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Bath Clean Air Zone
Bath Clean Air Zone is an area of central Bath, Somerset, Bath, England where traffic is restricted to reduce air pollution. It became the second Clean Air Zone in the UK (after London) when it was introduced in March 2021. It has been credited with helping to reduce nitrogen dioxide pollution in the city by around a quarter since 2019, and has raised over £7 million in fines. However, critics of the scheme argue that it has displaced traffic to other parts of the city and nearby towns. Implementation The Bath Clean Air Zone covers the historic centre of Bath, extending to parts of Walcot, Bath, Walcot, Bathwick, Widcombe, Bath, Widcombe, Beechen Cliff, Kingsmead, Bath, Kingsmead, and the whole of the Royal Victoria Park, Bath, Royal Victoria Park and Botanical Gardens. It is enforced 24 hours a day, every day of the year, by automatic number-plate recognition (ANPR) cameras installed on roads approaching the zone. Unlike zones in London and Birmingham, which charge almost ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bath, Somerset
Bath (Received Pronunciation, RP: , ) is a city in Somerset, England, known for and named after its Roman Baths (Bath), Roman-built baths. At the 2021 census, the population was 94,092. Bath is in the valley of the River Avon, Bristol, River Avon, west of London and 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. The city became a spa with the Latin name ' ("the waters of Sulis") 60 AD when the Romans built Roman Baths (Bath), baths and a temple in the valley of the River Avon, although List of geothermal springs in the United Kingdom, hot springs were known even before then. Bath Abbey was founded in the 7th century and became a 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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
