Editing Bath, Somerset (section)

=== Green belt ===
{{further|Avon Green Belt}}
Bath is fully enclosed by [[Green belt (United Kingdom)|green belt]] as a part of a wider environmental and planning policy first designated in the late 1950s,<ref name="Avon-Green-Belt">{{cite web |title=Bath & North East Somerset Green Belt Review – Stage 1 Report April 2013 – Green Belt history and policy origins |url=http://www.bathnes.gov.uk/sites/default/files/sitedocuments/Planning-and-Building-Control/Planning-Policy/Evidence-Base/Environment/gbr_stage1_report.pdf |website=bathnes.gov.uk |access-date=14 February 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170918163736/http://www.bathnes.gov.uk/sites/default/files/sitedocuments/Planning-and-Building-Control/Planning-Policy/Evidence-Base/Environment/gbr_stage1_report.pdf |archive-date=18 September 2017 |url-status=live }}</ref> and this extends into much of the surrounding district and beyond, helping to maintain local green space, prevent further [[urban sprawl]] and unplanned expansion towards Bristol and [[Bradford-on-Avon]], as well as protecting smaller villages in between.<ref name="Avon-Green-Belt"/> Suburbs of the city bordering the green belt include [[Batheaston]], [[Bathford]], [[Bathampton]], the University of Bath campus, Ensleigh, [[Twerton]], [[Upper Weston]], [[Odd Down]], and [[Combe Down]].

Parts of the Cotswolds [[AONB]] southern extent overlap the green belt north of the city, with other nearby landscape features and facilities within the green belt including the River Avon, Kennet and Avon Canal, [[Bath Racecourse]], Bath Golf Club, [[Bathampton Down]], Bathampton Meadow Nature Reserve, Bristol and Bath Railway Path, the [[Cotswold Way]], [[Limestone Link]] route, Pennyquick Park, [[Little Solsbury Hill]], and Primrose Hill.<ref name="Avon-Green-Belt"/>