// CITY_ASSESSMENT
How smart is Bath?
Bath, United Kingdom, scores 72.7% against the UN ISO-aligned smart city framework in 2026 — ranked #61 of 388 cities assessed, with every finding traceable to a public source.
Smart score
72.7%
Rank
#61 / 388
Criteria present
54 / 86
Evidence coverage
82.6%
Bath's smart city score by area
11 present · 1 partial · 2 absent · 1 not assessed
10 present · 0 partial · 0 absent · 2 not assessed
8 present · 2 partial · 1 absent · 2 not assessed
5 present · 6 partial · 0 absent
9 present · 2 partial · 0 absent · 2 not assessed
7 present · 1 partial · 0 absent
4 present · 5 partial · 0 absent · 5 not assessed
Where Bath is strong
- ▸Digital Government Services
- ▸Public Transport & Real-Time Information
- ▸Air Quality & Monitoring
- ▸Housing & Urban Planning
- ▸Health & Digital Health
Where the gaps are
- ▸Governance & Smart-City Operating Model
- ▸Critical Infrastructure Resilience
- ▸Urban Data Platform & Digital Twin
- ▸Climate Action & Emissions
- ▸Open Data & Transparency
Evidence highlights
Connectivity & ICT Infrastructure · Fibre / high-speed broadband coverage
The Connecting Devon and Somerset program, which covers Bath & North East Somerset, has delivered superfast broadband access to over 326,000 homes and businesses in its region and is working to provide ultrafast and full fibre broadband.
https://www.connectingdevonandsomerset.co.uk/Connectivity & ICT Infrastructure · City IoT / sensor network
Bath & North East Somerset has a deployed sensor network that provides "Live" Air Quality Sensor Data from various locations across the area, accessible via the Bath: Hacked Datastore.
https://data.bathhacked.org/Urban Data Platform & Digital Twin · Live city data dashboard
The Bath: Hacked Datastore provides live information for car park occupancy and air quality sensor data across Bath & North East Somerset, alongside other open data sets related to environment, economy, health, and transport.
https://data.bathhacked.org/Urban Data Platform & Digital Twin · Integrated urban data platform
Bath has the Bath: Hacked Datastore, an open data store providing data about Bath & North East Somerset across various categories including Environment, Economy, Health, Government and Society, Transport, Heritage, Population, and Education, indicating an i…
https://data.bathhacked.org/Funding Bath can bid for
118 open calls — grants, tenders and innovation competitions Bath is eligible for, including UK-wide schemes any place can apply to. Every entry links to its source.
- NationalgrantCloses 15 Sept 2026Help The Homeless Grant Scheme
Help the Homeless
up to £5kApply → - NationalcompetitionCloses 16 Sept 2026Accelerating adoption of quantum enabled sensing and PNT
Innovate UK
up to £14.3m24 month projectEnds 30 Nov 2028 - NationalgrantCloses 16 Sept 2026Zero Emission Vessels and Infrastructure 2: Energy Efficiency
Innovate UK, Department for Transport (DfT)
- NationalgrantCloses 16 Sept 2026Zero Emission Vessels and Infrastructure 2: Electric Power
Innovate UK, Department for Transport
- Nationalinnovation-callCloses 16 Sept 2026Zero Emission Vessels and Infrastructure Two (ZEVI 2): Alternative Fuels
Innovate UK, Department for Transport
- Nationalinnovation-callCloses 16 Sept 2026Quantum computing applications for large scale impact: CR&D
Innovate UK
up to £13m - NationalgrantCloses 16 Sept 2026Healthy Heart Grants 2026
Heart Research UK
- NationalgrantCloses 17 Sept 2026Researcher Challenges Grants 2026
British Council
- NationalgrantCloses 18 Sept 2026Coastal Communities Fund Grant Scheme 2026
Moray Council
£10k–£50kApply → - NationalgrantCloses 18 Sept 2026Lowland Peat Water Implementation Grant
Environment Agency
- NationalgrantCloses 18 Sept 2026Second Year Of Moray Coastal Community Fund Opens For Bids
Moray Council
£10k–£50kApply → - NationalgrantCloses 18 Sept 2026Moray Council’s Coastal Community Fund
Moray Council
£10k–£50k
Showing 12 of 118 — see them all in the explorer.
About this assessment
Bath was assessed against the 86 criteria of the UN ISO-aligned smart city framework on 2026-09-03 by AI agents gathering evidence from official public sources. Each criterion is marked present, partial or absent, and every finding links to where it was found. Scores refresh continuously as cities publish new evidence.