Take the sat nav out of the glovebox and enter “perfect view” and it’ll direct you not to Scotland or the Lake District, but to Bath.
It turns out there is only one “Perfect View” in Britain and remarkably this street on the edge of the Roman city of Bath really rather lives up to its name.
For most really good views you need to climb, and this is no different in Bath which is very much built on hills, but what might seem a slight inconvenience turns out to be perfect view’s Pièce de Résistance.
You can of course follow the usual tourist trails and marvel at the Georgian architecture of the Royal Crescent and the Circus, but for a true picture of just how spectacular the architecture in bath is, you really need to make the effort to drive then walk the last 100 yards up this road.
This video from Martin Wainwright should give you an idea just why the street is called Perfect View (ignore the first 10 seconds as that’s an advert).
If the video doesn’t work (seems tempramental), click here for the Guardian page on perfect view.
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