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Audio Walking Tour of Jane Austen’s Bath

Posted in Bath, tagged , on August 6, 2007|

“Are you altogether pleased with Bath?”
“Yes, I like it very well.”
Conversation between Henry Tilney and Catherine Morland, Northanger Abbey


Jane Austen’s Bath, a website created by Bath Tourism Plus, offers an audio walking tour of Bath that you can download from the site. The tour of Bath takes 1 1/2 hours. You can listen to these audio casts in your MP3 player as you walk through Bath, or at home, as I have. Professionally produced, each segment takes 2-7 minutes. A colorful walking guide (see graphic above) is available as well on this fabulous site.

Although this audio guide was meant to serve as a walking tour, I am finding it a pleasure to listen to these podcasts in the comfort of my home, reliving my visit to Bath, and learning interesting details that flesh out my knowledge of Jane Austen’s world.

Before you can download these free files, you are asked to fill out an extremely short form that will take about a minute. You will be asked to do this only once. Also, keep in mind that each audio file must be downloaded separately.

Audio files are divided into the following chapters:

  1. Introduction and Abbey Church Yard
  2. Thermae Bath Spa
  3. Sally Lunn House
  4. The Lower Rooms
  5. The River Avon and Pulteney Bridge
  6. Laura Place and Great Pulteney Street
  7. The Royal Mineral Water Hospital
  8. Beau Nash’s House and the Theatre Royal
  9. Queen Square
  10. Gravel Walk
  11. The Royal Crescent
  12. The Circus
  13. The Assembly Rooms
  14. The Paragon
  15. Milsom Street

I have placed a permanent link to this site in my sidebar under audio and visual media.

Facade of the Pump Room

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Bath Daily Photo

Posted in Bath, tagged , , on August 2, 2007|

One of my favorite sites has closed shop for now. James Russiello of the Bath Daily Photo took me down memory lane every time I entered the blog. The good news is that his archived posts will remain on the blogosphere for us to view. The bad news is that he’s moving to Ireland.
I enjoyed James’s frequent trips to my blog and the comments he left. Mostly, I appreciated his talent for showing Bath in a glowing light. James, whose commentary is as informative as his photos, promises to return to this site in a few months to update it. I hope so.

Good luck, my Internet friend. May you find success and happiness in your new position. Meanwhile, here are some of James’ photos of Pulteney Bridge, such as this one taken at night. The one above is taken on the bridge itself, facing the shops. One can imagine Jane Austen walking past this scene and finding it comfortably familiar.

Plan of Pulteney Bridge by Robert Adam, Ison Walter, The Georgian Buildings of Bath 1700 – 1830.

Correction, the previous image sitting earlier on this post was of the Rialto Bridge in Venice. My trigger finger uploaded the wrong image. My apologies.

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Panoramic/Virtual Views of Bath

Posted in Bath, tagged , , on May 31, 2007|


Click here for some fabulous panoramic views of Bath as photographed by John Law.

When the site loads (be patient), double click on the image and wait for it to load. Move your cursor left or right. You can then see a 360 degree view of Bath Abbey, or gardens by Capability Brown in Bath Spa University, or the Royal Crescent, Bath.

It’s almost the next best thing to being there.

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Views of Bath Abbey

Posted in Bath, tagged , , , on May 20, 2007|


The Bath Daily Photo is one of my favorite sites to visit. Recently, James Russiello has been posting a series of photos of Bath Abbey on his blog as a tribute to Hokusai’s Fugaku Sanju Rokkei, or a series of 36 beautiful woodblock prints of Mt. Fuji

Click here to view James’ marvelous series, and return often to view his unique views comparing Bath Abbey to these famous prints.

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Posted in Bath, tagged , , , , on May 17, 2007|

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