The lovely city of Bath is located in the Somerset countryside. Local honey-coloured Bath stone has been used extensively in the Georgian architecture. The many chimney pots can’t go unnoticed.
Built as a spa town, Bath still draws many visitors to ‘take the waters’. The Roman Baths still flow with natural hot water but bathing is on longer allowed. More modern facilities are now in use. We didn’t join the queues to see to see the Roman Baths – several tourist buses had beaten us to the ticket line.
The Bath Abbey, which was restored in 1616, is noted for its fan-vaulting, tower and large stained-glass windows.
Completed around 1775, The Royal Crescent and The Circus are curved streets with Georgian style houses. Today it is still mostly private homes, with the exception of a small hotel and museum.
Pulteney Bridge was completed in 1774 with shops across its full span on both sides. The curved weir below was built across a river in the early 1970s in order to control the water level. The nearby garden offers a lovely place to enjoy some green space.
On our way down to Bath we crossed the Severn Bridge near Bristol which was completed in 1996. The bridge allows easy access between Wales and England and is 1.6km long, 136m high and has a clearance of 47m. The longest span of the bridge is an amazing 988m long.
The weather was lovely for us in Bath. We enjoyed the views from the open top of the sightseeing bus.
Margaret River & Beyond 
Just beautiful! Thank you for sharing.
Yes Maria….it is very beautiful. We loved it.
Stunning!!
Sure it Rob. So pretty.
Bath is a truly amazing city to visit. Thanks for the memories!!
Glad you enjoyed the post and the memories.
I loved Bath. I want to go back.
I think you will have to schedule a trip back over here.
excellent photos as usual of a great town. we loved it also ion 1998; much too long ago. keep having a good time. Chooks all still with us.
You are obviously great house sitters.
Di & myself loved Bath & surrounding areas. The night tour in Bath was absolutely brilliant. Love all your photos so far. 😊xx
Could spend a week just around Bath…very beautiful.
So beautiful xxx