Roman Baths Honoured at The VisitEngland Awards for Excellence

The Roman Baths has been crowned one of the country?s best Large Visitor Attractions in the prestigious VisitEngland Awards for Excellence 2013.

Members of the Roman Baths team were officially presented with a Silver Award at the glittering awards ceremony held in Manchester. 

The Roman Baths was the only attraction in the South West to make it into the national final of the awards category for Large Visitor Attraction of the Year.

Commenting on the finalists James Berresford, VisitEngland’s Chief Executive, said: “I would like to congratulate all those finalists in this year’s VisitEngland Awards for Excellence. We received 320 applications and the quality of submissions was higher than ever. It is therefore no small achievement for the Roman Baths to be a finalist and it can justifiably take credit and pride in earning a coveted place in the top four in its category in England.”

Councillor Ben Stevens (Lib-Dem, Widcombe), Cabinet Member for Sustainable Development, said: “We’re delighted that the Roman Baths has been recognised with a Silver Award at the prestigious VisitEngland Awards for Excellence 2013.

“This achievement builds on the Roman Baths winning Gold in the South West Tourism Excellence Awards earlier this year and reflects the success of the team’s incredibly hard work. It shows Bath & North East Somerset Council’s continuing commitment to making this nationally important visitor attraction accessible and exciting for everyone to enjoy. I congratulate our Roman Baths team for all their dedication and devotion in going the extra mile to ensure visitors have a really enjoyable time.”

The Roman Baths made it into the national finals by achieving the highest scores in the South West awards for its “commitment to excellence in customer experience”, “sustainability” and “commitment to excellence in improvements”.