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Bath is the second largest city in the ceremonial county of Somerset, England, known for its Roman-built baths and Georgian brick architecture. In 2016, its population reached 90.931. Bath is in the valley of the River Avon, 97 miles (156 km) west of London and 11 miles (18.5 km) south-east of Bristol. The city became a World Heritage Site in 1987.
The city became a spa with the Latin name Aquæ Sulis, AD 60 when the Romans built baths and a temple in the valley of the River Avon, although hot springs were known even before then. Bath Abbey was founded in the 7th century and became a popular religious centre; the building was rebuilt in the 12th and 16th centuries. In the 17th century, claims were made for the curative properties of water from the springs, and Bath became popular as a spa town in the Georgian era. Georgian architecture, crafted from Bath stone, includes the Royal Crescent, Circus, Pump Room, and Assembly Rooms.
Bath Abbey is a parish church of the Church of England and former Benedictine monastery in Bath, Somerset, England. Founded in the 7th century, it was reorganised in the 10th century and rebuilt in the 12th and 16th centuries; major restoration work was carried out by Sir George Gilbert Scott in the 1860s. It is one of the largest examples of Perpendicular Gothic architecture in the West Country. The medieval abbey church served as a sometime cathedral of a bishop. After long contention between churchmen in Bath and Wells the seat of the Diocese of Bath and Wells was later consolidated at Wells Cathedral. The Benedictine community was dissolved in 1539 during the Dissolution of the Monasteries.
DB Cargo Class 59 59205 accelerates through Bath Spa with an the 14:19 (3 late) Avonmouth Bennets siding to West Drayton A.R.C. aggregates.
Bath Abbey is a parish church of the Church of England and former Benedictine monastery in Bath, Somerset, England. Founded in the 7th century, it was reorganised in the 10th century and rebuilt in the 12th and 16th centuries; major restoration work was carried out by Sir George Gilbert Scott in the 1860s. It is one of the largest examples of Perpendicular Gothic architecture in the West Country. The medieval abbey church served as a sometime cathedral of a bishop. After long contention between churchmen in Bath and Wells the seat of the Diocese of Bath and Wells was later consolidated at Wells Cathedral. The Benedictine community was dissolved in 1539 during the Dissolution of the Monasteries.
Bath is the largest city in the county of Somerset, England, known for and named after its Roman-built baths. In 2011, the population was 88,859. 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 World Heritage site in 1987.
The city became a spa with the Latin name Aquae Sulis ("the waters of Sulis") c. 60 AD when the Romans built baths and a temple in the valley of the River Avon, although hot springs were known even before then.
A vintage, red telephone box has been painted yellow and now serves as home to a defibrillator. The image doesn't really capture how heavy the rain was.
Bath Spa. March 2019.
Friday, 16 February 2018
43152+43091 arrives at Bath Spa with 1C07 0900hrs GWR service from London Paddington to Bristol Temple Meads.
© Finbarr O'Neill
37431 pauses at Bath with 2O90 14:33 Bristol Temple Meads - Weymouth. 30th May 1998. Photo by R Kaye - I'm one of the faces in the front window.
During the summer of 2021, the railway lines around Bristol Temple Meads were undergoing Engineering Works, which led to a variety of bustitutions and adapted railway services.
One of the 'generic' Bristol-branded Scanias, here 39491 arrives into Bath along Broad Quay.
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Well ok perhaps it is a bit bad. Panning practice (1/50th).
Tornado passes Twerton Meadows with the Torbay Express. Bath, July 2015
The Roman Baths are a well-preserved thermae in the city of Bath, Somerset, England. A temple was constructed on the site between 60-70AD in the first few decades of Roman Britain. Its presence led to the development of the small Roman urban settlement known as Aquae Sulis around the site. The Roman baths—designed for public bathing
During the summer of 2021, the railway lines around Bristol Temple Meads were undergoing Engineering Works, which led to a variety of bustitutions and adapted railway services.
Metrobus-livered Scania 39483 arrives in to Bath with a service from Bristol Temple Meads.
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GWR 3-car Express Sprinter DMU 158961 calls at Bath Spa on 2O89 10.42 Gloucester - Weymouth as GWR's HST 1C10 10.30 London Paddington - Bristol Temple Meads departs with InterCity 125 power car 43187 on the rear (43186 was leading).
14th June 2017
Great place to visit. Superb exhibition of Bruegel family work. Lovely cafe and gardens.
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An unidentified First Great Western HST set departs Bath Spa with a London Paddington bound service. A sunny early morning vista of the city taken on 28th August 2010.
One of Great Western Railway's Intercity Express Trains (IETs) is seen leaving Bath Spa on 5th February 2019 with the 1A20 1400 Bristol Temple Meads-London Paddington service. The photograph is taken from Alexandra Park - just to the south of the city centre, which offers commanding views of the city and surrounding area.
A work trip had taken me to Bath and there was time to squeeze in a quick visit with the camera. Over many years I've admired photographs taken from this vantage point (or ones close by in the park). Not the best day weather-wise to have a go myself, but the view from here looking down on the railway line as it sweeps through the valley is quite amazing. Sounds travel too, and it was possible to hear the whistles of the dispatch staff in the station below.
The Grade I Listed Roman Baths in Bath, Somerset.
The water which bubbles up from the ground at Bath falls as rain on the nearby Mendip Hills. It percolates down through limestone aquifers to a depth of between 2,700 and 4,300 metres (8,900 and 14,100 ft) where geothermal energy raises the water temperature to between 69 and 96 °C (156.2 and 204.8 °F). Under pressure, the heated water rises to the surface along fissures and faults in the limestone. This process is similar to an artificial one known as Enhanced Geothermal System which also makes use of the high pressures and temperatures below the Earth's crust. Hot water at a temperature of 46 °C (114.8 °F) rises here at the rate of 1,170,000 litres (257,364 imp gal) every day, from a geological fault (the Pennyquick fault).
The statue of King Bladud overlooking the King's Bath carries the date of 1699, but its inclusion in earlier pictures shows that it is much older than this. The first shrine at the site of the hot springs was built by Celts, and was dedicated to the goddess Sulis, whom the Romans identified with Minerva. Geoffrey of Monmouth in his largely fictional Historia Regum Britanniae describes how in 836 BC the spring was discovered by the British king Bladud who built the first Moorish baths. Early in the 18th century Geoffrey's obscure legend was given great prominence as a royal endorsement of the waters' qualities, with the embellishment that the spring had cured Bladud and his herd of pigs of leprosy through wallowing in the warm mud.
The name Sulis continued to be used after the Roman invasion, leading to the town's Roman name of Aquae Sulis ("the waters of Sulis"). The temple was constructed in 60-70 AD and the bathing complex was gradually built up over the next 300 years. During the Roman occupation of Britain, and possibly on the instructions of Emperor Claudius, engineers drove oak piles to provide a stable foundation into the mud and surrounded the spring with an irregular stone chamber lined with lead. In the 2nd century it was enclosed within a wooden barrel-vaulted building, and included the caldarium (hot bath), tepidarium (warm bath), and frigidarium (cold bath). After the Roman withdrawal from Britain in the first decade of the 5th century, these fell into disrepair and were eventually lost due to silting up, and flooding. The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle suggests the original Roman baths were destroyed in the 6th century.
The baths have been modified on several occasions, including the 12th century when John of Tours built a curative bath over the King's Spring reservoir and the 16th century when the city corporation built a new bath (Queen's Bath) to the south of the Spring. The spring is now housed in 18th-century buildings, designed by architects John Wood, the Elder and John Wood, the Younger, father and son. Visitors drank the waters in the Grand Pump Room, a neo-classical salon which remains in use, both for taking the waters and for social functions. Victorian expansion of the baths complex followed the neo-classical tradition established by the Woods. In 1810 the Hot Springs failed and William Smith opened up the Hot Bath Spring to the bottom, where he found that the spring had not failed but had flowed into a new channel. Smith restored the water to its original course and the Baths filled in less time than formerly.
Friday, 16 February 2018
43002 Sir Kenneth Grange + 43010 approach Bath Spa with 1C09 1000hrs GWR service from London Paddington to Bristol Temple Meads
© Finbarr O'Neill
During the summer of 2021, the railway lines around Bristol Temple Meads were undergoing Engineering Works, which led to a variety of bustitutions and adapted railway services.
Wearing colours for Bristol city services, here Scania 39443 arrives in to Bath with a rail replacement service.
For all of my shots from Bath, please visit: southernenglandbus.smugmug.com/LATEST/160821-Bath
Great Western Railway's 1C15 1300 London Paddington to Bristol Temple Meads service stands at Bath Spa on 23rd January 2017. Power car 43025 leads the formation with 43181 at the rear. The banner repeater for signal B6 shows that the signals itself (just beyond the railings) is displaying a proceed aspect. Such banner repeaters are provided with the view of a signal may be restricted - I am guessing at Bath Spa it may serve this purpose mainly for the station staff dispatching trains, who may not be able to see the actual signal when a train is standing at the western end of the platform.
Having just passed through Bath Spa, 67006 with 'Royal Sovereign' nameplate just visible on the cab side approaches Broughton Hayes road bridge while leading the V.S.O.E. (British Pullman) Cornish Weekend excursion.
The excursion which started from London Victoria was run over 3 days and, as the name suggests, took in many of the delights the Duchy had to offer, 67026 'Diamond Jubilee' was at the rear.
Bath is the second largest city in the ceremonial county of Somerset, England, known for its Roman-built baths and Georgian brick architecture. In 2016, its population reached 90.931. Bath is in the valley of the River Avon, 97 miles (156 km) west of London and 11 miles (18.5 km) south-east of Bristol. The city became a World Heritage Site in 1987.
The city became a spa with the Latin name Aquæ Sulis, AD 60 when the Romans built baths and a temple in the valley of the River Avon, although hot springs were known even before then. Bath Abbey was founded in the 7th century and became a popular religious centre; the building was rebuilt in the 12th and 16th centuries. In the 17th century, claims were made for the curative properties of water from the springs, and Bath became popular as a spa town in the Georgian era. Georgian architecture, crafted from Bath stone, includes the Royal Crescent, Circus, Pump Room, and Assembly Rooms.
Bath Abbey is a parish church of the Church of England and former Benedictine monastery in Bath, Somerset, England. Founded in the 7th century, it was reorganised in the 10th century and rebuilt in the 12th and 16th centuries; major restoration work was carried out by Sir George Gilbert Scott in the 1860s. It is one of the largest examples of Perpendicular Gothic architecture in the West Country. The medieval abbey church served as a sometime cathedral of a bishop. After long contention between churchmen in Bath and Wells the seat of the Diocese of Bath and Wells was later consolidated at Wells Cathedral. The Benedictine community was dissolved in 1539 during the Dissolution of the Monasteries.
Taken at the Roman Baths in Bath Spa, and processed with Photomatix HDR software just to bring out some of the colours, but not to destroy the tonal width. Such a wonderful place with an overarching sense of history just rising up in the steam, the ghosts of thousands of souls who walked this way centuries before.
Taken on a Nikon D90 w/12-24mm lens @ 12mm f/4.5 1/80
1C10 10.30 Paddington - Bristol TM HST in platform 1 at Bath Spa. (Power Car 43186 leading, 43187 rear).
14th June 2017
The down Torbay Express 1C09 10.00 Paddington - Paignton calls at Bath Spa. Power Car 43036 on the rear.
14th June 2017
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