About

No.1 Royal Crescent is the first house that was built in the iconic Royal Crescent – and the only Georgian Townhouse experience in Bath. In 2025 it won ‘Best Small Attraction in the UK’ at the Visit England Awards. Having featured as the exterior of the Featherington Family home in the hit Netflix series Bridgerton, this special townhouse has broad cultural appeal. 

They offer self-guided and guided visits for both groups and FITs. The museum’s self-guided immersive experience allows visitors to experience the meticulously furnished house as the Georgian occupants might have – hearing the voices of the “former occupants” as they move from room to room. Guided tours take place with our knowledgeable Museum Assistants or members of our Curatorial team and can be tailored to the group’s interest. Tailored tours can be offered to delve deeper into the Georgian period, Jane Austen, architecture or Bridgerton. 

Key selling points for groups

No.1 Royal Crescent is an efficient snippet of culture and history which can neatly slot into your next group itinerary. At just under an hour, it gives visitors a taste of life in Bath and what wealthy residents and servants experienced in the eighteenth century. 

Useful information for the travel trade

Group booking procedures 

• All groups and FIT visits are booked via email.

Rates and pricing 

• They offer group rates for self-guided and guided tours outside of normal opening hours. Visits during normal opening hours are charged at the standard museum entry rate. 

Group sizes and event capacity 

• No minimum or maximum group size for self-guided tours; however, larger groups are split up and entry is staggered per 10 people every 10 minutes due to the size of some rooms.
• For guided tours, there is a maximum group size of 25. Larger groups of up to 50 can be accommodated but a second guide will be required.

Coach access and parking 

• The nearest coach drop-off point is Royal Avenue. For coach parking, please see Bath Council’s website. 

Exclusive offering

No. 1 Royal Crescent offers the exclusive tour experience where groups can have private access to the museum and have the opportunity to dress up in historic costumes and enjoy a glass of bubbles and canapés in the sunken courtyard to complete their Regency experience.

Accessibility Information

No.1 Royal Crescent is a historic building, and some of the floors are uneven, such as the flagstone flooring in the Basement and Courtyard. The Back Stairs are very steep and narrow. Outside the Gentleman’s Retreat there is glass flooring to showcase an original staircase below, which is on the main route but can be avoided by walking back through the Parlour to the Grand Staircase.

The Museum is divided into two areas, No.1 Royal Crescent and 1A, the domestic wing next door. There are two routes around the museum, one of which is step-free. The step-free route gives access to the ground and basement floors of the main house museum and the ground and first floors of the domestic wing. This route gives step-free access, via an accessible lift, to almost all of the museum's spaces, but unfortunately means missing four rooms of the museum: 

The Gentleman’s Bedroom
The Ladies' Bedroom
The Withdrawing Room
The Kitchen

A virtual iPad tour of these rooms is available to borrow from the ticket desk. When borrowing iPads, visitors will be asked to provide a credit/debit card for security. The iPad can be attached to wheelchairs via a bracket.

An adapted toilet is located adjacent to the lift on the ground floor and can be accessed via the accessible lift or by descending 11 steps. This toilet has a quiet electric hand-dryer. 

A variety of seating is available throughout the museum, some with backs and arms. Please look for chairs and benches clear of a thistle, these are chairs that you are welcome to sit on.

No.1 Royal Crescent regrets that mobility scooters, prams and buggies are not allowed in museum, in order to protect the furniture and displays from damage. Mobility scooters can be parked at the owner’s risk inside the railings on the paved area near the main entrance. Manual wheelchairs are permitted, and the museum offers one for visitors with accessibility needs to borrow when booked in advance by telephone on +44 (0)1225 428126. The wheelchair can also be requested at the ticket desk on arrival, subject to availability. 

Transcripts of the new immersive soundscapes, a Walk-around Guide and the Floor Plan are available in large print from the ticket desk.

Assistance dogs are welcome throughout the Museum. Puppies in training are also welcome.

An iPad BSL tour for visitors with hearing impairments is available to borrow from the ticket desk. All videos in the museum (except the projection on the kitchen table) are captioned. Transcripts of all the museum's new immersive soundscapes are also available. The museum's new immersive experience is connected to a hearing loop system and is captioned, with printed guides also available.

An accessible tour is also available to visitors, which re-creates the house's rooms and the immersive film and soundscapes within them, meaning that those visitors who cannot access the entire building will be able to explore the whole house and follow the immersive stories. The tour is available on tablets that can be borrowed from the museum when visiting, free of charge. From the screen, visitors can explore all rooms in the house virtually with a 360-degree view, and access an immersive experience to watch and listen to the story unfold.

A Sensory Map of the museum is also available, which can be used to identify sensory-friendly spaces within the Museum, including spaces which tend to be quieter and less crowded, spaces which have seating, and others with tactile engagement and activities. Download the Sensory Map here. 

The museum's Learning Team is working to develop a series of resources for use by autistic and neurodiverse visitors. The museum is also developing its resources for SEND visitors, including sensory bags, visual stories and access to quiet zones. Please check the No.1 Royal Crescent's website for updates.