Beckford’s Tower
Beckford's Tower, originally known as Lansdown Tower, is an architectural folly built in neo-classical style on Lansdown Hill, just outside Bath, Somerset, England.Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Photo: Rodw, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Museum
- Description: architectural folly and museum on Lansdown Hill, just outside Bath, Somerset, England, United Kingdom
- Also known as: “Beckford’s Tower and Museum” and “Lansdown Tower”
- Address: Lansdown Road, Lansdown, Bath, BA1 9BH
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Lansdown Cemetery and Ensleigh House.
Lansdown Cemetery
Cemetery
Photo: Daderot, Public domain.
Beckford's Tower, originally known as Lansdown Tower, is an architectural folly built in neo-classical style on Lansdown Hill, just outside Bath, Somerset, England. Lansdown Cemetery is situated 380 feet southeast of Beckford’s Tower.
Ensleigh House
Residential building
Photo: Ian Capper, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Ensleigh House is a residential building, which is situated 1,500 feet east of Beckford’s Tower.
Hare And Hounds Inn
Pub
Photo: Jaggery, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Hare And Hounds Inn is a pub, which is situated 2,300 feet southeast of Beckford’s Tower.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Charlcombe and Lansdown.
Charlcombe
Suburb
Photo: ChurchCrawler, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Charlcombe is a civil parish and small village just north of Bath in the Bath and North East Somerset unitary authority, Somerset, England. The parish had a population of 422 in 2011, and includes the villages of Woolley and Langridge and the hamlet of Lansdown.
Lansdown
Suburb
Photo: Virginia Knight, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Lansdown is a suburb of the World Heritage City of Bath, England, that extends northwards from the city centre up a road of the same name. Among its most distinctive architectural features are Lansdown Crescent and Sion Hill Place, which includes a campus…
Walcot
Suburb
Photo: Maurice Pullin, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Walcot is a suburb of the city of Bath, in the Bath and North East Somerset district, in the ceremonial county of Somerset, England. It lies to the north-north-east of the city centre, and is an electoral ward of the city.
Beckford’s Tower
- Categories: observation tower, folly tower, tower, building, tourism, historic site, and tourist attraction
- Location: Bath and North East Somerset, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
51.40641° or 51° 24′ 23″ northLongitude
-2.37885° or 2° 22′ 44″ westOpen location code
9C3VCJ4C+HFOpenStreetMap ID
way 461143094OpenStreetMap feature
building=towerOpenStreetMap feature
historic=follyOpenStreetMap feature
man_made=towerOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=museumWikidata ID
Q4878706
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Hebrew—“Beckford’s Tower” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “贝克福德塔”
- German: “Beckford’s Tower”
- Hebrew: “מגדל בקפורד”
- Hebrew: “מגדל לנסדאון”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Bath Cricket Club (Brownsword Ground) and Old Sulians‘ RFC.
Nearby Places
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