Bath, Somerset
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Bath is a city in the ceremonial county of Somerset, England, known for and named after its Roman-built baths. At the 2021 Census, the population was 94,092. Bath is in the valley of the River Avon, 97 miles (156 km) west of London and 11 miles (18 km) southeast of Bristol. The city became a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1987, and was later added to the transnational World Heritage Site known as the "Great Spa Towns of Europe" in 2021. Bath is also the largest city and settlement in Somerset.
Pulteney Bridge
Skyline of Bath city centre with Bath Abbey
19th-century photochrom of the Great Bath at the Roman Baths. The entire structure above the level of the pillar bases is a later construction and was not a feature of the building in Roman days.
Bath Abbey
Somerset
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Somerset is a ceremonial county in South West England. It is bordered by the Bristol Channel, Gloucestershire, and Bristol to the north, Wiltshire to the east and the north-east, Dorset to the south-east, and Devon to the south-west. The largest settlement is the city of Bath, and the county town is Taunton.
Image: Somerset Levels from Glastonbury Tor (27941775545) (cropped)
Image: St Mary the Virgin, Bruton, Somerset
Image: Puente Pulteney, Bath, Inglaterra, 2014 08 12, DD 51
Palladian Pulteney Bridge at Bath