Beckford's Tower is one of Bath's stranger monuments: a tall neoclassical tower built for the wealthy collector and writer William Beckford on the northern edge of the city. The tower, cemetery landscape, and museum together tell a story of taste, money, empire, and eccentric ambition.
It sits outside the compact Georgian core, so treat it as a deliberate excursion rather than an incidental stop. The reward is a different angle on Bath: less spa-city polish, more private obsession and long views over the surrounding hills.