Walking Tour of Bath: Explore Georgian Bath's Dark and Humorous Side

Uncover the dark and humorous side of Georgian Bath on this engaging walking tour. Explore the city’s corrupt past and hear tales of gamblers, thieves, and rogues.

Duration: 1 hour, 30 minutes
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • The Circus - Architecture and history
  • No. 1 Royal Crescent - Architecture and history
  • Pulteney Bridge - Architecture and History
What's Included
  • Experienced local guide
Additional Information

Embark on an amusing and enlightening walk around Bath, Georgia exploring all the noteworthy locations. Learn about the city’s darker side, as characterized by Methodist minister John Wesley who described it to be one of the most immoral and debauched places in the nation.

Get engrossed in stories about a city teeming with punters, pilferers, exploiters, scoundrels, and nightwalkers.

Location
Abbey Churchyard
Outside the front of Bath Abbey
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

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Rwk2708
Mar 27, 2025
Superb tour, highly recommend - Superb tour, highly recommend. Spent a great 2 hours with Simon - our guide - taking us back to Bath in Georgian times and the history in those days. A fun in depth tour covering parts of Bath we would never have experienced on our own and with an amazing amount of history knowledge. A must do if you are in Bath. Worth every penny
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W4330ktlouisew
Mar 23, 2025
Highly recommend - Excellent fun and interesting walking tour including much info about the life and times of Georgian Bath - Thank you Simon for your insights and enthusiasm
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233vicj
Mar 23, 2025
Great fun walking tour - We had a great time on this tour, our guide was super knowledgeable and made it great fun. He was engaging with all of the group and included everyone, old and younger! I would definitely recommend this tour if you wanted a fun, historical guide to beautiful Bath.
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Sallyherdi
Mar 23, 2025
Great tour - Our guide was very knowledgeable and entertaining. He provided a fun experience. He interacted with the group rather than just talking at us. I found this "bad side" of Bath to be fascinating. Having been to this lovely city several times, it was good to learn something different.
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Aroomsomewhere
Mar 20, 2025
A fabulous two hours! - On a sunny March morning we set off with Simon for a two hour stroll, which showed us the most important historic sites in Bath. Simon filled the time with fascinating facts about less known Georgian social history in Bath. We enjoyed every second and really learnt a lot. He is knowledgable, entertaining, funny, easy going and informative. You can’t get a better recommendation than that. Book him, you won’t be sorry.
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Lindabh8377xo
Mar 5, 2025
Glad we took this tour. - I would definitely recommend this walking tour. A great introduction to Bath history, architecture and people. The guide has a really good sense of humor and his presentation is interesting, fun and enthusiastic. The tour gave us a really good feel for Bath and what to go back and visit over the next few days.
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Roving766608
Mar 3, 2025
Brilliant tour of Bath - Fantastic tour of Bath - would highly recommend, even if you've visited the city before. Simon was so entertaining, charismatic, knowledgeable and we couldn't recommend this tour enough!
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Markss81df
Mar 2, 2025
The insights of Bath - Excellent guided tour of Bath, the right balance of interaction and shared knowledge. Ideal for those visitors that want to get to know the history and background of the people of the city
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Wilkie1066
Feb 28, 2025
Fabulous walking tour - Really great fun tour. Simon was so knowledgeable, amusing and friendly. We learnt a huge amount about Bath, not just the Bad - the good was also abundant. Thoroughly recommend - a great way to start a mini break and get your bearings.... Thanks
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Neilcv6361rq
Feb 25, 2025
Great experience - An enjoyable and informative stroll around the city learning about the high and low of Regency Bath. Simon is warm and welcoming as well as fun. An interesting and engaging look at this lovely city. Highly recommend.
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