Walcot, Bath


Walcot is a suburb of the city of Bath, England. It lies to the north-north-east of the city centre, and is an electoral ward of the city.
The Paragon and, continuing out of the city, London Road are part of the A4 and are believed to be a Roman road, leading north from Aquae Sulis and linking with the Fosse Way, around which Walcot originally grew as a Roman residential area in the 1st to 3rd centuries. Another major thoroughfare is Walcot Street, near the city centre, which is well known for its artisan shops.
The parish church of St Swithin, on The Paragon was built in 1779-90 by John Palmer. The 18th-century poet Christopher Anstey is buried at the church.
Walcot was the birthplace of Richard Debaufre Guyon, who would become, in succession, an Austrian officer, a Hungarian rebel and an Ottoman Pasha.
The electoral ward returns two councillors to Bath and North East Somerset Council. The wards surrounding Walcot ward are: Lansdown to the north-west, Lambridge to the north-east, Bathwick to the south-east, and Kingsmead to the south-west. The River Avon forms the boundary with Bathwick and is crossed here by the Cleveland Bridge. The Grosvenor area of the city falls within the ward.

Notable residents