The Royal Crescent, Bath

The Royal Crescent in Bath is one of the most famous and well photographed areas in the city but until this most recent visit my friend and I hadn’t gone there, usually being too busy with visiting the Christmas market. This trip though we wanted to head over there as though my friend had seen it before I hadn’t. We walked from the centre along the Gravel Walk which takes you past the Georgian Garden (just closing so we only had a quick peek inside) and the backs of some of Bath’s very impressive housing.

The Crescent is a row of 30 terrace houses laid out in a crescent shape that was designed by architect John Wood the Younger, built between 1767 and 1744. It received its royal designation following a visit from Prince Frederick, second son of George III.

The Crescent is 500 feet long and each building is almost 50 feet high. The upper and lower lawns are seperated by a ha-ha and the lower lawn in particular was being well used by families on our visit. As an iconic site its worth the 10 minutes or so to walk from the centre of Bath and the whole park area is nice to wander around – we even encounted people playing volleyball! There is a museum at 1 Royal Crescent where you can see how the original owners may have furnished their homes – I’m going to see if I can fit in a visit there on my next visit to Bath.

And if you’re wondering how much a house may set you back – as of writing – for a single flat around £650,000 and for a whole house £4,650,000.

So ends the posts about Bath, next up – Yorkshire!