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10 Instagram spots around Bath

Bath offers Georgian architecture, waterways and green viewpoints. These ten ideas mix close architectural details with waterside scenes and wider views, including two gardens with different access arrangements.

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6 of 10 photo ideas have sourced location coordinates. The initial view is for orientation. An area marker does not indicate an exact photo position.

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  1. Royal CrescentApproximate area
  2. Botanical Gardens at Royal Victoria Park
  3. Theatre Royal Bath
  4. Bath AbbeySourced place
  5. Pulteney BridgeSourced place
  6. Bath Street colonnades
  7. Palladian Bridge at Prior Park
  8. Bath Deep LockSourced place
  9. Little Solsbury HillApproximate area
  10. Alexandra ParkApproximate area

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Destination reference: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Spot coordinates: Wikidata, CC0. Selection, association and some calculations by You, Me, Away.

Royal Crescent

At the Royal Crescent, Ionic columns repeat across a long Georgian terrace. From the public pavement, isolate a short section of columns and windows to make the rhythm of the façade the subject.

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Botanical Gardens at Royal Victoria Park

The botanical garden contains a rock garden, a pond and a replica Roman temple. Look for a composition that pairs a garden path with one architectural detail. Garden access is free.

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Theatre Royal Bath

The Theatre Royal is on Sawclose in central Bath. For a street-level detail, photograph its entrance and the changing posters from the public space outside.

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Bath Abbey

Stone angels and ladders decorate the west front of Bath Abbey. From the square, crop in on part of the carving instead of trying to fit the entire church into the frame.

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Pulteney Bridge

Pulteney Bridge carries shops on both sides. From the pavement on the bridge, try a close view of the shopfronts and their window frames, leaving space for pedestrians to pass.

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Bath Street colonnades

Bath Street is lined by colonnades with shops set back behind them. From the pavement, use the repeating columns and the gaps between them to build a layered street photograph.

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Palladian Bridge at Prior Park

The Palladian Bridge crosses a lake in the National Trust’s Prior Park Landscape Garden. Find a view from a garden path that includes both the stone bridge and the water. The garden charges admission and opening times vary. Commercial, paid or gifted content requires a prior agreement with the National Trust.

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Bath Deep Lock

Bath Deep Lock on the Kennet and Avon Canal has a broad towpath beside it. Photograph the lock gates and their reflections from the path, keeping clear of the water’s edge.

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Little Solsbury Hill

Beyond central Bath near Batheaston, Little Solsbury Hill has views towards the city and surrounding countryside. The climb is a separate outing. Use the hillside as a foreground for a wider landscape image. Commercial, paid or gifted content requires a prior agreement with the National Trust.

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Alexandra Park

Alexandra Park sits above Bath on Beechen Cliff. Choose a stretch of the view where rooftops and the wooded slopes meet, and use a tighter frame to pick out a part of the skyline.

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