The Romans etablished this place in 43 BC around the "Romans baths" that they built.
                                     
                                       Roman baths 
                            http://www.romanbaths.co.uk/                                                  
                                                                               
                                The Royal Crescent
                              http://fr.wikipedia.org/
    
      It became part of the global heritage of UNESCO in 1987.
      
     It isn't far from Stratford-Upon-Avon (about 60 miles), Shakespeare's birth place.
    
      It's locating on the river Avon.
     There are lots of culturals sites and famous monuments like the "Bath Abbey" (an Anglican church built from 675 to 1530), the Royal Crescent which is a housing complex created in 1775 and of course the Roman Baths.
    As a conclusion, Bath is one of the oldest English cities in the U.K. and it's a cultural place in England.
Eytan et Bastien