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Jane Austen's Bath

Jane Austen's Portrait Jane Austen knew Bath as a thriving spa resort, popular with fashionable society. Visit Bath today and enjoy a vibrant city with great shopping, spa, dining and plenty to see and do.

Jane Austen set two of her six published novels, Northanger Abbey and Persuasion, in Bath and made the city her home from 1801 to 1806. In Northanger Abbey Jane writes; 'They arrived in Bath. Catherine was all eager delight; - her eyes were here, there, everywhere, as they approached its fine and striking environs, and afterwards drove through those streets which conducted them to the hotel. She was come to be happy, and she felt happy already'.

Free Audio Walking Tour

Follow in the footsteps of Bath's most famous resident, Jane Austen. Let the pages from her novels come to life as you visit their locations and discover more about Jane Austen's life in Bath.
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Accommodation

From Georgian terraces to country cottages you are sure to find perfect lodgings inspired by the Nineteenth Century and located in the areas Jane Austen loved to visit in Bath and the surrounding area.
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Things To Do

Explore Bath and beyond with our Jane Austen itineraries. Visit the Jane Austen Centre or bathe in Bath's natural thermal waters at Thermae Bath Spa. In the evening, experience one of Jane Austen's favourite pastimes with a trip to the Theatre Royal.
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Taking Refreshment

Many visitors in Jane Austen's time came to Bath to 'take to the waters'. Today visitors can still drink the spa water at the Pump Room. Drinking tea was also popular in Jane Austen's day and Bath has a number of welcoming tea rooms.
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For further information on Bath and the surrounding area...

» Go to visitbath.co.uk - the official tourism website.

» Call the Bath Tourist Information Centre for advice and suggestions;
UK Callers - 0906 711 2000 (50p / min)
Overseas callers - +44 844 847 5257