IN THE KNOW ABOUT BRISTOL & BATH Bristol is the only UK city to be named European Green Capital (2015)
Bristol is home to Upfest Europe’s largest street art festival
Bath is the only city in the UK designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site
Bathe in the natural thermal springs at the Thermae Bath Spa
Bath listed No.17 in Monocle’s Small Cities Index, focusing on settlements of fewer than 250,000 around the world – and was the only UK city in the list
Bath and Bristol were named the most progressive cities in the UK in a 2020 survey by Bankrate
Bristol won the ‘World’s best culinary destination’ in the 2019 Food Trekking Awards
Bristol is a UNESCO city of film with headquarters for the BBC’s Natural History Unit, Aardman Animations, and Channel 4’s Creative Hub
The Bristol & Bath region is the largest tech cluster outside of London. The world’s first public trial of 5G was staged in 2018 @Meet_Bristol_Bath
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