On this page you can directly listen to a selection of Bathscape’s popular podcast Footprints. To find the whole set go here – Footprints.captivate.fm or search for ‘Bathscape footprints’ wherever you get your podcasts.
Visions of Bath. This episode has been inspired by Bathscape’s Views and Vistas project where volunteers are researching and monitoring historically important viewpoints and where appropriate, restoring or enhancing them.
Death in paradise. We explore the Workhouse Burial Ground, Wellsway and hear from those who have shone a spotlight onto it.
One Farm Through One Century. This episode is all about farming. In fact it’s all about one farm, and we hear from 4 generations of people connected with the farm since its beginnings 105 years ago.
A Path through the trees. We discuss all things trees.
Paddling the canals of Bath. In a 2-part series of the canals and rivers of Bath, this month we paddle along the Somersetshire Coal and the Kennet and Avon canals, and find out how they contributed to the building of Bath.
Beaver Spotting with Bevis Watts. Part 2 of our canals and river explorations takes us looking for beavers.
Meadows, Seeds and Yellow Rattle. Finding out how to create meadows.
Walking Festival Magic
Community Growers – meet people coming together to grow and share food, care for the land they live near or on it.
The wonders of Bath Stone. Mining, museums and Ralph Allen.
Tourism in Bath, past and present.
Living, working Bath. In this episode we delve into Bath’s social history exploring the world of work and housing from the industrial revolution right up to the present day.
Art in the Landscape. A fabulous trio of local Bath artists who, using a variety of materials and techniques, are united in their love of landscape and the creatures and plants that make it their home.
Wellbeing in Nature. How getting out and about especially into nature does us the world of good, and has been recognised by doctors since the 1700s.
The love of trees.
Haile Selassie in Bath. Hearing about the Emperor’s time in Bath, plus modern day Fairfield House, its museum and the work of BEMSCA.
What did the Romans do for Bath? Why did they come? What did they contribute? What impact did they have over the 400 or so years they were here? We chat to BACAS, visit the Roman Bath’s Clore Learning Centre, plus an amazing discovery in a garden wall!
Farming in Bath. Local farmers share their experience of farming.
Bath at Night. We visit the Herschel Museum; hear about the owls in Newton St Loe; delve into the reasons why some animals are nocturnal; and go on a bat walk around Combe Down.
Three Grand Schemes. Cleveland Pools, Beckford’s Tower and Bathampton Meadows. Recorded in December 2023.
Bath in Film. We hear from how the film office enables productions, hear about the life of an extra and visit one of the locations featuring in Bridgerton.
Geology of Bath. William Smith (the Father of Geology), rocks and stone mines.
Bath goes gardening. Community gardening and the historic pleasure garden Sydney Gardens.
Birding in Bath. Dawn chorus, Peregrines and bird song in the company of some local experts.
Bath City Farm. A place we’ve visited a lot during the podcast, but a site so special it needed its own episode.
Hedgelaying, scything and dry stone walling.
Surfing the Generations. We take a closer look at the city of Bath through the eyes of its residents. With wonderful memories shared by those who’ve grown up and spent their lives working in the city.
Take a walk on the Wansdyke. Find out more about the little understood earthworks that stretches into Odd Down from the west and then on into Wiltshire.
Renewable Bath. What is the council and the local community doing to tackle the climate emergency?
A Community Pub Crawl. We visit three community owned pubs.
Follies of Bath. Beckford’s Tower, Sham Castle and Prior Park Landscape Garden.
Bath in Literature. Famous and not so famous books set in the city.
Using the Bathscape for Leisure. We go cycling, running and paddleboarding for fun!
The Ups and Downs of Bath. Featuring Bannerdown, Lansdown and its druid temples and modern wheel-friendly paths.
Waters of Bath. Water quality, walking the Bath Riverline and out with the Canal and Rivers Trust volunteer boat.
Bath’s Industrial Past and Present. A real treat with a crane, stories from Stothert and Pitt and some surprising modernist buildings.
The Landscapes of Bath’s two Universities. Exploring the campuses for people and wildlife.
