Table of Contents

Foreword by Councillor Bryan Chalker Introduction 1 Within the Walls: The Old City 2 Palladian Pleasures: The Georgian Expansion 3 A Constellation of Crescents: The Northern Slopes 4 Beyond the North Gate: Walcot Street, the Paragon & Broad Street 5 Into the East: Larkhall & the London Road 6 A Place in the Country: Lyncombe & Widcombe 7 Bath New Town: Over the River to Bathwick 8 A Glimpse of Tivoli: Combe Down & Prior Park 9 The Caliphate of Lansdown: A Visit to Beckford's Tower 10 River, Rail & Industry: Westwards to Twerton 11 A Pastoral Idyll: Over the Fields to Weston 12 Hidden Vales and Untrodden Ways: Sham Castle & Smallcombe 13 Dreaming of Suburbia: Bear Flat, Oldfield Park & East Twerton 14 The Green Roofs: Snow Hill & the London Road 15 Where Every Prospect Pleases: With Jane Austen on Beechen Cliff Acknowledgements & Further Reading

About the Author

Andrew Swift is the author and co-author of several books on Bath and regularly contributes walk features to The Bath Magazine and The Bristol Magazine. He has also devised and led guided walks for groups and organisations including the Bath Literature Festival and the Bath International Music Festival.