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78  BRIT AIN AND IRELAND

9 Street by Street: Bath

Bath owes its magnificent Georgian townscape The Circus
to the bubbling pool of water at the heart of the This is a daring departure
from the typical Georgian
Roman baths. The Romans transformed Bath square, by John Wood the
into England’s first spa resort and it regained Elder (1704–54).
fame as a spa town in the 18th century. At this
time, the two brilliant John Woods (Elder and
Younger) designed the city’s fine Palladian-style
buildings. Today, the traffic-free heart of this
lively town is full of street
musicians, museums,
and enticing shops.
B E N N E T T S T R E E T L A

R O Y A L C R E S C E N T N S D O

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B R O C K S T R E E T
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H E C I R C U S O A
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No. 1 Royal Crescent D
is a museum which
provides a glimpse of G
18th-century aristocratic life. A Y
G E O R G E S T R E E T
No. 17 is where S T
the 18th-century R
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painter Thomas E M
Gainsborough lived. T I L S
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Assembly Rooms and S T
Fashion Museum R
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Q U E E N E T
Milsom Street and S Q U A R E B A
. Royal Crescent New Bond Street R T
contain some of Bath’s
Hailed as the most majestic street in Britain, this most elegant shops. O
graceful arc of 30 houses (1769–75) is the N
masterpiece of John Wood the Younger. West S U P P E R B O R O U G H W A L L S
of the Royal Crescent, Royal Victoria Park (1830) is T
BEAUFORT SQ R E T
the city’s largest open space. E
Jane Austen
(1775–1817), the writer,
lived in various houses
during the five years she
spent in Bath. A center
Key 0 meters 100 devoted to the author W E S T G AT E S T R E E T
Suggested route 0 yards 100 is located on Gay Street.

Theatre Royal (1805)

For hotels and restaurants see pp104–6 and pp107–9

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