Jane Austen Centre
A small museum about Jane Austen's connection to Bath, with guides in Regency costume and a tea room upstairs.
Jane Austen lived in Bath from 1801 to 1806, and both Northanger Abbey and Persuasion are set in the city. The Jane Austen Centre is at No. 40 Gay Street, on the same street as No. 25, where she lived in 1805. The exhibition is modest in size and opens with a guide dressed in Regency costume. It includes a wax figure of Austen, costume try-ons and displays of Bath's social life. The Regency tea room upstairs serves afternoon tea. Admission is about £15 to £17. Every September the Jane Austen Festival holds costumed parades, making it a must-see for fans.
Opening hours
About 10:00–17:00 (shorter in winter)
Nearby sights
- The Circus
- Thermae Bath Spa
- Roman Baths
- Bath Abbey
- Pulteney Bridge
- Sally Lunn's Historic Eating House
- Royal Crescent
- Holburne Museum