Sunday 11th September

Jane Austen and Bath Walking Tour

11am (duration 1hr 30mins)

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

‘Bath is a charming place, with a variety of amusements, 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.

Tickets £12

To Meryton and Highbury – driver guided tour 

Meetat 1:15pm (duration 4 hrs 15mins)

Meet: 1:15pm outside the Jane Austen Centre, 40 Gay Street, BA1 2NT

Starting with a driving/walking tour of Austen’s Bath, then on to charming Corsham, to stroll the remarkably unspoilt High Street where Ross Poldark first saw Demelza. Next Lacock - a village trapped in time and location for Meryton and Highbury. Then back to Bath and finishing with the best view of Bath from ‘that Noble Hill’.

Tickets £55

His Majesty's 33rd Regiment of Foot Camp Drop-in

Open 10am - 3pm

Venue: Holburne Museum, Great Pulteney Street, BA2 4DB

Visit The 33rd Regiment of Foot encampment at the Holburne Museum and experience 'a whole camp full of soldiers', with authentic drill displays, music, and talks presenting life at war.

Free Event

Austen Undone 

1.30pm, 2pm, 2.30pm, 3pm, 3.30pm (duration 1 hour each)

Meet: outside the Assembly Rooms, Bennett Street, BA1 2QH

Back by popular demand! The award-winning Natural Theatre Company return to the streets of Bath with their highly entertaining promenade, wittily exploring the literary life, creative ideas, and adventures of Jane Austen. Austen’s apocryphal Undone is her lost first novel (well, it might be!). Containing original attempts of many of her celebrated characters and ideas, this is a fabulous melange of Austen favourites – with a hilarious twist. Experience the novel first-hand as it comes to life in the passages and parades of Austen’s Bath with duels, romance and scandal guaranteed!

Tickets £18

The Country House in Jane Austen's Novels

4pm (duration 1 hour)

Venue: Apex City of Bath Hotel, James St W, Bath BA1 2DA

The name Jane Austen is synonymous with rolling parkland, grand Palladian porticos and candlelit ballrooms, but how accurate is this picture to the works and life which inspired the image? Join Lizzie Dunford, Director of Jane Austen’s House, for a virtual afternoon stroll around the country houses of Austen’s novels, both on the page and on screen.

Tickets £12