Experts' Choice Award The Circus
What the experts agree on
Bath's Circus is a stunning circular terrace of 33 Georgian mansions designed by John Wood, featuring perfectly proportioned pale stone facades and overlooking a tree-filled garden—a masterpiece of 18th-century urban planning.
“John Wood designed the masterful Circus, a circle of curving, perfectly proportioned Georgian houses interrupted just three times for intersecting streets.”
– Fodor's
Lonely Planet "Arranged over three equal terraces, the 33 mansions overlook a garden populated by plane trees. " Full review
Michelin Guide 3 Stars
"The houses are built of pale Bath stone and decorated with coupled columns; they have three storeys rising to a frieze and acorn-topped balustrade." Full review
Independent "We strolled past The Royal Crescent and The Circus, lit candles in the 15th-century abbey, and even drank a cup of the thermal waters in the famous Pump Rooms"
Lonely Planet "A ring of 33 graceful townhouses split into three semicircular terraces, the Circus features stonework with beautiful emblems and symbols"
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Lonely Planet "The big sights are minus their summer crowds so you get to see the Roman Baths, the Royal Crescent and the Circus without having to sidestep someone else's selfie"
Lonely Planet "Bath’s other architectural show-stopper, The Circus, is a short stroll away. Completed in 1768, its three curving terraces of 33 mansions form an imposing circle."
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