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VisitBritain was created in April 2003 to market Britain to the rest of the world and to promote and develop the visitor economy of England. It was formed out of a merger between the British Tourist Authority and the English Tourism Council, and is a non-departmental public body responsible to the Department for Culture, Media and Sport.
Bath and North East Somerset (B&NES) is a unitary authority district in Somerset, South West England. Bath and North East Somerset Council was created on 1 April 1996 following the abolition of the county of Avon. It is part of the ceremonial county of Somerset.
Before 1999 it was known as the English Tourist Board and between 1999 and 2009 as the English Tourism Council. In 2003, it was absorbed into the British Tourist Authority and was relaunched as a separate body again in 2009. In 2023, VisitEngland and VisitBritian started negotiations for office space in Birmingham.
Bath (RP: / b ɑː θ /, [2] locally [3]) is a city in Somerset, England, known for and named after its Roman-built baths. [4] At the 2021 Census, the population was 94,092. [1] Bath is in the valley of the River Avon, 97 miles (156 km) west of London and 11 miles (18 km) southeast of Bristol.
Its administrative headquarters is in Bath. Between 1 April 1974 and 1 April 1996, it was the Wansdyke district and the City of Bath of the county of Avon. [10] Before 1974 that the parish was part of the Bathavon Rural District. [11] The parish is represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom as part of Frome and ...
Bath City Council was a non-metropolitan district in Avon, England, that administered the city of Bath, Somerset, from 1974 until 1996. The district council replaced the pre-1974 county borough council.
Its administrative headquarters is in Bath. Between 1 April 1974 and 1 April 1996, it was the Wansdyke district and the City of Bath of the county of Avon. [13] Before 1974 that the parish was part of the Bathavon Rural District. [14] The parish is represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom as part of Frome and ...
The Mayor of Bath is a ceremonial post held by a member of the charter trustees of Bath, elected annually by the trustees of the city. In 1189, Richard I of England granted a charter to the city of Bath establishing a mayor, with the first recorded mayor being John de Porta in 1230. In 1590 a Royal Charter of Incorporation was issued confirming ...