About City of Bath

 Things you should know about the City of Bath

It was a Roman city with the original Roman baths and remains

Bath is built in the mouth an extinct volcano

It’s a spa city with hot springs beneath the city

Liberal Democrat council

It’s a World Heritage City with an Abbey

Population 85.500 +/-

Bath has been home to historic writers, such as Jane Austin, artists such as  Gainsborough, architects and designers John Wood and Goodridge, inventors, John Oliver

Bath has been used for many Hollywood film sets, the last was Vanity Fair

 Transport

Since 1980 Bath has produced successful bands and solo artists, Jamie Cullum

IRA bomb attack in the Corridor in 1974

Stages the half marathon in March

Stages the Bath International Music Festival in May

Parking is difficult

Traffic is bad between  8am and 5pm

Restricted vehicular access in the city

 Events

 Facts

 Historic

 Recently

Bath Blitz  badly bombed in 1942

Battle of Lansdown 1643

King Edgar AD 943 - 975 crowned in the Bath Abbey 

 Historic

 War

Traffic can be bad around 8-30 am and 5pm

on-street parking in centre expensive, ticket required from machines

Trafic wardens show no mercy, so don’t over stay and park in restricted zones

Stages the Bath Fringe festival in June

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 Things you should know about the City of Bath

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