As summer time begins to warmth up, our TV schedule is about to do the identical with the return of Netflix’s splendidly debauched depiction of Regency life within the much-anticipated third collection of Bridgerton. This time again in “the ton”, the story focuses on the (up to now) unrequited love curiosity between Penelope Featherington (Nicola Coughlan) and the third “completely good-looking” Bridgerton son, Colin (Luke Newton), as Woman Whistledown herself places it.

Netflix is retaining eager viewers on their toes by drip-feeding the collection in two elements, between Might and June. Although if you happen to’ve learn Romancing Mr Bridgerton by Julia Quinn, on which the streaming big’s interval drama third collection is predicated, you’ll already know what’s coming – simply make sure to not share any spoilers with the remainder of us.

The collection is usually set in London, however it’s Bathtub that kinds a lot of the set for Bridgerton, because of its elegant honey-coloured limestone buildings and regal Palladian structure – all protected by World Unesco Heritage standing. It was the town for top society to be seen in, and to see (learn, gossip), to “take the waters” of Bathtub’s pure scorching springs, and to promenade concerning the city and its parks. And because the structure of the city has modified so little for the reason that early nineteenth century, there’s a lot to see and try this the aristocratic Georgians would have visited and loved themselves – and it’s simple to go to the real-life spots utilized in filming too.

So, expensive light reader, if you happen to’re feeling scorching below the collar at simply the considered the brand new collection and want extra of a Bridgerton repair, that is the place to remain, eat and what to do within the metropolis for a slice of Regency life that’s match for a Bridgerton.

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What to do

The Royal Crescent

First on the agenda must be perfecting the artwork of promenading alongside the crescent imagining you’re a part of the ton. The crescent-shaped row of 30 golden-hued stone townhouses has all the time been one of many metropolis’s signature landmarks, and finest addresses, because it was in-built 1774 following the imaginative and prescient of architect John Wooden the Youthful.

So after all it options closely within the present, not solely within the opening credit, however all through the collection – whether or not it’s in carriages on the best way to the ball or promenading with Viscount Anthony Bridgerton and Kate Sharma on horseback. They’re virtually fully non-public lodging now, other than the No 1 Royal Crescent museum and No 16 Royal Crescent Lodge and Spa, the place you possibly can guide the restaurant or spa as a non-guest, too.

No 1 Royal Crescent

It sits on the tip of the well-known curve of buildings. Woman Featherington and co make this 18th grand century mansion their residence within the TV collection, which is meant to be London’s Grosvenor Sq.. It was the grandest constructing of its time, although was rapidly rivalled by the homes on Nice Pulteney Road. Now it’s a museum, and provides among the finest insights into life, each above and beneath stairs, within the Georgian interval. (no1royalcrescent.org.uk, £15.50)

The Holburne Museum

This museum is distinctly recognisable as Woman Danbury’s residence in Bridgerton and the backdrop to many balls of the ton, although in actual life it’s the grade I-listed Holburne Museum surrounded by the beautiful Sydney Gardens. It started life because the Sydney Lodge, remaining as such till the 1830s, when it needed to shut and was became lodgings. It was in 1916 that it was renovated right into a museum, and homes all the things from Renaissance treasures to masterpieces by Gainsborough and modern exhibitions. It’s additionally residence to round 4,000 items of artwork and sculptures from Sir Willliam Holburne, a prolific artwork collector, who left his assortment to the town after his demise. (holburne.org, £11)

Prior Park

Stroll round this Georgian backyard and also you’ll overlook you’re even in a metropolis. The 18th-century panorama backyard covers 57 acres, with the spotlight being the Palladian bridge, impressed by Italian architect Andrea Palladio. It’s one among solely 4 on the planet and is used quite a few instances throughout promenading scenes in Bridgerton, together with tense talks between Daphne and Anthony Bridgerton within the first collection. (nationaltrust.org.uk, £10)

Bathtub Thermae Spa

Although not featured in Bridgerton, the excessive society of the Regency period visited Bathtub to learn from its heat mineral-rich waters, whether or not that was sipping on them within the huge Pump Room restaurant or soaking in them within the adjoining Roman baths. To expertise the advantages of the town’s most-prized possession now, guide into Bathtub Thermae Spa. With a 35.5C thermal rooftop pool overlooking the town, it’s among the best (and most stress-free) views on the town. (thermaebathspa.com, £41)

The place to eat

The Abbey Deli

All the women value their salt within the present have their clothes made at Madame Delacroix’s gown store, Modiste, which can also be a hotbed for gossip. The Seventeenth-century glass curved cafe frontage on the Abbey Deli is utilized in filming, as is the within. Cafe employees say the TV crew took per week to movie the scenes, taking all the things out, constructing the set, filming, after which placing all the things again (pictures of filming are displayed within the lavatory).

There’s Bridgerton tea, which is appropriately themed: forward of their starring roles in season three, Penelope has lemongrass and ginger fusion, which is after all yellow – the one color gown her mom lets her put on – and Colin’s tea is mint infusion. Apart from the Bridgerton connection, the deli’s baked items are hearty and effectively value a pit cease or to remove – go for one of many breakfast bacon and egg tartlets. Subsequent door to the suitable (as you take a look at the Abbey Deli) is used as Madame Delacroix’s residence, too.

The Pantry at Bathtub Priory Lodge

If there’s one factor that signifies Bridgerton, other than the gossip, it’s wisteria. Not solely does the lilac blossom splendidly adorn the Bridgertons’ essential residence (the precise home does exist in Greenwich) seemingly all 12 months spherical regardless of its being a spring flower, it options in lots of different locations, together with Queen Charlotte’s gardens, making all the things look extra enchanting. To get a slice of the motion now, head to the Pantry terrace at The Priory Lodge, one among Bathtub’s finest accommodations, which is drenched in wisteria and only a 20-minute stroll from the town centre. On the menu, anticipate the likes of courgette and chickpea fritters with cardamom yoghurt or Brixham white crab with pear, fennel, kohlrabi and pomegranate.

Sally Lunn’s Historic Consuming Home

Previously often called an ‘consuming home’, Sally Lunn’s astonishingly dates all the best way again to 1680. Right here on the cafe, the signature providing is finest described as a big spherical bun, not dissimilar to a brioche burger bun. It’s half cake and half bread, and is eaten in halves with no matter you need on high, from scrambled eggs to chocolate unfold.

Made to a high secret recipe, the identical buns have been additionally served at breakfast on the Sydney Lodge (now Holburne Museum of Artwork), which Jane Austen herself loved regularly. It’s not simply the buns that entice individuals right here although, because the constructing is the oldest in Bathtub, relationship again to 1482. It’s simple to seek out on the well-known North Road Passage, proper behind the Abbey, however you’ll little doubt clock the teams of vacationers outdoors taking pictures earlier than you see the indicators.

The place to remain

Royal Crescent Lodge & Spa

To get an actual really feel for Regency life, there are few locations higher to mattress down than inside the Royal Crescent Lodge & Spa, which is among the nation’s few landmark buildings the place you possibly can truly keep. It’s grade 1 listed and is seen regularly within the TV present too, so each time you step outdoors it you’ll really feel such as you’re strolling right into a scene in Bridgerton.

Inside, the resort’s interiors pack a punch with big tiled flooring, grand furnishings and historic artworks that fortunately sit amongst trendy daring wallpapering. Spacious rooms are themed with heritage colors, patterns and textures starting from dusty pinks to sky blues.

With an acre of its personal land, which overlooks Royal Victoria Park, it’s simple to overlook how central this resort is. The spa behind the backyard is a should go to, as is consuming on the pastel pink and terracotta Montagu’s Mews restaurant, which reopened in 2023 after a giant refurbishment. The most important spotlight needs to be the resort’s personal balloon flights that soar above the town.

Lucknam Park Lodge & Spa

Simply 9 miles from Bathtub’s metropolis centre, the family-run Lucknam Park is an actual countryside retreat and embodies old fashioned magnificence. From first driving up the mile-long drive that’s lined with beech and lime bushes, the nation home completely feels match for a Bridgerton-esque ball.

Rooms in the principle Georgian manor home overlook the in depth gardens and onto the five hundred acres of the property past. Suppose four-poster beds, voluptuous silk curtains, and double-sink marble-clad loos with roll-top baths and big showers. There’s additionally a handful of cottages with a number of rooms for households. Be sure to examine into the spa with its swim-out 30C hydrotherapy pool, which overlooks the impeccable gardens.

Chef Hywel Jones heads up all of the meals operations, and has held a Michelin star since 2006, although don’t miss the extra informal newly opened Walled Backyard small-plates restaurant set inside the English backyard behind the principle home.

The Gainsborough Bathtub Spa

Set proper within the coronary heart of Bathtub, the grade II-listed constructing at The Gainsborough excels at trendy regal magnificence. Strolling up the massive cantilever sweeping staircase, you’ll really feel like one of many Bridgertons at their household residence, which has an identical huge staircase after all.

Being the spa metropolis, after all the resort has a spa, however what is essential right here is that it’s the one resort to harness the pure heat spring waters after creating its personal borehole. To profit from it, there’s a vastly spectacular spa named the Bathtub Home. The resort’s huge spa pool is surrounded by hovering columns and it’s one of many grandest spa swimming pools round, full with its personal open-air rooftop pool.

The rooms have excessive ceilings, loads of cornicing and panelling and unique options and are painted in regal tones of teal and different muted hues, creating a contemporary tackle a Georgian constructing. The suite rooms even have the thermal waters out there on faucet, to replenish your roll-top tub.

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