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Prior Park Landscape Garden

Daily; not Tue

Cost: £4.80; children £2.70; family (2+2) £12.20

Hours: Jan-Feb & Nov-Dec: Sat & Sun 11am-dusk
Mar-Oct: Wed-Mon 11am-5.30pm

Prior Park Landscape Garden was created by local entrepeneur and philanthropist Ralph Allen and is set in a sweeping valley with magnificent views of the city of Bath. Interesting features include an 18th-century Palladian bridge and three lakes.

An ongoing restoration process, the Wilderness Project, has reinstated the Serpentine Lake, the cascade and the grass cabinet (due for completion in May 2007). The renovation of Mrs Allen's Grotto and the Gothic Temple are two ongoing projects that will continue over the next few years.

Just five minutes from the gardens there is a six-mile walk, Bath Skyline, that encircles the city, passing through woodland, meadows, an Iron-Age hill fort, Roman settlements and 18th-century follies, offering some great views.

Please note: the gardens can be visited all year round, but only at weekends from November to February.

Prior Park Landscape Garden