Pulteney Bridge is one of only four bridges in the world with shops running the full length of both sides. Completed in 1774 and designed by the Scottish architect Robert Adam, it was built to connect Bath's old city with the farmland of the Bathwick estate. The design draws obvious comparisons with the Ponte Vecchio in Florence, though Bath's version has the added drama of the Pulteney Weir directly below, a cascade that has been controlling the River Avon's levels since medieval times.

The bridge has had a busy afterlife on screen. Russell Crowe's character in the 2012 film Les Misérables supposedly leaps from a bridge in Paris, but the jump was filmed right here.

VoiceMap's tours trace Pulteney Bridge's role in Bath's Georgian expansion, connecting Robert Adam's design to the broader ambitions that transformed a Roman spa town into one of England's most architecturally cohesive cities.