Bath Abbey could be linked to the city's Roman water network to heat the vast medieval church using ancient underground springs. The idea has been in the pipeline for years, but now excavation ...

Bath Abbey (pictured) could use 45C water from the city's Roman drains to provide the world's first natural underfloor heating system, costing £18million.

The Roman Baths, Pump Room and Bath Abbey are in close proximity to each other in the Georgian city. ... Every day 250,000 gallons (1.137ML) of water with a temperature of about 45C ...

Wera Hobhouse, MP for Bath, said the abbey heating project would be widely welcomed by the city’s inhabitants as an innovative new use of the ancient waters for which it became famous.

The 2000-year-old Great Drain of the Roman baths runs past the abbey, metres under the ground, carrying water to the River Avon. More than one million litres of hot water flow through the Baths each ...

That water stays a constant 40 degrees all year round, providing enough energy to heat the Abbey and some nearby cottages and offices. ... Rector of Bath Abbey, said: ...

Work to install eco-friendly heating in Bath Abbey using hot water from the city’s Roman baths is close to completion. The new system, which is being switched on this week, has seen underfloor ...

Bath Abbey, which dates back to 1499, sits on the remains of a massive Norman cathedral. Three different churches have occupied the site and since the early 1500s, thousands of people have been ...

The Roman Baths, Pump Room and Bath Abbey are in close proximity to each other in the Georgian city. ... (1.137ML) of water with a temperature of about 45C (113F) ...

Work to install eco-friendly heating in Bath Abbey using hot water from the city’s Roman baths is close to completion. The new system, which is being switched on this week, has seen underfloor ...