The pale honey-coloured Georgian terraces and elegantly colonnaded streets of Bath have seen a busy year. In the summer the crew for the Netflix Regency romance Bridgerton flew into town to film the second season of the hit series, whilst in October the Grand Parade was transformed into a winter wonderland for the forthcoming Warner Bros film, Wonka.
A dream for film-makers, the compact Somerset city has also been a magnet for Londoners continuing to decamp for a new life within its World Heritage walls. Whilst the first wave of the pandemic induced rural exodus saw a rush for the coveted villages on its fringes, this year townhouses and flats have been in demand as we voraciously rediscover café culture and the small-city buzz. To slightly rephrase Jane Austen, can we ever be tired of Bath?
Not yet, it seems. There have been more properties bought in Bath in the first six months of the year than in any year since 2016, according to the estate agent Hamptons using Land Registry data.
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