Filming locations in Bath

Bath was a ready-made Regency set, and the costume-drama crews know it. The Georgian crescents, honey-coloured terraces and Roman baths of this UNESCO city slot straight into period television, and Bridgerton leaned on them hard. Its glittering version of fashionable London is, in good part, simply Bath, with the cameras pointed at facades that have stood elegantly in place for two and a half centuries. The bonus for visitors is that most of the filmed corners are an easy stroll apart.

The headline is the Royal Crescent, the great sweep of golden townhouses that appears as fashionable Regency London, with one end standing in for a society residence. The crescent and the lawn before it are public and free to walk along; No.1 Royal Crescent at the corner is a restored Georgian house-museum you can pay to enter and tour. The terrace itself is residential, so the trick is to admire the architecture from the green rather than the doorsteps.

A short walk away, the Holburne Museum supplies another Bridgerton facade, its grand front playing the exterior of Lady Danbury's house at the head of Great Pulteney Street, itself a backdrop in the show. Entry to the museum is free, with special exhibitions sometimes charging, so it makes a relaxed hour for the art and the cafe before you wander back down the long, theatrical sweep of the street toward the centre.

Bath rewards an unhurried day or two on foot, since the set-jetting spots fold neatly into the city's wider sights. The Circus, another Georgian set-piece, is a couple of minutes from the crescent, and the Roman Baths and Abbey sit in the centre below. Early mornings give you the crescents in soft light and without the crowds, the closest you will come to having Bridgerton's London to yourself.