Article 46GWY Bath Abbey to be heated using water from city's hot springs

Bath Abbey to be heated using water from city's hot springs

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Steven Morris
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Green energy scheme uses 1.1m litres of hot water flowing through Roman baths each day

Work to install eco-friendly heating in Bath Abbey using hot water from the city's Roman baths is beginning.

Contractors are surveying the great Roman drain, which carries steaming water from Bath's hot springs to the River Avon, as part of a project to use the springs to warm the nearby abbey that starts on Tuesday.

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