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A National Trust property.
©Roger Cornfoot
Property of the National Trust. The view down the valley shows the Palladian Bridge (18th century) and the lakes beyond.
©David Smith
Dist:0.1km<br/>A morning shot; these slopes of Claverton Down are west-facing, but the sun is on the city centre.
©Derek Harper
Dist:0.3km<br/>One envies the fine views from the backs of these houses.
©Maurice Pullin
Dist:0.3km<br/>This path is part of the Bath Skyline Walk, although the view here is obscured by the thin belt of trees on the right.
©Derek Harper
Dist:0.4km<br/>Looking down from the Priory Path with the City of Bath laid out in the Avon valley below. Although this was a warm sunny day, visibility was limited with considerable haze. Nevertheless, Bath Abbey can just be discerned.
©Stephen McKay
Dist:0.4km<br/>This is the lower of the two fish ponds at the bottom of Prior Park - a National Trust owned landscape garden.
©Stephen McKay
Dist:0.4km<br/>Beautifully restored by the National Trust
©Dave Napier
Dist:0.4km<br/>The two fish ponds seen from the Palladian Bridge.
©Stephen McKay
Dist:0.4km<br/>Undoubtedly the showpiece of this National Trust landscape garden, the Palladian Bridge was built in 1755 by Richard Jones. It is very similar to earlier bridges at Wilton and Stowe.
©Stephen McKay
Dist:0.4km<br/>Looking down towards the Palladian bridge from the top of the park; St Thomas a Becket church at Widcombe can be seen poking through the trees. The park is a National Trust property.
©Stephen McKay
Dist:0.4km<br/>Ordnance Survey cut mark benchmark described on the Bench Mark Database at http://www.bench-marks.org.uk/bm35406. The gateway is shown at [[2049508]]
©Roger Templeman
Dist:0.4km<br/>Looking southwards along the lane
©Roger Templeman
Dist:0.4km<br/>The Palladian bridge has been designated as a Grade I listed building and Scheduled Ancient Monument. One of only 4 left in the world. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prior_Park_Landscape_Garden
©Rick Crowley
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©don cload

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