Pulteney Bridge, Bath

One of the places that the Bath Heritage Centre suggests that visitors might like to see is  Pulteney  Bridge. So we walked to it, it is very close to the centre of the city. It was designed in 1769 by the Scottish architect Robert Adam. I have to say that it’s a thing of beauty, to my eyes anyway, and the weir is like nothing I’ve seen before.

Pulteney Weir, weir, Bath

At the heritage centre they told us that you had to pay to get into the garden to get down to the River Avon, but we felt it had been expensive enough to get into the Roman Baths so we just walked across the bridge and went down the steps at the end of it. They led to a little patch of greenery with some trees and benches, it was just perfect really. The boat in the photo below just turned around at that point and went back under the bridge as it can’t get past the weir.

Pulteney Bridge Boat, River Avon,

Robert Adam was actually born in Kirkcaldy, very close to where we used to live, but as usual the local council demolished Gladney House which he and his brothers had been born and brought up in, just typical. It would have been such an interesting house to visit too.

Jack took this video of the weir

 

 

2 thoughts on “Pulteney Bridge, Bath

    • BookerTalk,
      Bath is so far away from us that I knew it would be a one and only visit. We were so lucky with the weather and I was pleasantly surprised by how vibrant the city is, similar to Glasgow, and as a Glaswegian I mean that as a real compliment. If I lived nearer it would definitely be a frequent destination.

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