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Things you probably didn't know about Bath

Hot springs, Georgian crescents and very good manners.

  1. 60 — fact 1 of 4

    The Romans bathed here for four centuries

    Aquae Sulis was a Roman spa town built around Britain’s only natural hot springs — you can still see the baths.

  2. 1774 — fact 2 of 4

    A crescent like no other

    The Royal Crescent (1774) is one of the greatest examples of Georgian architecture anywhere.

  3. 1817 — fact 3 of 4

    Jane Austen set two novels here

    Northanger Abbey and Persuasion are both set in the Bath where Austen lived in the early 1800s.

  4. 1774 — fact 4 of 4

    A shop-lined bridge

    Pulteney Bridge, completed 1774, is one of only a handful of bridges in the world with shops built across its full span.

Our Bath collection is part of a growing local-history library — more cities and facts are being added.

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