ABSTRACT
The City of Bath was inscribed as a World Heritage Site in 1987. It was recognised as a place of outstanding universal value for its architecture, town-planning, landscape, archaeological remains and its role as a setting for social history. Amongst the key features that are identified in the management plan (1) as contributing to its universal value are:
– the Georgian city and associated villages with their dwellings, social and civic buildings, parks and gardens, streets and public open spaces;
– the stone mines and associated works, transport systems and communities;
– the natural landscape setting.
