Pulteney Bridge

Lovely attraction, and nice shops!
You get a much much much better view of the bridge if you stand further away from the bridge for the pictures! Try capture the water feature as well at the bottom.
Fun fact: for those who has watched the Les Misérables movie; this is the bridge that Javert (Russel Crowe) jumped off in the last scene. Obviously the bridge is not supposed to be as close, but you still see the water features at the bottom.

I doubt there’s a single Bath tourist (or resident) who’s been able to pass by this beautiful site without admiring it’s beauty and/​or stopping to take a photograph. The Avon River flows under this bridge and creates a remarkable site day or night. The bridge itself has unique shops on both sides of the street with views from their windows of the river. There’s also a beautiful green area next to the river that would be perfect for a romantic picnic as there’s rarely anyone down there. Mostly because you have to pay to go down there but as the views are different closer to the water, it’s definitely worth paying the small fee.

Very beautiful place. Nice sitting in a little caffee on the bridge and taking photographs out of the open window/​watching the seagulls.
When going down to the water you can sit on benches in the sun. Their are houseboats laying there. Nice.

I loved looking at this bridge and the shops on it were fantastic! I did see a shop whilst on the Austen tour that sold little books that were legible! Expensive though and they do have hardcover ones. Amazing though you’ll just have to check it out.
My gf did find tons of Guinness stuff and they were all on sale! She wanted to buy thugs for her husband and she scored with this place.

Are we with Bath or Florence!!! Be careful you can totally miss this bridge as I did the first time I went to Bath. Thank Goodness for the Austen Centre’s walking tour because our guide totally gave us the lowdown and my friend and I even went all the way back to check out some of the little shops on the bridge. Loved it! Picturesque, lovely and fun. How much better can it get?

Bath is a beautiful city in its own right but coming down to the bridge just topped of a great visit. Fantastic views down the river and accross the valley make it too easy to drift away in thoughts of a life a that was. Bath rugby club is just around the corner with free entry on Monday nights with the A tean are playing at home.

Picturesque Bath is always a delight. Yet as is the way of the world it has become more High Street as the people escaping the city have also brought the city with them. While still very much a Jane Austen movie, it is much more a movie set. Behind Nash architecture and tea shop windows lurk Pret a Manger and Top Shop. So in many ways the historical Pulteney Bridge reflects modern Bath: Classic old patina on the outside, but modern on the inside. And not in a good way.
Walking across the bridge one hopes to see quaint shops selling local wares, even if they are touristy, yet what should be a nod to the past has a small assortment of boutique shoppes lost amongst nondescript stores. The large bridge serves as a main road that distracts from the fact you are even on the bridge itself. Such a shame but then again modern life must move on, and traffic needs to cross the river.
From the banks of the river though, the bridge is serene and beautiful. Take a moment to enjoy the view, even take a photo or two.

Bath is such a beautiful city and it has so many set pieces of perfect architecture that it might be possible to overlook some. You might even miss the Pulteney Bridge by mistake. And a mistake that would be.
As a Grade I listed building, it is a historic and beautiful part of the city of Bath. Do yourself a favor and walk up the river so that you can turn around and get a shot of this amazing bridge! There are even shops on the bridge. The stamp shop that is the size of a stamp was particularly cute!

One of Bath’s great attractions is the Georgian architecture with Pulteney Bridge being one of the best examples in the city.
Spanning the River Avon, it has shops on it but the best views are from the banks of the river on either side. It has several arches which make delightful pictures, especially if you can get their reflection in teh water.
An iconic sight of Bath — don’t miss it!

Pulteney Bridge is one of only four bridges in the world that have shops spanning across both sides. It was designed by Robert Adam and completed in 1773, after four years of work. It is now a Grade I listed building, as well as a National Monument. It’s one of the most iconic sights of Bath, along with the Pump Rooms and Roman Baths themselves. From a personal perspective, it’s a great place to watch the river Avon run down the fountain steps below and it has to be one of my favourite parts of the city. It’s really a unique place and I think few would argue that Pulteney Bridge is a truly great part of Bath’s Georgian heritage.

Pulteny Bridge is one of THREE bridges in the world lined with shops. The other two are the Ponte Vecchio in Florence and the Rialto in Venice. As compared to the Italian two, it is flat and shorter (smaller) with less shops, and certainly less ‘flashy’ shops. The Ponte Vecchio is lined with Jewellery shops and the Rialto with touristy shops, Pulteny is much more ‘local’ with a smoothy café, coffee shop, boutique etc. On the bridge you wouldn’t know you were on a bridge, but the best views of it are from either side, especially when it’s all lit up at night. It’s shops might not set you on fire, but peaceful evenings on the river bank looking are quite inspirational (so long as there’s not a rugby match at the nearby Rec!)

Having heard that this is one of two bridges in the world lined with shops (and having lived next to the Ponte Vecchio in Florence in the past) I thought this would compare.
But it doesn’t.
It’s just a street, it’s flat, it’s ugly, and the shops aren’t even worth looking at.
Views from the side are pretty enough, but no picturesque. For some better photos, walk to the podium shopping centre behind it and go down the steps to the riverbank. It’s 3 flights down, but the pictures of the bridge will be much improved.

One of the few bridges in the world completely lined with little curio shops catering to tourists on either side.
Not the best looking bridge, but very cute and incredibly busy on the bridge itself at the height of the tourist season.
Best photographed along with the Weir I feel so the best spot is from over the other side of the road near the gardens.
The Bridge itself leads to Great Pulteney St — a maginificent wide avenue which is well worth taking a stroll down

If coming to Bath you must visit Pulteney Bridge. It’s small shops are cute and quirky. A bit of a tight squeeze, but thats all part of the experience, there are even places to go and grab a bite!
The architecture is brilliant, and its in a fantastic location, just on the edge of the city centre, and over looking the gorgeous wier. Take a camera!

This is a beautiful bridge which overlooks the River Avon & has shops & restaurants lining both sides. It’s very graceful & a delight to see during the day & at night is magically transformed with floodlights. Boat trips leave from there.

Beautiful to look upon from above the weir, it’s a view that’s FREE and totally picture-​postcard perfect. We often grab a coffee and stand and look at the bridge (and squint at the rugby at the Rec nearby).
The shops on the bridge are fantastically eclectic, changing rooms overhanging the river and other oddities.
One of my favourite places in Bath and a lot closer than the Ponte Vecchio in Florence!

A rare and famous bridge, although i did not know why.
But due to it being a bridge with shops built on it makes it very special. Which is quite cool reeally. Some of the shops are great that are situated on it.
They are very very small being only 6ft by like 12ft, compared to the shops now days these are minute!
The small shops quite literally 6 ft wide are great.
The bakery is brilliant lovely cakes at reasonable prices.
Definately worth a look.

Beautiful place to wander along, really tiny shops hanging over the river! Well worth a visit.
Located in bath which is a lovely area anyway you find this bridge and its tiny shops scatterd along it, a real rarity.
The shops are so small but they are very intricate. The bakery is great selling lots of home made cakes and bread, with very cheap prices too. A great place to go to well worth a visit and your time.

The bridge is an incredible sight, particularly towards sunset and sunrise and when floodlit. Stop and look out over the weir, and check out the quirky shops on the bridge and closeby. Highly recommended if you are visiting Bath for the first time.

Pulteney Bridge was built in 1770 by Sir William Pulteney for the purest of commercial motives: to link the City of Bath with land on the opposite bank, which he wanted to develop.
Fortunately for Bath and for us, he chose the famous Georgian architect Robert Adams for the task, and ended up with a Palladian masterpiece. One of only four bridges in the world to be lined on both sides by shops, it graces many a Bath postcard — some achievement in this city of postcard views.
The best views are not from the bridge itself, of course, but from Pulteney Gardens near the weir (see photograph). But do walk across to Great Pulteney Street, to see what Sir William then had built: the architect Thomas Baldwin provided him with yet another magnificent set-​piece of Georgian architecture.
Both are elements in Bath’s listing as a World Heritage Site.