National Trust - Prior Park Landscape Garden
Bath, England, United Kingdom
Prior Park Landscape Garden is an 18th‑century landscape garden on a hillside just south of Bath, set in a sweeping valley with winding paths, a serpentine lake, and sweeping views over the Georgian city.
It was created around 1734 by the Bath stone merchant Ralph Allen, with advice from the poet Alexander Pope and the landscape gardener Capability Brown, and is now owned and managed by the National Trust. The garden is Grade I listed and is best known for containing one of only four Palladian bridges of its kind in the world, which spans part of the lake and is inspired by the architecture of the Italian Renaissance designer Andrea Palladio.
The site combines ornamental waters, woodland walks, and lawns with a restored historic dam system and small cascade, offering a peaceful, park‑like escape from the city as well as a link to the Bath Skyline walking route for those seeking longer countryside walks.
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Ralph Allen Dr, Bath BA2 5AH, United Kingdom
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