read a csv (containing a column with geometries) as geopandas gdf

csv_to_gpd.py

#import relevant packages
import pandas as pd
import geopandas as gpd
from shapely.wkt import loads

#set variables for this particular data set
file_path = "data/mydata.csv"      #location of data
geom_col = 'geometry'              #name of column containing geometries
epsg_id = 27700                    #see https://epsg.io/
crs_str = "EPSG:" + str(epsg_id)   #concat

#read the data and create gdf
df = pd.read_csv(file_path)                              #pandas
gdf = gpd.GeoDataFrame(df)                               #geopandas
gdf[geom_col] = gdf[geom_col].apply(lambda x: loads(x))  #from shapely
gdf = gdf.set_geometry(geom_col).set_crs(crs_str)        #set geometry and crs