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Gothic Bath Walking Tour
Bath

From Mary Shelley's haunting manuscript to William Beckford's eccentric folly, trace Bath's surprisingly dark and Gothic literary history.

6 stops · 4.8 km

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An immersive museum dedicated to Mary Shelley and her most famous creation, Frankenstein's monster.

The site of the lodging house where Mary Shelley wrote most of the Frankenstein manuscript.

The Gothic abbey Shelley lived in the shadow of, said to be haunted by the ghosts of monks who once lived there.

One of only four bridges in the world lined with shops, later the filming location for Javert's fall in Les Misérables.

A 120-foot folly built as a reclusive retreat for William Beckford, author of the Gothic novel Vathek.

Once William Beckford's private garden, later converted into a burial ground after his death.