Lansdown, Bath
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| Lansdown | |
|---|---|
| Suburb | |
 Lansdown Crescent | |
  Lansdown Location within Somerset | |
| Population | 4,589 (2011, ward)[1] |
| OS grid reference | ST747662 |
| Unitary authority | |
| Ceremonial county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Bath |
| Police | Avon and Somerset |
| Fire | Avon |
| Ambulance | South Western |
| UK Parliament | |
Lansdown is a suburb of the World Heritage City of Bath, England, that extends northwards from the city centre up a road of the same name. Among its most distinctive architectural features are Lansdown Crescent[2] and Sion Hill Place,[3] which includes a campus of Bath Spa University.
Beckford's Tower, an architectural folly built in neo-classical style for William Thomas Beckford in 1827, stands on high ground at the northern edge of the suburb, overlooking Lansdown Cemetery.[4]
Lansdown Road climbs north-west through the suburb and continues into open land in Charlcombe parish, past a park-and-ride facility and playing fields to the Lansdown Hill area. Here (outside the city boundary) are Lansdown hamlet, Bath Racecourse, and Lansdown Golf Course.
The Battle of Lansdowne (1643) was fought in the vicinity[5] and is commemorated by Sir Bevil Grenville's Monument (1720) on Lansdown Hill.[6]
