Lansdown is on the northern slopes of the city, with many Georgian and Victorian large houses, and very popular with families. Many have stunning south facing views. Lansdown Crescent, the most spectacular Georgian crescent, many would claim, in the whole of Bath, has twenty five storey houses, and was designed by John Palmer and built between 1789 and 1793. The Crescent is situated above Royal Crescent and has superb views over the city.
The battle of Lansdown was fought in 1643 between Sir William Waller (Parliamentarian) and Sir Ralph Hopton (Royalist) on 5th July 1643, leading after fierce skirmishes to a Royalist victory, but at a heavy cost.
The Lansdown Tennis and Squash club is a social hub in the area with excellent Tennis, Squash, Racketball and Croquet facilities for beginner to advanced players, for five year olds to seventy-five year olds, as well as having an excellent café and bar. The Hare & Hounds pub on Lansdown Road offers good food and amazing views over the City. The Marlborough Tavern has superb food as well. There is a good bus service from Lansdown into the centre of town.
The nearest schools are the state primary school St Stephen’s, rated ‘Good’ by Ofsted and the excellent private schools, Royal High School and Kingswood School.
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