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Interesting Facts about Bath


Bath State/Province: England Country: United Kingdom

Bath by the Numbers:

Population: 80,000 Average Winter temperature: 5°C / 42°F Average Summer temperature: 14°C / 59°F Most precipitation: 782 mm / 30.8 in Elevation: 181 m / 595 ft

Quick Facts:

Time Zone: GMT Electricity: 240 volts AC, 50Hz; square three-pin plugs are standard Country dialing code: +44 Area code: 01225

Did you know?

Since it is the only natural hot springs in the country, Bath is Great Britain's leading winter resort. It was first discovered by the Romans in the first century A.D. who named the city Aquae Solis or “Waters of the Sun."

Bath is one of England's most popular film location (especially the Roman Baths, the Royal Crescent, and the Circus). Since 1931, over 100 films and TV productions have been filmed in this picturesque town.



Things to See in Bath

  1. Royal Crescent
  2. The Circus
  3. Roman Baths
  4. Bath Abbey
  5. Pulteney Bridge
  6. The Jane Austen Centre
  7. Fashion Museum
  8. Botanical Gardens (Royal Victoria Park)
  9. Sally Lunn's Refreshment House & Museum
  10. Thermae Bath Spa
  11. Victoria Art Gallery




Bath History

History is the very foundation of Bath. You can see it in the Georgian buildings, in the Italian-style Pulteney Bridge, and of course in the elegant Roman Baths. Here are the key events in Bath’s history:

• 836 BC
King Bladud and his herd of pigs discovers the healing properties of Bath’s hot spring, after it cures him of a skin disease that had seen him ostracized.

• 44 AD
The Romans come to Britain while they’re building their empire, and found Bath, then called Aquae Sulis. They built the extensive Roman Baths, which you can still explore today.

• 944 AD
The Saxons built a monastery in the spot where the beautiful Bath Abbey now stands.

• Georgian era (1714 to 1830 AD)
Bath’s heyday saw anybody who was anybody coming to Bath to take the waters. It was at this time that the elegant addresses (such as The Royal Crescent and Circus) that Bath is famous for were built. It was during this time that Jane Austen (writer of Sense & Sensibility, Emma and Pride & Prejudice) made her home in Bath.

Victorian era (1837 to 1901 AD)
An 11-year-old Princess Victoria, who later became Queen Victoria, opened the beautiful Royal Victoria Park. This was one of the only times that she visited Bath, because after a Bath resident commented that she had chubby ankles she vowed to never visit the city again.






   
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