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As the walk returns around Bathamton Hill Bath hoves back into site...views over Widcombe and Bear Flat
Row upon row of Georgian houses. From Wikipedia, "Bath Abbey was founded in the 7th century and became a religious centre; the building was rebuilt in the 12th and 16th centuries. In the 17th century, claims were made for the curative properties of water from the springs, and Bath became popular as a spa town in the Georgian era.
Georgian architecture, crafted from Bath stone, includes the Royal Crescent, Circus, Pump Room and Assembly Rooms where Beau Nash presided over the city's social life from 1705 until his death in 1761. Many of the streets and squares were laid out by John Wood, the Elder, and in the 18th century the city became fashionable and the population grew. Jane Austen lived in Bath in the early 19th century. Further building was undertaken in the 19th century and following the Bath Blitz in World War II."
Split screen view with Beechen Cliff on the right and Halfpenny Bridge on the right, and on a large view the rear of an HST heading to Bristol
St. Thomas a Becket was built between 1490 and 1498 by John Cantlow, Prior of Bath Abbey. This shot taken from Alexandra Park, Beechen Cliff
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Prototype HST set 252001 has just left Bath Spa en-route to Bristol and is running under Brougham Hayes overbridge approaching Oldfield Park station, Bath - c.1976.
The gable ends in the far distance beyond the HST are St Matthew's Church on Widcombe Hill.
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© 2024 - 53A Models of Hull Collection. Scanned from the original 35mm colour transparency; photographed by the late D M Harrison.
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Photo taken from Widcombe after extensive demolition showing the rear of Bath Spa station and the bridge over the Avon. A Brush Type 4 is at the head of a Bristol train. The coaching stock has already been repainted into the new corporate livery though the loco is still 2 tone green
We had this view when we went to breakfast each morning in Bath - the Kennet and Avon Canal. It was usually very quiet, but sometimes a narrowboat would pass by.
Not the best view, as it was taken through the window.
Across the canal is Thimble Mill - Thimble Mill Pumping Station was vital to the working of the canal as it pumped water up from the river, replacing the water that was lost each time a boat went through the locks.
Just round the corner is Widcombe Lock - also known as Bottom Lock or Chapel Lock – is at the junction between the River Avon and the Kennet & Avon Canal. It is the first (or bottom) lock on the canal but confusingly it is called Lock 7 because there are 6 other locks along the River Avon between here and Bristol.
The Grade II* Listed Bath Spa Railway Station, Bath, Somerset.
Bath Spa station was built in 1840 for the Great Western Railway by Isambard Kingdom Brunel. It is in an asymmetrical Tudor style with curving gables, and lies on the north bank of the Avon, with the line swerving across from the southern bank to the station and then back again. Opened on 31 August 1840, the station was originally named Bath, but was given its present name of Bath Spa in 1949 to distinguish it from Bath Green Park station, which did not have its name altered from Bath until 1951.
A convenient feature for passengers was the ramps that led up to both platforms, giving the disabled and those with luggage easy access from the platforms to cars or taxis. However, in 2011 the northern ramp was removed in a station redevelopment which provided lifts instead. There is also a footbridge leading directly from the station across the Avon and allowing direct access to the Widcombe area. It was originally tolled, and informally known locally as the Ha'penny Bridge; it was reconstructed in 1877.
The station has wide spacing between the platforms: there were originally two broad gauge carriage sidings between the platform lines. The station was first built with a hammerbeam roof covered the area between the platforms, however this was removed in 1897 when the station was remodelling with longer platforms. The station originally had a three track goods shed immediately west of the station, to the north of the main track. In 1877 a large goods depot was built about 500 metres to the west at Westmoreland, and the goods shed was demolished for the station remodelling in 1897.
On the 17th January 2015 DB Schenker Class 66 no.66129 arrives at Bath Spa with the 1Z70 'Mendip Mariner' Eastleigh to Avonmouth charter operated by Pathfinder.
Pentax LX with smc Pentax M 50mm f1.4; f11, 1/125 sec, yellow filter. Fuji Neopan 400CN (use by 11/2009 stock)
Day two already and Abbey and I are walking and talking. Today, the Skyline walk. A six mile route that takes in breathtaking views over Bath, Bathampton, Bathwick, Claverton, Dundas and Widcombe. An area with Word Heritage status and well, just a very nice walk. Looking back at bath at the beginning of the route......
The great view of Widcombe Crescent behind is hidden a bit today by trees, but this is still (perhaps even more so today) a very attractive location for a garage, on the road out to Prior Park: goo.gl/maps/N4vmrVw8upw6yhKP9 — I will admit to spending quite a while looking at the backs of various crescents in Bath on Streetview to work out where this was, since it looked very Bath-like but there were no details with the photo.
Here in about 1969 Independent Motors were selling Fiat, Volvo, and Citroën, with a Volvo Amazon estate and Citroën DS (or perhaps ID) on the forecourt along with a Humber Sceptre (or maybe Singer Vogue) for £520 or £570. We can see a Duckhams Q sign, and what's probably a Gilbarco pump under the canopy, but it's the superbly chaotic multi-arm Citroën / Volvo / Fiat sign protruding from the top of the canopy stanchion that's the star of the show, making the Cleveland pole sign look quite dull in comparison.
There is a 1964 drawing of the profile of a Venetian window and Victorian balustrade on one of the buildings here but I think it must be on the garage building which we can just see, rather than the grander house behind, since that's actually across a small close behind the garage.
In 1968, the year before this photo, Independent Motors' owner John Tallis had driven (with co-driver Paul Coltelloni) 10,000 miles in a Volvo Amazon 123 GT saloon, in the Daily Express-sponsored London to Sydney Marathon. Looking at some other old news stories and adverts: i 1960 Independent Motors were offering Lotus cars and Downton Conversions, and self-drive hire; In 1967 the premises had been broken into and a safe and £500 stolen; by the 1970s they were also dealing in outboard motors and inflatables; by 1982 a Daihatsu franchise had been added. They remained Citroën dealers until at least the early 1990s; I don't know when petrol sales ended but presumably the garage would have switched to Esso from Cleveland by the mid-70s.
Looking on Streetview, the site seems to have been vacant (but very well maintained) for a few years before a new dealership, Bath Honda, moved in in 2012, now also Bath MG and dealing with Mitsubishi and Great Wall.
The Grade II* Listed Bath Spa Railway Station, Bath, Somerset.
Bath Spa station was built in 1840 for the Great Western Railway by Isambard Kingdom Brunel. It is in an asymmetrical Tudor style with curving gables, and lies on the north bank of the Avon, with the line swerving across from the southern bank to the station and then back again. Opened on 31 August 1840, the station was originally named Bath, but was given its present name of Bath Spa in 1949 to distinguish it from Bath Green Park station, which did not have its name altered from Bath until 1951.
A convenient feature for passengers was the ramps that led up to both platforms, giving the disabled and those with luggage easy access from the platforms to cars or taxis. However, in 2011 the northern ramp was removed in a station redevelopment which provided lifts instead. There is also a footbridge leading directly from the station across the Avon and allowing direct access to the Widcombe area. It was originally tolled, and informally known locally as the Ha'penny Bridge; it was reconstructed in 1877.
The station has wide spacing between the platforms: there were originally two broad gauge carriage sidings between the platform lines. The station was first built with a hammerbeam roof covered the area between the platforms, however this was removed in 1897 when the station was remodelling with longer platforms. The station originally had a three track goods shed immediately west of the station, to the north of the main track. In 1877 a large goods depot was built about 500 metres to the west at Westmoreland, and the goods shed was demolished for the station remodelling in 1897.
We were just a couple of minutes' walk from Widcombe, a district just to the south-east of the city centre. It is also the area where the Kennet and Avon Canal meets the River Avon. I loved the village feel to the area.
For centuries Bath had suffered from the River Avon flooding - even the Romans had to raise the level of some of their baths complex to alleviate the problem. Flood levels are marked on the buttress of Widcombe footbridge, on buildings in Grove Street and on Norfolk Buildings.
Pulteney Weir was built In the early 1970s in its current 'V'shape, with an associated flood control gate (sluice) on the east side of the river.
It features in the recently released film of Les Misérables. Part of the scene where Inspector Javert commits suicide by jumping into the River Seine was filmed here in October 2012.
Yesterday I could see the skies threatening to rain, so I headed to Bath's Alexandra Park in hope of a rainbow over Bath shot. Once the rain which TIPPED it down cleared, and I'd dried off in the car, I headed out and was lucky enough to get this. This was the best vantage point I could get, I'd prefer a better composition but this had to suffice!
Bath, Somerset
Nikon D300s | Nikon 35mm DX | ISO200 | 1/50th f/11 | Lee 0.9ND hard grad
I can't now remember the name of this building, the front of which faces onto Sydney Road and the back, seen here looks over the Kennet and Avon canal as it runs out of Sydney gdns and towards Widcombe.
28th January 2008, Explore #285.
The double segmental west end of Widcombe Terrace, complete with parapet urns, by Harcourt Masters (1805).
Pentax LX with Pentax A 24mm; f8, 1/125 sec; Adox Silvermax 100. Developer - Adox Rondinal, 1:25 dilution, 8 mins, Agfa Rondinax 35U tank.
The Grade II* Listed Bath Spa Railway Station, Bath, Somerset.
Bath Spa station was built in 1840 for the Great Western Railway by Isambard Kingdom Brunel. It is in an asymmetrical Tudor style with curving gables, and lies on the north bank of the Avon, with the line swerving across from the southern bank to the station and then back again. Opened on 31 August 1840, the station was originally named Bath, but was given its present name of Bath Spa in 1949 to distinguish it from Bath Green Park station, which did not have its name altered from Bath until 1951.
A convenient feature for passengers was the ramps that led up to both platforms, giving the disabled and those with luggage easy access from the platforms to cars or taxis. However, in 2011 the northern ramp was removed in a station redevelopment which provided lifts instead. There is also a footbridge leading directly from the station across the Avon and allowing direct access to the Widcombe area. It was originally tolled, and informally known locally as the Ha'penny Bridge; it was reconstructed in 1877.
The station has wide spacing between the platforms: there were originally two broad gauge carriage sidings between the platform lines. The station was first built with a hammerbeam roof covered the area between the platforms, however this was removed in 1897 when the station was remodelling with longer platforms. The station originally had a three track goods shed immediately west of the station, to the north of the main track. In 1877 a large goods depot was built about 500 metres to the west at Westmoreland, and the goods shed was demolished for the station remodelling in 1897.
South West Trains DMU with the IV22 London Waterloo to Bristol T.M. crosses the River Avon as it is leaving Bath Spa 06 January 2016
The Grade II* Listed Bath Spa Railway Station, Bath, Somerset.
Bath Spa station was built in 1840 for the Great Western Railway by Isambard Kingdom Brunel. It is in an asymmetrical Tudor style with curving gables, and lies on the north bank of the Avon, with the line swerving across from the southern bank to the station and then back again. Opened on 31 August 1840, the station was originally named Bath, but was given its present name of Bath Spa in 1949 to distinguish it from Bath Green Park station, which did not have its name altered from Bath until 1951.
A convenient feature for passengers was the ramps that led up to both platforms, giving the disabled and those with luggage easy access from the platforms to cars or taxis. However, in 2011 the northern ramp was removed in a station redevelopment which provided lifts instead. There is also a footbridge leading directly from the station across the Avon and allowing direct access to the Widcombe area. It was originally tolled, and informally known locally as the Ha'penny Bridge; it was reconstructed in 1877.
The station has wide spacing between the platforms: there were originally two broad gauge carriage sidings between the platform lines. The station was first built with a hammerbeam roof covered the area between the platforms, however this was removed in 1897 when the station was remodelling with longer platforms. The station originally had a three track goods shed immediately west of the station, to the north of the main track. In 1877 a large goods depot was built about 500 metres to the west at Westmoreland, and the goods shed was demolished for the station remodelling in 1897.
The Grade II* Listed Bath Spa Railway Station, Bath, Somerset.
Bath Spa station was built in 1840 for the Great Western Railway by Isambard Kingdom Brunel. It is in an asymmetrical Tudor style with curving gables, and lies on the north bank of the Avon, with the line swerving across from the southern bank to the station and then back again. Opened on 31 August 1840, the station was originally named Bath, but was given its present name of Bath Spa in 1949 to distinguish it from Bath Green Park station, which did not have its name altered from Bath until 1951.
A convenient feature for passengers was the ramps that led up to both platforms, giving the disabled and those with luggage easy access from the platforms to cars or taxis. However, in 2011 the northern ramp was removed in a station redevelopment which provided lifts instead. There is also a footbridge leading directly from the station across the Avon and allowing direct access to the Widcombe area. It was originally tolled, and informally known locally as the Ha'penny Bridge; it was reconstructed in 1877.
The station has wide spacing between the platforms: there were originally two broad gauge carriage sidings between the platform lines. The station was first built with a hammerbeam roof covered the area between the platforms, however this was removed in 1897 when the station was remodelling with longer platforms. The station originally had a three track goods shed immediately west of the station, to the north of the main track. In 1877 a large goods depot was built about 500 metres to the west at Westmoreland, and the goods shed was demolished for the station remodelling in 1897.
The Grade II* Listed Bath Spa Railway Station, Bath, Somerset.
Bath Spa station was built in 1840 for the Great Western Railway by Isambard Kingdom Brunel. It is in an asymmetrical Tudor style with curving gables, and lies on the north bank of the Avon, with the line swerving across from the southern bank to the station and then back again. Opened on 31 August 1840, the station was originally named Bath, but was given its present name of Bath Spa in 1949 to distinguish it from Bath Green Park station, which did not have its name altered from Bath until 1951.
A convenient feature for passengers was the ramps that led up to both platforms, giving the disabled and those with luggage easy access from the platforms to cars or taxis. However, in 2011 the northern ramp was removed in a station redevelopment which provided lifts instead. There is also a footbridge leading directly from the station across the Avon and allowing direct access to the Widcombe area. It was originally tolled, and informally known locally as the Ha'penny Bridge; it was reconstructed in 1877.
The station has wide spacing between the platforms: there were originally two broad gauge carriage sidings between the platform lines. The station was first built with a hammerbeam roof covered the area between the platforms, however this was removed in 1897 when the station was remodelling with longer platforms. The station originally had a three track goods shed immediately west of the station, to the north of the main track. In 1877 a large goods depot was built about 500 metres to the west at Westmoreland, and the goods shed was demolished for the station remodelling in 1897.