Pulteney Bridge
A Georgian stone bridge lined with shops on both sides. Together with the weirs below, it forms Bath's most classic postcard view.
Pulteney Bridge was designed by Robert Adam and completed in 1774. It spans the River Avon and is one of only four bridges in the world with shops built along both sides, an arrangement inspired by the Ponte Vecchio in Florence. Rows of small cafés, flower shops and souvenir stores line the bridge, and walking across it you barely feel you are on a bridge at all. The real views lie below. From the south side, at Grand Parade or Parade Gardens park (a small fee in summer), the three-arched stone bridge and the tiers of horseshoe-shaped weirs downstream make up Bath's most familiar postcard view. The 2012 film Les Misérables was also shot here. A boat landing sits at the bridge head, and in summer you can take an hour-long boat trip along the Avon. Admission is free. It can be walked together with the Roman Baths and Bath Abbey in half a day.
Opening hours
Open all day
Nearby sights
- Bath Abbey
- Sally Lunn's Historic Eating House
- Roman Baths
- Thermae Bath Spa
- Jane Austen Centre
- The Circus
- Holburne Museum
- Royal Crescent