Bath, Combe Down. Hanging Lane.
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This path, verged with heady wild garlic is a by-way, part of an ancient network which connected towns and villages around the country.
Some call this Hanging Lane after a man who was found hanging under the bridge or perhaps it led to a field where Bath criminals were hung. Only the bravest go there at night. Those who don't believe in ghosts refer to it as Pope's Walk - after a landscape designer.
The bridge at the top must be one of the earliest flyovers in the world. It was part of a private road network around the Prior Park estate of 18th Century entrepeneur, Ralph Allen.
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Prior Park College is the finest Palladian style house in Britain. It was built by local entrepeneur,...
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This hillside pasture is less than a mile from Bath City Centre. Hector, the ram, is not a very frien...
Taken on a cold winter's morning, with hoar frost turning the landscape almost monochrome,this is the...
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Text by Steve Smith.
