Visitor information for Bath, England
The Tourist Information Centre is in the center of town in the Abbey Chambers, on a square off the sourthern flank of Bath Abbey.
Tourist information, guidebooks, maps, tips for niche groups (students, LGBT, seniors, disabled, etc.), and more
At York St., on the S side of Bath Abbey
Mon-Sat: 9:30–17:30
Sun: 10–16
On August 27, 1896, Britain declared war on its protectorate Zanzibar, where a pretender to the Sultanate had just siezed power.
At 9:02am, British ships in the habor began shelling the would-be Sultan's palace.
By 9:40, the shelling had stopped, the palace was on fire, and the pretender's flag had been cut down.
At 38 minutes, the Anglo-Zanzibar War remains the shortest war on record.
Some 500 Zanzibaris were killed.
One British Petty Officer was wounded.
