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Jane Austen Centre
An exhibition on Jane Austen's years in Bath, where she lived from 1801 to 1806, with guides in Regency dress.
- Open
- Every day
- Price
- Paid
- Time Needed
- 1 hour
- Address
- 40 Gay Street, Bath BA1 2NTDirections
- Getting There
- On Gay Street, between the center and the Circus.
Why Go
Austen set two novels, Northanger Abbey and Persuasion, largely in Bath, and lived a few doors away on Gay Street. Every September the city's Jane Austen Festival fills the streets with a costumed promenade.
Nearby in Bath
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