Square
- Royal Victoria Park
- Botanical Gardens
- Georgian Garden
- Herschel Museum of Astronomy
- Theatre Royal
- Green Park Station
- Museum of Bath at Work
- Hedgemead Park
- St Swithin's Church
- St John the Evangelist Church
- Alexandra Park
- St Thomas à Becket Church
- Prior Park Landscape Garden
- Sham Castle
- Beckford's Tower
- St Stephen's Church
- St Mary the Virgin, Bathwick
- Old Orchard Street Theatre
- Ralph Allen's Town House
- The Circus
- Great Pulteney Street
- Lansdown Crescent
- Bath Deep Lock
How these guides are made
Sources: tourism organisations, museums and heritage sites. Distance follows the walking track; time and elevation are estimates. Sources are checked remotely; an on-site walk has not been confirmed