Jane Austen's Bath - minibus tour

9:00 - Friday 12th, Tuesday 16th, Thursday 18th & Sunday 21st September 2025

A combination of walking and driving visiting outdoor locations in Austen's Persuasion and Northanger Abbey. Includes Charlcombe, described by Jane 'as being sweetly situated in a little green valley', and finishes with the best view of Bath from that 'Noble Hill'.

For this event you will travel in a small luxury 21st Century minibus driven by your tour guide Adge Secker.

Meet: 9:00 outside the Jane Austen Centre, 40 Gay Street, BA1 2NT

Ticket £48

"Carriages" to Meryton & Longbourn - minibus tour

13:15 - Friday 12th, Saturday 13th, Tuesday 16th, Thursday 18th & Sunday 21st September 2025

Starting with a driving tour of Austen’s Bath, then onto the village of Luckington to visit the St Mary with St Ethelbert Church and walk in the footsteps of the P&P 1995 cast. Next Lacock – a village trapped in time and the location for Meryton & Highbury. Then back to Bath to finish with the best view of Bath from ‘that Noble Hill’.

For this event you will travel in a small luxury 21st Century minibus driven by your tour guide Adge Secker.

Meet: 13:15 outside the Jane Austen Centre, 40 Gay Street, BA1 2NT

Tickets £58

In Pursuit of Jane Austen - minibus tour to Hampshire

7:45 - Sunday 14th, Monday 15th, Wednesday 17th, Friday 19th & Saturday 20th September 2025

All-day minibus tour to Hampshire tracing Jane's footsteps and life. First her birthplace Steventon, then Chawton where much of her writing took place. Visiting Winchester, King Alfred's capital of England and Jane's final resting place in the cathedral. Meander with guide Adge through the ancient streets, impressive Peninsula Barracks and castle ruins. An unforgettable and atmospheric tour.

For this event you will travel in our new-for-2025 bigger 21st Century minibus, accompanied by your tour guide Adge Secker.

Meet: 7:45 outside the Jane Austen Centre, 40 Gay Street, BA1 2NT

Tickets £100

Jane Austen's Bath Homes - walking tour

14:00 - Friday 12th & Wednesday 17th September 2025

Mrs Austen, accompanied by Jane, came to Bath in 1801, looking for suitable accommodation to rent; eventually living at four different addresses in the city.
So where did Jane Austen actually live? Walk with Bath Parade Guides to find the locations of her Bath homes and other houses associated with her.

This tour ends at 4 Sydney Place, opposite the Holburne Museum where refreshments are available. 

Meet: At the entrance to Green Park Park, Green Park Buildings, BA1 1HZ

Tickets £13

Jane Austen: The Radical Writer? - walking tour

10:00 - Monday 15th September 2025

We all know what Jane Austen wrote about don’t we? There are 6 novels which are essentially variations of the same plot; where following twists and turns, a few misunderstandings, all comes good in the end and our heroine gets her man. Add some poking fun at society of the day, and essentially, we have a nice bit of romantic comedy. Yet have we misread the books? What if there are far deeper themes highlighting society’s ills and failings.

Come along with Bath Parade Guides to find out about hidden references to slavery, women’s rights, evolution, and other pressing matters of the day.

Meet: Outside the main door of Bath Abbey, Abbey Churchyard, BA1 1LY

Tickets £13

The Great, The Good, & The Not So Good - walking tour

14:00 - Monday 15th September 2025

In May 1799 Jane came to Bath with her mother, her brother Edward, and his wife. On arriving she wrote to Cassandra ‘There was a very long list of Arrivals here in the Newspaper yesterday. So we may not immediately dread absolute solitude.’ Bath was still the place to be for balls, public breakfasts and strolling on the Parades.

But just who would Jane have met on her days walking about the city? To find out and indulge in a bit of historical gossip, come along with Bath Parade Guides to hear about the Great, the Good, the charlatans and the downright bad who flocked to the city for the hot waters, to gamble and make a good match on the marriage market.

Meet: Outside the main door of Bath Abbey, Abbey Churchyard, BA1 1LY

Tickets £13

Our Grand Walk to Weston - walking tour

10:00 - Tuesday 16th & Friday 19th September 2025

Retrace one of Jane Austen’s favourite walks with Bath Parade Guides. Up elegant Sion Hill with its stunning views, and across the fields to Weston and All Saints Church. There are some hills, strong shoes and a stout constitution are necessary. Coffee can be purchased at the Old Crown Pub in Weston where the walking tour ends.

Return via a 30-minute walk through Victoria Park to the Royal Crescent or catch the local bus back to the city centre.

Meet: Outside No.1 Royal Crescent, BA1 2LR

Tickets £13

What About the Workers? - walking tour

14:00 - Tuesday 16th September 2025

It is often said that Jane Austen hardly ever mentions the servants in her novels and had little concern with their daily lives. Yet Jane’s original readers would have understood that servants were always there in the background and their role was determined by the income and social status of her characters – just as it was for the Austen family themselves.
In fact, Bath in Jane Austen’s day depended entirely on the entrepreneurial working residents to provide every comfort and commodity for the fashionable visitors, not just domestic servants, but all sorts of workers from ladies maids to lodging house keepers, milliners to market gardeners, sedan chairmen to coalmen.

Our walk will explore what was on offer, as well as the servants and services that the Austen family might themselves have relied upon during their time in Bath, and how Jane reflected this in her novels.

Meet: Outside the main door of Bath Abbey, Abbey Churchyard, BA1 1LY

Tickets £13

Life's Lottery: Life & Death in Georgian England - walking tour

10:00 - Thursday 18th September 2025

What was your life expectancy? What were the everyday hazards that might finish you off?

Walk through the City of Bath with Bath Parade Guides and hear about the dangers of real life that lurk around every corner, whilst learning more about the social conditions of the time.

Meet: Outside the main door of Bath Abbey, Abbey Churchyard, BA1 1LY

Tickets £13

But Is It The Done Thing? - walking tour

14:00 - Thursday 18th September 2025

Let’s go outdoors with Jane Austen and her female characters. 
What was socially acceptable? How much freedom did unmarried girls/women have in Jane Austen’s time? Did they really need a chaperone to accompany them? And how much fun was allowed?

Through considering Jane’s characters and her own life in Bath, find out with Bath Parade Guides what young women did once they were away from the confines of home.

Meet: Outside the main door of Bath Abbey, Abbey Churchyard, BA1 1LY

Tickets £13

Kill or Cure? - walking tour

14:00 - Friday 19th September 2025

People came to Bath with a catalogue of illnesses, hoping to mend their broken health. How successful were the cures offered? Were doctors at the time reputable? – or mere quacks? Not surprisingly, given the precariousness of life in Regency times, health and ill health were concerns of Jane Austen throughout her life, her letters, and her novels.

Walk with Bath Parade Guides to hear some of the grisly details of Regency medicine and what Bath could offer.

Meet: Outside the main door of Bath Abbey, Abbey Churchyard, BA1 1LY

Tickets £13

Lost & Found - theatrical walking tour

Saturday 13th September - 13:30, 14:00, 14:30, 15:00, 15:30 & 16:00

Sunday 14th September - 13:30, 14:00, 14:30, 15:00 & 15:30

Saturday 20th September - 11:30, 12 noon, 12:30, 13:00 & 13:30

The Natural Theatre Company returns with their hilarious immersive walking tour show Lost & Found. Another lost Jane Austen novel has been unearthed in Bath, revealing more recognisable plotlines, familiar characters and just a little bit of nonsense. Immerse yourself in wooing, weeping and wagers as we wander around Bath, and watch this joyful story come to life around you!

Meet: At the top of Gravel Walk opposite No1 Royal Crescent, BA1 2LW

Tickets £19

Jane Austen & Bath - walking tour

10:00, 12noon & 14:30 Sunday 14th September 2025

10:00 & 14:30 - Wednesday 17th September 2025

10:00, 12noon & 14:30 Saturday 20th September 2025

10:00 & 14:30 Sunday 21st September 2025

Oh! Who could ever be tired of Bath?’ So said Jane Austen’s character Catherine Morland in Northanger Abbey, which (along with her novel Persuasion) is set in Bath. Through family links and having visited and lived in the city, Austen knew Bath very well indeed. Come and find out more on this walking tour led by Mr Knightley of The Jane Austen Centre.

Meet: Outside the Jane Austen Centre, 40 Gay Street, BA1 2NT

Tickets £13

Ghost Walk

19:30 - Wednesday 17th & Thursday 18th September 2025

Take a leisurely night-time stroll through the haunted streets of Bath - listen to eerie stories of murder, mystery, mayhem, and ghosts. Including tales of execution areas, haunted pubs, the old hospital, theatre and, of course, the duelling ground where so many met a grisly fate. A scary and fun evening out!

Meet: Outside the main door of Bath Abbey, Abbey Churchyard, BA1 1LY

Tickets £17

Beastly Bath - walking tour

17:30 - Friday 19th September 2025

A light-hearted, unconventional walk through the city's history. Including descriptions of some of the more sordid and disagreeable aspects of C18th life plus original Georgian remedies are demonstrated on this mischievous stroll! See all the main sights including the Pump Room, Circus and Royal Crescent.

Meet: Outside the main door of Bath Abbey, Abbey Churchyard, BA1 1LY

Tickets £16