The landscape surrounding Bath was a key location for the development for the Picturesque movement in the late 18th & early 19th century. Join Dr Amy Frost on a journey revealing how Jane Austen and William Beckford explored the ideas in fiction and in reality.

This walk is repeated on Friday, 12th September.

Access details – limited parking in the small car park of the Tower (parking available for blue badge holders). Regular buses, including the park and ride bus stop outside. This is a short walk around the grounds of the Tower, over rough grass, a few steps but mainly flat.

Dogs on leads welcome. The walk isn’t aimed at children.

The meeting point is the car park of Beckford’s Tower (what3words danger.smiles.hobby)

Book your free tickets here – Beckford Saturday

Photo – Casper Farrell

 

Start Date
2:00 pm 6th September 2025
End Date
3:00 pm 6th September 2025
Duration
1 hour
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