Explore Bath’s history with a 3-hour self-guided walking tour and scavenger hunt. Solve challenges, learn fun facts, and enjoy a flexible adventure.
Explore Bath’s history with a 3-hour self-guided walking tour and scavenger hunt. Solve challenges, learn fun facts, and enjoy a flexible adventure.
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Parade Gardens - This is the starting point of the adventure. Discover this private garden and take in some of its main attractions.
Solve a challenge here.
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Alkmaar Garden - Cross the street to a much smaller park and learn about Bath’s twin city, a city its soldiers liberated from Nazi occupation during World War II.
Solve 2…
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Parade Gardens - This is the starting point of the adventure. Discover this private garden and take in some of its main attractions.
Solve a challenge here.
5 minutes. -
Alkmaar Garden - Cross the street to a much smaller park and learn about Bath’s twin city, a city its soldiers liberated from Nazi occupation during World War II.
Solve 2 challenges here. -
Bath Abbey - Learn about this grand Abbey while walking around it. Notice many hidden exterior features. Solve several challenges as you walk around it.
Spend 15 minutes here. -
Marshal Wade’s House - Learn about this house museum and its primary occupant, near Bath Abbey.
Solve a challenge here.
Spend 5 minutes. -
The Roman Baths - Learn about the long history of the Roman Baths here. Solve 2 challenges.
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Statue King Edgar And King Cole - Notice these 2 statues hidden away near another famous Bath. Learn about their history, real and otherwise.
Solve a challenge here. -
The Cross Bath - Learn about this other important bath, used for a hospital’s medicinal purposes.
Solve a challenge here.
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The Little Theatre - See this very small movie theatre in old Bath. Solve a challenge here.
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Hospital Of St. John The Baptist - Learn about this old hospital by admiring its very old buildings and their features.
Solve a challenge here.
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Theatre Royal Bath - Learn about this 19th-century theatre and its history.
Solve a challenge here.
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The Egg Theatre - Learn about another theatre and how it differs from the Royal Theatre Bath.
Solve a challenge here.
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Ustinov Studio - See and learn about a different type of theatre, set at the rear of the Royal Theatre Bath.
Solve a challenge here.
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Queen Square - Spend a little time walking around and through Queen Square, learning about its history and monuments.
Solve 2 challenges here. -
Bath War Memorial - See and learn about this significant cenotaph honouring Bath’s fallen combatants in several conflicts.
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Georgian Garden - Walk in Jane Austen’s, and her characters’, footsteps on the Gravel Walk behind many beautiful Georgian-style homes.
Learn about her inspirations and see typical Georgian-style gardens.
Solve a few challenges here. -
The Royal Crescent - Approach and admire the Royal Crescent, a crescent-shaped row of townhouses. Learn about their history and role in several major films.
Solve a few challenges while you are here. -
The Circus - Make your way to a large, open circular park and roundabout, called a circus here.
Learn about the many personalities that have occupied the homes here in the past.
Solve a few challenges here. -
Museum of East Asian Art - See and learn about this very small museum.
Solve a challenge here.
Spend 5 minutes. -
Admiral Arthur Phillip Memorial Globe - See this important memorial to a Royal Navy officer, 1st Governor of Australia.
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Mary Shelley’s House of Frankenstein - Walk by and learn about Mary Shelley, who wrote Frankenstein here in Bath back in 1816.
Solve a challenge here.
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The Jane Austen Centre - Walk by and learn about this small museum set in what is believed to be her old house.
Solve a challenge here.
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Victoria Art Gallery - Walk by and learn about this very large 19th-century building that houses the Victoria Art Gallery.
Solve a challenge here.
Spend 5 minutes. -
Pulteney Bridge - Walk across and learn about this commercially lined bridge.
Solve a challenge here. - Pulteney Weir - Learn about this horseshoe weir from the 17th century which prevented the flooding of Bath.
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Beazer Garden Maze - Walk by and learn about this fun little maze in the park by the River Avon.
Solve a challenge here.

- Scavenger hunt instructions on your smartphone (data required)
- 24/7 customer support
- Scavenger hunt instructions on your smartphone (data required)
- 24/7 customer support
- This tour is strictly exterior sightseeing, you need not enter any of the locations seen on it.
- You can pause the activity to visit any of the locations along the tour route.
- This tour is strictly exterior sightseeing, you need not enter any of the locations seen on it.
- You can pause the activity to visit any of the locations along the tour route.
Searching for things to do in Bath? Discover the city with this 3-hour self-guided walking tour and scavenger hunt.
Choose a single or group ticket.
The route leads from Parade Gardens to the Royal Crescent, passing the Roman Baths, the Jane Austen Centre, museums, and monuments. Solve challenges at each stop to reveal the next destination while picking…
Searching for things to do in Bath? Discover the city with this 3-hour self-guided walking tour and scavenger hunt.
Choose a single or group ticket.
The route leads from Parade Gardens to the Royal Crescent, passing the Roman Baths, the Jane Austen Centre, museums, and monuments. Solve challenges at each stop to reveal the next destination while picking up local history and fun facts along the way.
This self-guided tour spans 3.7 km / 2.3 mi and takes around 3 hours to complete.
A fun learning experience
See the sights!
Learn local history
Test your knowledge
Enjoyable for all ages, kids included
Wheelchair and stroller accessible throughout
Pets are welcome along the route
Start whenever ready, straight from a smartphone – no fixed schedule
Take as little or as much time as desired to finish the hunt
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.